TVJ did a poll.
The overwhelming majority wants the State of Emergency.
The overwhelming majority wants the State of Emergency extended.
The overwhelming majority believes the Police behaved unprofessionally.
The overwhelming majority believes the Police exceeded their powers.
Four Thousand people were scraped up and detained.
Some were detained since May.
Some from June.
Some from early July.
Sixteen people were charged.
The overwhelming majority of Jamaicans believe that the denial of liberty from citizens is the price to pay for security. The majority of Jamaicans....
have no problem with Oppression.
The majority of Jamaicans are poor and likely to be picked up in a street sweep.
The majority of Jamaicans are probably sad that slavery was abolished.
Monday, July 26, 2010
Friday, July 23, 2010
A vicious rat
Cliff Hughes proves again he is one of
the best journalists alive.
Unlike those who question and bait, Mr. Hughes has
the acumen to perceive when a guest is going to deconstruct.
Dwight Nelson has always been a very small man with
a small man's mentality. He ought never have been
entrusted with any form of power, yet, is created
Minister of National Security.
On Impact the other night, Nelson seemed
to be channeling Hitler, with his loud blather
and rudeness, refusing to allow others to speak,
and slapping away the murders of citizens, their
denial of liberty with a smugness that was terrifying.
Eventually, the other guests, Peter Bunting of
the PNP and Suzanne Goffe of Jamaican's for
Justice realised Nelson would never shut up,
never allow them to speak, and dare they try
he would outshout them.
Hence, they resorted to speaking as if Nelson
was no more than a loud nasty sound system in the background.
Other hosts would have tried to keep Nelson's
hysteria in check, but Hughes, realising it was
more important for the public to witness the
character of the man who holds virtual life
and death over the citizens.
Mr. Golding has made a grievous error in
appointment. I suggest he get a copy of Impact
aired on the 22nd and view it for his elucidation.
With this kind of madman in the seat of power,
State of Emergencies turn Jamaica into Nazi Germany.
the best journalists alive.
Unlike those who question and bait, Mr. Hughes has
the acumen to perceive when a guest is going to deconstruct.
Dwight Nelson has always been a very small man with
a small man's mentality. He ought never have been
entrusted with any form of power, yet, is created
Minister of National Security.
On Impact the other night, Nelson seemed
to be channeling Hitler, with his loud blather
and rudeness, refusing to allow others to speak,
and slapping away the murders of citizens, their
denial of liberty with a smugness that was terrifying.
Eventually, the other guests, Peter Bunting of
the PNP and Suzanne Goffe of Jamaican's for
Justice realised Nelson would never shut up,
never allow them to speak, and dare they try
he would outshout them.
Hence, they resorted to speaking as if Nelson
was no more than a loud nasty sound system in the background.
Other hosts would have tried to keep Nelson's
hysteria in check, but Hughes, realising it was
more important for the public to witness the
character of the man who holds virtual life
and death over the citizens.
Mr. Golding has made a grievous error in
appointment. I suggest he get a copy of Impact
aired on the 22nd and view it for his elucidation.
With this kind of madman in the seat of power,
State of Emergencies turn Jamaica into Nazi Germany.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
How It Happens
Every Tyrant enters office joyfully carried on the backs of
lumpen.
Every reactionary piece of legislation is supported by those who
have the most to lose.
Whether the Tyrant is Hitler or Mugabe, whether the legislation
the Gun Court in Jamaica or the Patriot Act in America, the
lumpen vehemently supports whatever will limit his rights.
Where the Intelligent considers how policies or legislation could impact on his or her life, the lumpen believes in a nebulous 'Them'
who will experience oppression.
"If they come for me in Morning..."
Do these mind dead morons prancing about as if a State of
Emergency is a good thing begin to comprehend what a police
state looks like?
Do they understand the base intellect of a police officer?
Do they understand that all cats are grey in the dark?
In civilised places the usual procedure is to gather evidence,
arrest and charge and detain.
In Jamaica the double digit cop flings unknown people scraped up
in a street sweep into a lockup and over a period of months finds
a charge, arrests, then gathers evidence.
Over 1000 citizens of Jamaica lose their liberty, and after one
or two or three months in custody, detained under this 'State
of Emergency', charges are now laid, arrests are now made, and
after one or two or three months in custody, these citizens
will face a Court which will see nothing peculiar about the
time of detention, and order the person returned to a cell, a
trial date sent a few months hence.
And after spending six months or so in jail, brought to Court
on the first trial date, where no witnesses appear, it is not
likely the accused will get bail.
Because the charge will contain the magic word 'Gun'.
Serving a two year pre-trial sentence is not unusual in Jamaica.
The Lumpen, those most likely to be taken up in street sweep and
incarcerated while a charge is searched for, are angry that PNP
did not agree to extend the State of Emergency for thirty days,
requesting rather fifteen.
During the State of Emergency; soldiers armed for Iraq up the
side streets, doing road blocks insuring any tourist will
understand that Jamaica is no place for a vacation.
Jamaicans have so fully embraced the absence of rights
that slavery could be reimplemented without much quarrel.
lumpen.
Every reactionary piece of legislation is supported by those who
have the most to lose.
Whether the Tyrant is Hitler or Mugabe, whether the legislation
the Gun Court in Jamaica or the Patriot Act in America, the
lumpen vehemently supports whatever will limit his rights.
Where the Intelligent considers how policies or legislation could impact on his or her life, the lumpen believes in a nebulous 'Them'
who will experience oppression.
"If they come for me in Morning..."
Do these mind dead morons prancing about as if a State of
Emergency is a good thing begin to comprehend what a police
state looks like?
Do they understand the base intellect of a police officer?
Do they understand that all cats are grey in the dark?
In civilised places the usual procedure is to gather evidence,
arrest and charge and detain.
In Jamaica the double digit cop flings unknown people scraped up
in a street sweep into a lockup and over a period of months finds
a charge, arrests, then gathers evidence.
Over 1000 citizens of Jamaica lose their liberty, and after one
or two or three months in custody, detained under this 'State
of Emergency', charges are now laid, arrests are now made, and
after one or two or three months in custody, these citizens
will face a Court which will see nothing peculiar about the
time of detention, and order the person returned to a cell, a
trial date sent a few months hence.
And after spending six months or so in jail, brought to Court
on the first trial date, where no witnesses appear, it is not
likely the accused will get bail.
Because the charge will contain the magic word 'Gun'.
Serving a two year pre-trial sentence is not unusual in Jamaica.
The Lumpen, those most likely to be taken up in street sweep and
incarcerated while a charge is searched for, are angry that PNP
did not agree to extend the State of Emergency for thirty days,
requesting rather fifteen.
During the State of Emergency; soldiers armed for Iraq up the
side streets, doing road blocks insuring any tourist will
understand that Jamaica is no place for a vacation.
Jamaicans have so fully embraced the absence of rights
that slavery could be reimplemented without much quarrel.
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