Dear Editor,
On my way to work I glimpsed the headline of the Friday Observer dated April 12, 2013, "I felt like leaving Jamaica." These words were uttered by Lady Allen, wife of our current Governor General, in light of the recent death of Sgt Courtney Simpson — a former member of her security detail.
In the article, she claimed that she "didn't want to be a Jamaican". How unpatriotic of her? As a person held in such high regard in our beautiful island, I expected better from her.
You are supposed to be inspiring citizens of Jamaica to hold steadfast to the fact that our security ministry will be working assiduously to protect us. We are all grieving the loss of Sgt Simpson and the many other members of the security forces and wider Jamaica who have been brutally gunned down. However, it is beyond me to say that I want to jump ship. I wonder where you are going to go Lady Allen. Please share with me the country in this world that has a zero per cent crime rate.
With due respect Mrs Representative of the Queen, you have 24-hr security, people hired to protect you and your family, people who in that capacity place your life ahead of theirs, and in the same breathe some will probably lose their lives in the process of protecting you and the rest of Jamaica. And you mean to tell me that you woke up one morning to bad news and just didn't feel like being a Jamaican anymore. Well, quite frankly, we should say ta-ta to you.
If the one time you opened your mouth it was to say you didn't want to be a Jamaican, I suggest that the next time you feel like saying something you replicate exactly what you did when the man was found stealing ackee on the property you now reside... remain silent. My stepfather always told me if I have nothing good to say, just whistle.
Dee Arr
Youth Advocate
Ta-ta, then, Lady Allen
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On my way to work I glimpsed the headline of the Friday Observer dated April 12, 2013, "I felt like leaving Jamaica." These words were uttered by Lady Allen, wife of our current Governor General, in light of the recent death of Sgt Courtney Simpson — a former member of her security detail.
In the article, she claimed that she "didn't want to be a Jamaican". How unpatriotic of her? As a person held in such high regard in our beautiful island, I expected better from her.
You are supposed to be inspiring citizens of Jamaica to hold steadfast to the fact that our security ministry will be working assiduously to protect us. We are all grieving the loss of Sgt Simpson and the many other members of the security forces and wider Jamaica who have been brutally gunned down. However, it is beyond me to say that I want to jump ship. I wonder where you are going to go Lady Allen. Please share with me the country in this world that has a zero per cent crime rate.
With due respect Mrs Representative of the Queen, you have 24-hr security, people hired to protect you and your family, people who in that capacity place your life ahead of theirs, and in the same breathe some will probably lose their lives in the process of protecting you and the rest of Jamaica. And you mean to tell me that you woke up one morning to bad news and just didn't feel like being a Jamaican anymore. Well, quite frankly, we should say ta-ta to you.
If the one time you opened your mouth it was to say you didn't want to be a Jamaican, I suggest that the next time you feel like saying something you replicate exactly what you did when the man was found stealing ackee on the property you now reside... remain silent. My stepfather always told me if I have nothing good to say, just whistle.
Dee Arr
Youth Advocate
Ta-ta, then, Lady Allen
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