Privilege and responsibility
published: Friday | February 14, 2003
THE EDITOR, Sir:
RECENTLY I read an article from a magazine published in the United States called "Life in the World" (November 2002) and was so deeply moved I thought I would share it with those around me. I have taken excerpts from this article and adapted it to our local context.
The freedom to choose our representatives is not a new invention. In the hands of every citizen is placed the privilege and responsibility to select wise, Godly men and women of integrity to represent them in the affairs of government.
For most Jamaicans, to abandon consistent participation in the political process is to abandon a great privilege and responsibility. However, when Christians do so it is far worse. If Godly men and women have no voice in the community, then by default the political life of Jamaica will stay in the hands of the ungodly. In the words of notable philosopher Edmund Burke, "the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
