How it Looks is far more important than what it IS
This is why school girls have sex with big men in
return for Blackberry phones.
Having that phone means everything. Having sex
with any passing stranger means nothing. No
more than a bowel movement.
Of course it's not just the chronically pathetic
that needs material proof that they exist, even
those one might consider having 'status' need
this form of proof.
The fanciest most complex and expensive, (emphasis
on expensive)phones have become the latest status
symbol. Especially those phones which have
various flaws or are so complicated one needs
a degree in Engineering to implement the 'silent'
feature.
It is almost funny to see some pompous punk
having to remove the battery to stop it from
ringing.
Almost funny, because it is largely nauseating.
As we move to 'celebrating' our 50th year of
(pardon the pun) Independence the route
has been backwards.
Jamaica was far more advanced in 1962 than it is
today.
When it came to education, people who could read, could
read. They may never have gone beyond Duncan's
All Age School, and left at 16 years of age, but they
could pick up a newspaper, (which had been written
at University level) and read every word, and
understand what they read.
Every Ministry worked. Every person who was
employed by the Government was of the highest
quality and behaved as if they graduated a
finishing school. Taking Pride in their work
considering what they were doing was important
went from the person who sweep the path, to
the one who answered the phone, to the exalted
Permanent Secretary.
Today, few people can speak English, being
encouraged to resort to slop speak. This is
amusing to those who like slapstick, but rather
detrimental if one sought a job with a multi-
national or tried to enter a real University.
Duckspeak as portrayed in 1984 has been
fully implemented in Jamaica. This is to refirm
the Class structure that was broken in the 70s.
Branding on the tongue is one of those methods
in which people participate in their own
disenfranchisement.
Along with this comes the disposable income
which is disposed of to maintain the level of
poverty required.
It is important that people do not have money
for education or health or anything positive.
Hence having them throw away money on something
of no value to them is good for the economy.
Hence here are people who have never entered
the Cyber Highway; people who need someone
to print their email, with wi-fi phones they
can't put on silent.
Saturday, July 21, 2012
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