Dear Editor,
David Cameron is clearly a man who is dedicated to his country's good; not the good of the world, but the good of his country. He is clearly not swayed by the local tongues of Jamaicans who lash against his expansive English vocabulary. Cameron does what is best for his country and, in this case, it is to get rid of the Jamaicans who are polluting the sanctified British life.
What are Jamaicans doing to demonstrate genuine dedication and long-term planning for their country? Pouring emotive content into an intellectual and legal debate about reparation, which we know, like Jamaican criminal cases, will take forever to become resolved due to the intricacies of the issue.
Have we realised that Cameron's suggestion of a prison is not the first sign that Britain wants to cut ties with Jamaica? Did you know that the Barclays Bank (same sponsor of the football league) has cut all Jamaican accounts on the basis that it is too risky to maintain them? Cameron is simply continuing this idea. After all, some Jamaicans have made it bad for all of us abroad by participating in illegal activities.
I dare say Cameron may be more Jamaican than we think. When Jamaicans are babysitting their relatives' children and they misbehave, isn't the usual response to send back the "pickney"? In support of the popular responses, though, it should be noted that Cameron is continuing an act which may be defined as predominantly "English". This idea of exporting criminals is nothing new. In sum, Australia began as a stronghold for prisoners of Her Majesty. Ironically, these prisoners are now world-class cricketers, winemakers and crocodile hunters. What will our Jamaican prisoners, with their British prison education, do for us?
England's idea of a good and just society is a very literal one and they have maintained this idea for hundreds of years. A major part of slavery was exporting the sick, uneducated, poor, criminal and dispossessed English citizens to the "New World". In England, this was the game of premogeniture, but in the Caribbean it was colonialism. This is why, today, hundreds of years after, we are uncertain of the language we are to speak. Literally, those who our foreparents learnt "English" from were incompetent users of the language themselves. Maybe this is why, our politicians have not openly challenged Cameron.
As for me, I salute David Cameron for his courage and dedication to his post. I also salute Portia Simpson Miller for whom the election bell tolls. I genuinely respect her for her equal demonstration of courage and intelligence. But I would love for Jamaica to have a prime minister like David Cameron.
Still we ask yourselves, how is it that Simpson Miller is the head of a table decorated by master's degrees and PhDs from universities the world over? Indeed, she has to be smart enough not to take candy from strangers.
Norty Antoine
nortydamarnyantoine@gmail.com
I would love to have a PM like Cameron
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David Cameron is clearly a man who is dedicated to his country's good; not the good of the world, but the good of his country. He is clearly not swayed by the local tongues of Jamaicans who lash against his expansive English vocabulary. Cameron does what is best for his country and, in this case, it is to get rid of the Jamaicans who are polluting the sanctified British life.
What are Jamaicans doing to demonstrate genuine dedication and long-term planning for their country? Pouring emotive content into an intellectual and legal debate about reparation, which we know, like Jamaican criminal cases, will take forever to become resolved due to the intricacies of the issue.
Have we realised that Cameron's suggestion of a prison is not the first sign that Britain wants to cut ties with Jamaica? Did you know that the Barclays Bank (same sponsor of the football league) has cut all Jamaican accounts on the basis that it is too risky to maintain them? Cameron is simply continuing this idea. After all, some Jamaicans have made it bad for all of us abroad by participating in illegal activities.
I dare say Cameron may be more Jamaican than we think. When Jamaicans are babysitting their relatives' children and they misbehave, isn't the usual response to send back the "pickney"? In support of the popular responses, though, it should be noted that Cameron is continuing an act which may be defined as predominantly "English". This idea of exporting criminals is nothing new. In sum, Australia began as a stronghold for prisoners of Her Majesty. Ironically, these prisoners are now world-class cricketers, winemakers and crocodile hunters. What will our Jamaican prisoners, with their British prison education, do for us?
England's idea of a good and just society is a very literal one and they have maintained this idea for hundreds of years. A major part of slavery was exporting the sick, uneducated, poor, criminal and dispossessed English citizens to the "New World". In England, this was the game of premogeniture, but in the Caribbean it was colonialism. This is why, today, hundreds of years after, we are uncertain of the language we are to speak. Literally, those who our foreparents learnt "English" from were incompetent users of the language themselves. Maybe this is why, our politicians have not openly challenged Cameron.
As for me, I salute David Cameron for his courage and dedication to his post. I also salute Portia Simpson Miller for whom the election bell tolls. I genuinely respect her for her equal demonstration of courage and intelligence. But I would love for Jamaica to have a prime minister like David Cameron.
Still we ask yourselves, how is it that Simpson Miller is the head of a table decorated by master's degrees and PhDs from universities the world over? Indeed, she has to be smart enough not to take candy from strangers.
Norty Antoine
nortydamarnyantoine@gmail.com
I would love to have a PM like Cameron
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