Dear Editor,
I agree with former Prime Minister P J Patterson to slam British Prime Minister David Cameron for his stance on the reparation issue.
Slavery was the cruelest act on humanity, and I doubt that these people realise how we view this matter from a black man's perspective. It is indicative that they don't care much about the cruelties meted out on black people in former years. But we will be here as constant reminders of the act which is responsible for millions of deaths on the high seas and on the plantations by the coloniser. The sins of slavery are well-documented and have been the focal points for decades now. Yet there are those who are not satisfied with the type of limelight which the reparation advocates/lobbyist fight for.
The prison initiative is only a cover up for the diabolic situation, and we need a close-up view on the matter to resolve this once and for all. We cannot allow expedience to be the hallmark of what the real matter carries with it. We must seek for truth and right and justice.
We must cramp and paralyse any thought of having a prison to imprison the people whom we love and care. To set the wrong precedence is all the UK Government is providing us with. It is imperative that we embark on a mission which will provide us with the necessary ammunition to fight with meaning for the right cause.
If our intuition tells us that this gift seems to be a payback for the cruelties of slavery, we don't want it. How long shall they try to trick the black man?
We are a resilient people and we know what we are about and what we are agitating for. We are not fools, we are not idiots, we know precisely what is good for us, and we must have a say in this regard. The British Government is trying to hijack our effort and our legislators seem blind to it.
Paris Taylor
Greater Portmore
paristaylor82@hotmail.com
Cramp and paralyse prison talk
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I agree with former Prime Minister P J Patterson to slam British Prime Minister David Cameron for his stance on the reparation issue.
Slavery was the cruelest act on humanity, and I doubt that these people realise how we view this matter from a black man's perspective. It is indicative that they don't care much about the cruelties meted out on black people in former years. But we will be here as constant reminders of the act which is responsible for millions of deaths on the high seas and on the plantations by the coloniser. The sins of slavery are well-documented and have been the focal points for decades now. Yet there are those who are not satisfied with the type of limelight which the reparation advocates/lobbyist fight for.
The prison initiative is only a cover up for the diabolic situation, and we need a close-up view on the matter to resolve this once and for all. We cannot allow expedience to be the hallmark of what the real matter carries with it. We must seek for truth and right and justice.
We must cramp and paralyse any thought of having a prison to imprison the people whom we love and care. To set the wrong precedence is all the UK Government is providing us with. It is imperative that we embark on a mission which will provide us with the necessary ammunition to fight with meaning for the right cause.
If our intuition tells us that this gift seems to be a payback for the cruelties of slavery, we don't want it. How long shall they try to trick the black man?
We are a resilient people and we know what we are about and what we are agitating for. We are not fools, we are not idiots, we know precisely what is good for us, and we must have a say in this regard. The British Government is trying to hijack our effort and our legislators seem blind to it.
Paris Taylor
Greater Portmore
paristaylor82@hotmail.com
Cramp and paralyse prison talk
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