THE EDITOR, Sir:
I THANK you for allowing me to use this forum to express my concern at the senseless killing of our children our mothers, sisters and our wives.
Has the country gone insane? Have we lost sight of who we really are?
Each time we take one step forward by improving the standard of living and teaching the younger generation to become persons of substance, we take two steps backwards. We slaughter our women and children as we do animals.
We cannot always expect the Government to stand alone in fighting the war on crime. Crime does not only prey on the poor, but has become an epidemic which concerns everyone.
How is it that in Jamaica where there is a church on practically every corner, there is so much carnage. We do not value ourselves let alone others.
Jamaicans are held in high esteem, we compete in every major sport, we live in any part of the world and we have the ability to show our hospitality, so why can't we exercise these qualities among each other.
Poverty cannot be used as an excuse for criminal behaviour. I am addressing those who are armed with weapons, do not wait until you are incarcerated for crimes you have committed to find peace with God and with yourselves. You have the ability to know wrong from right and only you can change what you are doing.
Respect our females for without them we would not be walking the face of this earth.
Most importantly, respect yourselves. Save the children. Without them, there can be no tomorrow.
I am, etc.,
VIVETTE WILSON
yvonnewilson2005@yahoo.com
Havendale
