The Editor, Sir:
Like all well thinking civilised Jamaicans worldwide, I wish to express my deepest sympathy to the families of our fallen policemen. While many see the police as their enemies, we need to wake up and realise that they are somebody's child, sister, brother, wife, husband etc.
We have gotten to this stage because it has been in the making for a long time, and we haven't seen the worst yet. Our problems stem from selfishness and lack of respect for each other. A nation that cares little or nothing about its children and elderly is digging its own pit which will lead to its doom. When we can rape old ladies, pick them up in garbage trucks and dump them near a mud lake, rape and kill our children, what kind of message are we sending.
We are brutish, and it seems no amount of education can free us from our mental slavery.
We need to be more courteous, respectful, less selfish and life will be much better. Poverty has nothing to do with it. Our foreparents were poorer and they did not kill each other, they shared. We are heading for a downfall. All those talk show hosts who make so much noise through the media need to go out in the community and start practising what they preach. We need to stop chatting and start working. Abroad, Jamaicans are known as hard workers, but back a yard we are lazy both mentally and physically.
I am, etc.,
P. PAIGE
priscillapaige@yahoo.com
Warrensburg, Mo
Via Go-Jamaica
