Newsletter 2 from the Facebook group “Jamaica crime plan? Let us have GUNS!”
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=14034788468

The first reaction to our cause from those who are sceptical of it, uncommitted or against it is always bewilderment that good-meaning individuals propose to do away with violence by promoting violence. Firearms are instruments of violence; it is ...

Jamaicans seem to want to give the responsibility of saving their own lives to everybody else but themselves. They want the poor mongrel Bruno to protect them. They want the security guards to protect them. They want the police and military to protect them.

They do not want to acquire arms for defence against criminal gunmen because they are afraid ...

For your consideration,
The key element missing in all Jamaican crime plans put forward so far:

All Jamaican crime plans will fail until they recognise that the Jamaican citizens (being defenceless prey against criminal men and women who will *never* be stripped of their illegal arms) must be empowered to help in the fight against violent crime. It’s not ...

Why do I do this? By encouraging others to become able to defend themselves effectively, I also gain personal security. A defenceless population is an easy target for crime. A population that can defend itself is not.

Points itemised.

1. Self-defence is a right. You have a right to life as declared by the UN Declaration of Human Rights but ...

I formed a group on Facebook recently with the aim of discussing the serious murder rate with which Jamaica is afflicted and to encourage people to apply for a firearm permit from the Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA). It does not matter which position you take on the matter, I would like to encourage people to discuss this issue openly in ...

The assertion goes something like this: “Many Jamaicans have guns.”

There will usually be nods all around.

These are the sentiments of a delusional people who have been brainwashed by the crime hysteria and possibly a double onslaught of vybz kartel and movado lyrics.

Reality check:

FEW JAMAICANS HAVE GUNS.

How do I know this?

- Criminals are bolder than usual ...

So I am getting my hair cut today. There’s a woman in the chair across from me getting her eyebrow shaped with a razor who appeared at a glance to be someone decent. A boy in Khaki uniform who seems to be between five and seven is looking at flyers next to me. His younger brother — I presume he ...

If you plan on being a health professional or plan to serve with the military then it’s understandable that you will be required to get tested for contagious diseases such as HIV. If you’re applying for a normal job such as customer care why are companies asking their potential employees for x-rays and blood tests for HIV? Certainly ...

These people are not your friends.

So what if you don’t give them money and they stop talking to you? Big loss.

Your car will be there even if you don’t give them money. It’s a scam. They’re not protecting anything. There is nothing to fear. Do you think a crackhead could really protect your car ...

Getting Bail in Jamaica, as with anything you are entitled to by law, is a matter of the arbitrary abuse of power by the lowest level employee. Just as the helper can lock up the office and go on vacation with the key, the bottom level of Court Staff has the absolute unfettered power to disregard a Court order. It ...

The People’s National Party had a way of appointing the stupidest
person available to positions of authority. Whether called C.E.O.
Director, (or whatever nomenclature available), the appointment
was made on their infinite stupidity.

This would, of course, allow Ministers, Junior Ministers, and
whomever else desired to engage in practices which should provoke
exclamations to gain no notice ...

For many years I have complained about the inability
of our media to differentiate between News and
Police Reports.

The ‘News’ should consist of items Jamaicans need
to know.  Information, such as a road closure, the
movement of a Ministry, a new Law, and change in
taxes, etc.

Police Reports are those concerned with crimes.
They have no effect on ...

i realised from an early age that i live in a land among cowards and unconscionable beasts. they have been baptised in the rituals of a society which places emphasis only on cheating your compatriot out his earnings or on accumulating wealth through the degradation of other human beings. any society which worships the wealthy for their having wealth and ...

Between 2000 and 2005 Myrtle worked for
Mrs. Huptown.
During that period, Myrtle’s children
HAD TO GO TO SCHOOL.
Friday was not a holiday.
Whether they had lunch money or not,
they had to go.

As Mrs. Huptown knew if she ever put her hand
in her pocket to pay lunch money for one of them
she’d become ...

Because most people never owned trust in their leaders
or institutions, (having experienced the ‘differently’
principle), they fall prey to any scheme which defies logic.

In fact, logic might be illogical in Jamaica.

In other places, the child who comes first in the class is
the one who gets that sweet summer job.

In Jamaica, the dunce from dunce class ...

For ten years Philip Paulwell proved that the public is as stupid as advertised.
Knowing nothing about everything and caring less, he would ‘wow’ his audiences
with his ‘technical saavy’, as he tossed buzz words into the microphone.

What is so interesting about Paulwell, besides his questionable sexuality,
is his complete indifference to those topics of which he claimed to ...

Dear Editor,

As I understand it, for the period of Cricket World Cup we will have a single point of entry for Caricom so travel between the host countries will be on the same terms as domestic travel. That is, there will be no customs and no immigration, so to board a plane you simply present your ticket and an ...

An Opposition is like a Defence Counsel in a Murder Trial.

The Defence has nothing to prove, that is for the Prosecution.
The Defence can sit back, see if the Prosecution brings strong
enough evidence so that a jury is persuaded beyond a reasonable
doubt.

In many cases, this isn’t that easy to do. After all, witnesses lie,
(if ...

Reasoning is a talk show hosted by a friend from my high school. This episode touched on a subject very dear to me: crime and violence in Jamaica.
Reasoning #24 on IdlerzLounge

In other nations, giving birth to an
adulterine bastard is some evidence
of moral turpitude.

This would operate as disqualification
from holding offices requiring one be of
the highest moral fiber.

That Michael Hylton and Pauline Findley
began their affair and both had no qualms
in putting themselves forward to sit on the
General Legal Council; that is the Body ...