Murdering Freedom of the Press

The new legislation to deal with defamation
is directed at me; and those like me, who
use the Internet to put out information
which would never be permitted in our
local newspapers.

The Internet had been the one place where
'Leaks' (ala Wikileaks) could exist as
the press in most 'Free' countries is
owned by vested interests.

The Interests are not honestly PNP or JLP
the interests are Pocket. Everything
that advances Pocket is good, anything
that interferes with Pocket is bad.

The Press never broke the story of how
Bruce Golding protected Chris Coke from
extradition and lied about it. And lied
about it....
this was broken, as all scandals in Jamaica
are; by the Opposition on the floor of
Parliament.

Parliament has absolute priviledge anything
one says on the floor of Parliament, no
matter what, is not actionable.

This is why our 'journalists' are reduced
to 'reporting' what was said, not by saying
it; no leak, no break, no fact is exposed
by newspapers until after exposed on the
floor of Parliament.

Those who dare to leak even a little bit of
dirt are excoriated and threatened.

And threats in Jamaica always carry the
possibility of death.

The reason why Jamaican politicians want
legislation to stop people as myself from
writing is the lack of control.

If I were at a newspaper my editor would
be requested to not publish. If I were
on the radio, my plug would be pulled.

Here on the Internet, no one can stop me
from writing what I chose.

Hence the Government of Jamaica must pass
laws to silence me. Me and those like me,
who still have working brains and can
actually add 2+ 2.

A fantastic job has been done on the
Jamaican people.

Taking them from where they were in 1970
when schools, even University were really
free, where health care was really free
and where the salaries for Parliamentarians
were as great as that for the average
High School Principal, to the point where
schools teach nothing and the majority
leaves as illiterate as when they entered,
where 'free' health care is less useful than
getting advice online, and where salaries
for Parliamentarians, plus perqs make it
a job for the greedy.

Due to the wholesale dumbing down of
the Jamaican population, a great many
things tend to slip by and the ability
to add 2 + 2 is a lost art.

There is no question that Chris Coke
was Golding's campaign manager.
No question that Coke 'controlled'
Tivoli, Golding's constituency.

There may be difficulty in proving
that Coke 'ran' the Shower posse
in the United States, and that actions
done by the Shower posse can be proven
beyond a reasonable doubt to be
attributable to him.

But that is for a court in NYC to
decide.

That Golding did all he could do and
then some to prevent the extradition,
including hiring a legal firm, and
has continually lied about his
connection to Coke is no surmise.

That Jamaican politicians have
encouraged and benefited from the
drug trade is known by most people
but never said. Never said due to
the likelihood that the speaker
would be found dead.

Keeping reality on the other side
of information given to the public
by controlling the media has always
been useful to those who exert power.

The problem of the Internet is that
anyone can post anything anywhere.

Suddenly, every person who has access
to the Internet can enter information
about events in their country, events
which run counter to 'official'
statements and policies.

The world is suddenly given an insight
into what is really happening.

Blocking the Internet is the next step.

Arresting Assange for 'sexual misconduct'
when the world knows he is being arrested
for publishing factual information that
'Free' nations do not wish the public to
know, is only the first step.

Soon enough there will be more stringent
measures taken to limit what can be published
on the Internet; such as this first law on
'defamation' in Jamaica.

It is not about 'defamation' it is about
truth. It is about preventing the world
from knowing what is really going on in
Jamaica.