Jamaica is a very real place
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THE EDITOR, Madam:
On a daily basis, one has to conclude that Jamaica is a very real place, brimming with creativity. It is more than a movie script. So, let’s start munching on the popcorn.
A clothing street vendor sweet-talks patrons, wooing them with offers of a “relationship”. A very open partnership. “You know we have to meet ... (special date) if you think you would marry me.”
Two words Jamaica’s women love dearly: “house and marriage”. Strangely, it works as everyone gets a special wink in full view of other customer competitors.
How we love to be loved. Everyone buys, lured by honeyed words and purchasing blouse, skirt and frock, giving up the money. There is a chorus of belly laughs about the “oiling” in that marketplace. But, as my mother always advised: “You catch more flies with sugar dan wid lemon.”
As long as everyone is happy, brilliant minds get paid. Anancy, in full force, makes cunning and historical commentaries. DO NOT BE FOOL-FOOL, despite vulnerabilities.
The scammers continue in a dangerous mode, with employment scams threatening national security, with youth queuing some years ago at the Jamaica Defence Force. It was a reminder that our fragile military can be outnumbered by the push of a button by untapped potential. An open keg.
The latest breach tackles cyber entities, making a mockery of every stature, statute and statue. They have the armoury of a slingshot.
Tongues and teeth have been drawn with vigorous condemnation. At the flip of a switch, poking holes in the dam. The actors are silent, doing collateral damage. Rubbishing what is sacrosanct. Very much like those computer hand-pressed war games. A spinoff, a stroke of devilish humour.
It is an innocent warning: “The one without sin ... do cast the first stone.”
The sting of perceived injustice has been shattered. But wrong does not make right. Indefinite waiting for the basic necessities of life. Criminals of all ilk must be caught and rehabilitated.
We cannot “teck bad tings meck laugh” without radical change in favour of the destitute. A strategy to counteract this is to provide gainful enterprise for idle hands. Corporate giants may yet yield, providing popcorn rentals, showering Jamaicans with eternal credit and humane accommodation.
Jamaica will need to reach out to our family in Panama, devastated by earthquake.
Happy Heritage Holidays!
HELEN-ANN ELIZABETH