GOVERNOR-GENERAL SIR Howard Cooke, at the launch of Anti-Crime Month and Interfaith Fellowship Day at Kings House yesterday, said a concerted effort towards nation-building was Jamaica's best weapon in the fight against crime and violence.
"No one can deny that there is great need in our world for harmony and peace. There is hardly a day when newspapers and newscasts around the world fail to include stories of turmoil and morbid and destructive occurrences. Nations are rising up against nations, communities are at war with each other and at the individual level, there seems to be no room for reconciliation," said the Governor-General.
"We seem to be experiencing a shift in the way people think, live and relate to each other, and in many cases, it is not for the better. The ethos, or if you prefer, the soul of our society, is affected and we need to halt the debilitating process. We cannot afford to sit idly by and watch our country disintegrate into a fearful and sad place. We have to take action," said Sir Howard.
"Obviously, our weapons in the struggle cannot be the gun or the knife. Our weapons are far removed from that... our approach has to be stimulating, positive, far-reaching and accessible from two levels individual and collective and these two must be coated with spirituality," he said.
