Dear Editor,
When I heard the news that a young man, named Dwayne Jones, had been chopped to death by an angry mob, I was forced to steady myself. I felt faint and was shocked by this horrific tragedy.
As a mother, I cannot begin to imagine how the parents, relatives and friends of this young man now feel. As a mother, my thoughts and prayers are with not just this young man's community, but with the nation. If these are the circumstances in which our young people are living, we are a sick nation whose violent youth is the symptom.
One group of youth does not feel safe enough to live freely and reveal who they truly are. Another feels entitled to torture and kill those who do not conform to their ideas of how their peers should act. As a mother, I do not know if my children are homosexuals, nor do I care. Like all Jamaican youth, they are beautiful, intelligent beings who deserve a life in which all opportunities are available to them, regardless of where they come from, who they love, who they socialise with, and what they choose to do with their lives.
As a society, let us find the perpetrators, engage them in a trial as a democratic society does, and hope that justice is served.
Ruth-Ann Thompson
truthann1@gmail.com
Let justice be served
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When I heard the news that a young man, named Dwayne Jones, had been chopped to death by an angry mob, I was forced to steady myself. I felt faint and was shocked by this horrific tragedy.
As a mother, I cannot begin to imagine how the parents, relatives and friends of this young man now feel. As a mother, my thoughts and prayers are with not just this young man's community, but with the nation. If these are the circumstances in which our young people are living, we are a sick nation whose violent youth is the symptom.
One group of youth does not feel safe enough to live freely and reveal who they truly are. Another feels entitled to torture and kill those who do not conform to their ideas of how their peers should act. As a mother, I do not know if my children are homosexuals, nor do I care. Like all Jamaican youth, they are beautiful, intelligent beings who deserve a life in which all opportunities are available to them, regardless of where they come from, who they love, who they socialise with, and what they choose to do with their lives.
As a society, let us find the perpetrators, engage them in a trial as a democratic society does, and hope that justice is served.
Ruth-Ann Thompson
truthann1@gmail.com
Let justice be served
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