THE EDITOR, Sir:
THE ONLY way to stop the crime and violence in Jamaica quickly is to send one very powerful message, one so powerful that it will create a perception in every 'testos-terone-driven' young man who wants to play Rambo with guns and knives, that a place awaits them in the 'here and now', a place that is worse than death itself.
The crime statistics provide ample evidence that, all the methods tried by every government over the past four decades has failed miserably and the time has come to impose draconian measures on those who would prey on the most vulnerable among us.
EVIDENCE
There is empirical evidence that when an individual is already in such an oppressed state of suffering and perceives that they have nothing to live for, or as in some cultures believe that a life of milk and honey and 70 virgins await them when they die, death can appear to be a viable alternative or preferred state.
The time has come to create a very uncomfortable and alto-gether totally miserable environment for those who have illegal guns, who shoot with intent, who murder and maim, who rob and steal with aggravation, who rape and abuse the children.
I am talking about a barbed wire camp, somewhere in the Blue Mountain forest or in the deep jungles of Maroon or Cockpit country, far away from the prying eyes of Amnesty or those who believe that we can have 'peace without justice'.
'FINAL SOLUTION'
This must be a place where the daily rations are nothing more than a slice of burnt toast and a glass of water, a place where every day there are so many chores that it will make the chain gangs look like a school picnic.
I also believe that for those who have committed those most heinous of crimes such as murder and rape must suffer the 'final solution' (death by lethal injection, guillotine or hanging or in the case of child rape immediate castration) after severe physical suffering (lashings with the cat-o-nine) for an extended period at the camp.
I am, etc.,
MICHAEL MOYSTON
jahspeed@hotmail.com
32 Sunset Blvd.
Montego Bay
