Dear Editor,
I am forced to asked the question if member of parliament for North East St Andrew and member of the joint committee looking at the sexual offences act, Delroy Chuck, has lost his mind.
I asked this against the backdrop of a news report in which Chuck is resisting proposal for laws against cyberbullying. The report stated that Chuck cautioned the Office of the Children's Advocate regarding the proposal for laws against cyberbullying and stated that we could be creating a "nation of sissies".
I asked this against the backdrop of a news report in which Chuck is resisting proposal for laws against cyberbullying. The report stated that Chuck cautioned the Office of the Children's Advocate regarding the proposal for laws against cyberbullying and stated that we could be creating a "nation of sissies".
This is such an unfortunate statement, made even more scandalous coming from a lawmaker, former justice minister and speaker of the House. A quick Google search by Chuck would have given him basic knowledge of the effects of cyberbullying.
I cannot understand how any learned attorney could conclude that protecting our kids would lead to the "sissification" or our society. But, you know, what is going on here is the ignorance exhibited within warped politics.
Bullying is an egregious offence, but many, like Chuck, would have us believe that we should just brush aisde as it is just mere teasing and part of growing up. This real effects of bullying are not foreign to Jamaica, because how else do we reconcile when a obese teenager with pimples is called 'fatty bum-bum' and 'bumpy bumpy' face?
What, then, when this 'mere teasing as part of growing up' takes place over an extended period of time and the child becomes withdrawn, fearful, antisocial, and even suicidal?
Let me hope that Chuck realises how dangerous this statement is and move to immediately correct it.
Cyberbullying is a silent means by which bullies psychologically destroy the esteem of many a young person. It must never be tolerated because one is of the belief that we want 'macho' men.
Ralston Chamberlain
Toronto, Canada
ralston.chamberlain@alum.utoronto.ca
Has Delroy Chuck done lost his mind?
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I am forced to asked the question if member of parliament for North East St Andrew and member of the joint committee looking at the sexual offences act, Delroy Chuck, has lost his mind.
I asked this against the backdrop of a news report in which Chuck is resisting proposal for laws against cyberbullying. The report stated that Chuck cautioned the Office of the Children's Advocate regarding the proposal for laws against cyberbullying and stated that we could be creating a "nation of sissies".
I asked this against the backdrop of a news report in which Chuck is resisting proposal for laws against cyberbullying. The report stated that Chuck cautioned the Office of the Children's Advocate regarding the proposal for laws against cyberbullying and stated that we could be creating a "nation of sissies".
This is such an unfortunate statement, made even more scandalous coming from a lawmaker, former justice minister and speaker of the House. A quick Google search by Chuck would have given him basic knowledge of the effects of cyberbullying.
I cannot understand how any learned attorney could conclude that protecting our kids would lead to the "sissification" or our society. But, you know, what is going on here is the ignorance exhibited within warped politics.
Bullying is an egregious offence, but many, like Chuck, would have us believe that we should just brush aisde as it is just mere teasing and part of growing up. This real effects of bullying are not foreign to Jamaica, because how else do we reconcile when a obese teenager with pimples is called 'fatty bum-bum' and 'bumpy bumpy' face?
What, then, when this 'mere teasing as part of growing up' takes place over an extended period of time and the child becomes withdrawn, fearful, antisocial, and even suicidal?
Let me hope that Chuck realises how dangerous this statement is and move to immediately correct it.
Cyberbullying is a silent means by which bullies psychologically destroy the esteem of many a young person. It must never be tolerated because one is of the belief that we want 'macho' men.
Ralston Chamberlain
Toronto, Canada
ralston.chamberlain@alum.utoronto.ca
Has Delroy Chuck done lost his mind?
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