Dear Editor,
A £25-m prison gift? Why do I feel that we're being set up here? I can't help thinking: Trojan Horse.
We're not even worth the dignity of a civil conversation about redressing the ills of the past. No, we're only worth being used as a prison location. And, much like slavery could only have thrived as it did in the past with the co-operation of Africans who turned on each other as they helped the slave traders.
We, today, are suffering from lackey, self-serving leadership that seems more flabbergasted by this seemingly unexpected call from the fields to being nothing but a house slave.
Now is when there'll be justification to emulate the current trend in the US to declare war on political correctness. Now is when I'd love some of the brawn of esteemed counsel K D Knight to tell this man to "pack your bag and go".
But, truth be told, I have no problem with the British prime minister; he's doing his job and taking care of his business. I only wish our politicians would do theirs. I only wish our politicians would accept that we are Jamaica, Brand Jamaica! We have great value as a nation. Our people are bright and talented. We are not a charity case -- except in so far as we don't wish to take responsibility for our destiny and produce what we consume, and consume what we produce. Nobody will do business with us without deriving great benefit. We have what to take to the table. Quit being lackeys! It's anybody's privilege to be associated with us.
I'm not naïve; there's evil in the world. You can't refuse this offer without serious consequences, chiefly economic. But we must weigh what will be the greater consequence: coping with the social miscreants their society has created.
The journey to a desired place could be quicker with help from a more prosperous society, but, please, not at the expense of our national dignity. Yes, this is the devil's world and he rules, but this world is a part of a universe, where Jehovah God reigns. Good will triumph over evil.
Charles Evans
charles.evans@ncu.edu.jm
Cameron is doing his job
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A £25-m prison gift? Why do I feel that we're being set up here? I can't help thinking: Trojan Horse.
We're not even worth the dignity of a civil conversation about redressing the ills of the past. No, we're only worth being used as a prison location. And, much like slavery could only have thrived as it did in the past with the co-operation of Africans who turned on each other as they helped the slave traders.
We, today, are suffering from lackey, self-serving leadership that seems more flabbergasted by this seemingly unexpected call from the fields to being nothing but a house slave.
Now is when there'll be justification to emulate the current trend in the US to declare war on political correctness. Now is when I'd love some of the brawn of esteemed counsel K D Knight to tell this man to "pack your bag and go".
But, truth be told, I have no problem with the British prime minister; he's doing his job and taking care of his business. I only wish our politicians would do theirs. I only wish our politicians would accept that we are Jamaica, Brand Jamaica! We have great value as a nation. Our people are bright and talented. We are not a charity case -- except in so far as we don't wish to take responsibility for our destiny and produce what we consume, and consume what we produce. Nobody will do business with us without deriving great benefit. We have what to take to the table. Quit being lackeys! It's anybody's privilege to be associated with us.
I'm not naïve; there's evil in the world. You can't refuse this offer without serious consequences, chiefly economic. But we must weigh what will be the greater consequence: coping with the social miscreants their society has created.
The journey to a desired place could be quicker with help from a more prosperous society, but, please, not at the expense of our national dignity. Yes, this is the devil's world and he rules, but this world is a part of a universe, where Jehovah God reigns. Good will triumph over evil.
Charles Evans
charles.evans@ncu.edu.jm
Cameron is doing his job
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