THE EDITOR, Sir:
I AM appalled at the news of what happened at UWI and am glad that I chose to attend university in the United States in 1996. As much as there is wrong in the U.S.A., Jamaica certainly has an even more serious problem when the 'future leaders' behave in such a manner and then say they did nothing wrong.
I agree with all the letters condemning such mob violence and such ghetto behaviour. However, what truly makes me sad is this simple fact:
The role models for these people, the entertainers who promote the badmanism that is poisoning our country and flushing it down the drain, will not make songs decrying the violence, but instead will make songs glorifying the incident at UWI and funny enough, it will play at parties and on the radio ... with individuals blindly "railing up" with no thought about the lyrics.
It hurts me to say that I am a 25-year-old Jamaican and my generation is worse than the generation of politicians and business people who have made Jamaica what it is today.
The bright side is that the reality is, in fact, that the 'future leaders' of our beautiful country do not attend UWI, they go to school outside of Jamaica where they are less susceptible to the poisons flowing through our society's veins. These well-educated individuals will return home when the time is right. I can only hope it will not be too late.
I am, etc.,
D. MULLINGS
david.mullings@gmail.com
Pembroke Pines, Florida
Via Go-Jamaica
