EDITOR, The Tribune.
Where do we go from here...
The lawlessness, criminality and violence continues unabated.
We’ve prayed in our homes, prayed in churches, even had a mass prayer rally. We’ve gotten rid of the prior political leaders and placed new ones at the helm who supposedly had a plan.
We’ve talked on the radio shows, debated in the House of Assembly, held Town Hall meetings and Crime Forums.
But still the lawlessness, criminality and violence continues unabated.
Could it be that these young brothers that we demonize are simply products of a broken system?
Could that system be made up of broken citizens, broken parents, broken politicians, a broken educational system, a broken judicial system and most of all... A broken way of thinking?
Could it be that after we finish “hanging this set” there’s another generation already in the making (products of a broken system) readying themselves to take their rightful place as the flag bearers for all that’s bad and unholy in our country?
Could it be that the KEY ingredient to resolving our crime challenge DOES NOT lie with the Commissioner of Police, the Attorney General or the Minister of National Security?
Is it possible that over the last 25 years we have collectively (as an entire country) looked in all the wrong places for solutions?
Our crime epidemic WILL NOT improve by any significant amount by labelling, incarcerating or hanging a few “bad boys”... Remember the murder count only represents ONE category of a long list of crimes that take place in large numbers every day in this country.
We need to take our heads out of the sand, stop the blaming and take a good hard look at the MAN IN THE MIRROR if we are in anyway serious about tackling the lawlessness, criminality and violence that is now affecting the way we live our lives.
Where do we go from here?
FARRELL GOFF
Nassau,
January 1, 2013.
Comments
Honestman 10 years, 11 months ago
A good question. I believe we have to start by accepting that The Bahamas cannot solve the crime problem on its own. We simply do not have the expertise. So the obvious solution is we engage those who have faced similar problems and dealt with them successfully. In order to follow through in this, politicians have to set aside their egos. In addition the Bahamian people do indeed have to look at themselves in the mirror and accept that the time has come for a complete change in our attitude towards wrong doing. It is time for a new political party to emerge comprising of persons with impeccable moral credentials who will stand up for what is right. Such persons would be prepared to make the best decisions for The Bahamas and not their own self interest. This would be a party founded on righteousness and every member would be carefully vetted. It would be led by persons of the calibre of Dr. Myles Munroe. The electorate would flock to such a party because the country is sick and tired of the corrupt practices of our politicians and the destructive nature of the current two party tribal political system. Wouldn't you vote for such a party? Wouldn't you want to join such a party? We'll go to it Bahamas. The time is nigh.
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