Dear Editor,
One of the original commandments in Animal Farm was: "All animals are created equal". Upon gaining leadership, however, the pigs eventually replaced it with the following: "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others".
The situation in the novel, which highlights the corruption of the revolution by its leaders through self-serving attitudes, wickedness, indifference, ignorance, greed, and myopia, seem to mirror the Jamaican landscape.
On March 31, 2013, a room in which Minister of National Security Peter Bunting and his companions were lodged at a Portland villa was robbed of very valuable items. Within three days, the accused burglar was held, the items were recovered and the accused brought before the courts.
On Thursday, May 2, the brother of the Honourable Prime Minister was robbed and assaulted at his businessplace in downtown Kingston. Almost immediately, the police rounded up over 60 men from various communities across Kingston, and on Monday, May 6, it was reported that a suspect was in custody and will be charged for the assault.
In both cases, the accused attackers were apprehended in three days. This island of roughly 2.7 million people has recorded in excess of 1,000 murders annually over the last decade, most of which have still not been solved. Yet, it took only three days for the accused perpetrators against the prime minister and her security minister to be arrested.
My sister was brutally murdered on February 17, 2012. The police, with all their efforts and resources, are yet to get a single breakthrough in this killing. But why am I complaining when there are countless family members who are yet to get closure for their loved ones? It's not yet three years.
My sister's killer is still at large, but I continue to pay taxes. I am left with the belief that Jamaica is a modern-day Animal Farm.
I regret that I'm not a member of parliament as my sister's killer would've been found within three days and brought to justice.
CE Senior
frenne17@hotmail.com
Ja modern-day Animal Farm
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One of the original commandments in Animal Farm was: "All animals are created equal". Upon gaining leadership, however, the pigs eventually replaced it with the following: "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others".
The situation in the novel, which highlights the corruption of the revolution by its leaders through self-serving attitudes, wickedness, indifference, ignorance, greed, and myopia, seem to mirror the Jamaican landscape.
On March 31, 2013, a room in which Minister of National Security Peter Bunting and his companions were lodged at a Portland villa was robbed of very valuable items. Within three days, the accused burglar was held, the items were recovered and the accused brought before the courts.
On Thursday, May 2, the brother of the Honourable Prime Minister was robbed and assaulted at his businessplace in downtown Kingston. Almost immediately, the police rounded up over 60 men from various communities across Kingston, and on Monday, May 6, it was reported that a suspect was in custody and will be charged for the assault.
In both cases, the accused attackers were apprehended in three days. This island of roughly 2.7 million people has recorded in excess of 1,000 murders annually over the last decade, most of which have still not been solved. Yet, it took only three days for the accused perpetrators against the prime minister and her security minister to be arrested.
My sister was brutally murdered on February 17, 2012. The police, with all their efforts and resources, are yet to get a single breakthrough in this killing. But why am I complaining when there are countless family members who are yet to get closure for their loved ones? It's not yet three years.
My sister's killer is still at large, but I continue to pay taxes. I am left with the belief that Jamaica is a modern-day Animal Farm.
I regret that I'm not a member of parliament as my sister's killer would've been found within three days and brought to justice.
CE Senior
frenne17@hotmail.com
Ja modern-day Animal Farm
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