Safety of our Children
The promise of our future is at the mercy of the merciless. Atrocities are being committed daily – buggered? 6 year old boy? With a sugar cane stalk???? Surely this demon is demented, probably not his/her own fault, poor person most likely having suffered similar indecencies throughout his/her childhood, suffered worse, as this person is alive today, walking the streets, claiming revenge on the innocent, pardoning the guilty with his/her ‘blind eye’ swivelled away from them. Again and again and again, the image of the local authorities tarnished by their lackadaisical attitude, their ineptitude, their unprofessional, irresponsible demeanour, the trust vested in them, that they are so desperately scampering to salvage, being voraciously devoured by the ire of the people who pay their wages.
So what of this murderer? Do we have the mechanisms in place, apart from ‘Golden Grove’ justice, to deal with this person when he is caught, or framed (I honestly hope caught)? Do we have at St Ann’s Hospital or possibly a more modern facility with less of a social stigma perhaps?, the psychologists, psychiatrists, priests, imams, healers, police and politicians, capable, and much more than that, willing! to help heal our ill brothers and sisters? Do we need to get the Minister of Health to stand up and address our country, to reassure us, to prove that Trinidad & Tobago’s health system is as resourceful and well-polished as the energy sector, whose coffers, as far as I can see, should be used for the betterment of our land and not the collective fattening of any pockets, local or NatWest owned? Do we need the Minister of Finance to stand up and address our people to reassure us that he is working hand in hand with the Minister of Health to ensure that all the potential revenue from the massive energy investment currently dislocating, erupting and in time, corrupting our small southern villages, is suitably injected in to our poor health infrastructure? Shall we call upon the Minister of National Security to present some insightful plan to deal with the natural cause and effect syndrome of displaced societies, in our case, villagers, who, with no where to turn, turn to survival.
Where were the police?
My heart, my tears!, as I read that article, go out to Sean Luke’s soul, to his mother’s pain and to his community’s sorrow.
Who is going to take responsibility for this one…?
Sean for The Progressive
posted by Babash Media & Events at 11:31
6 Comments:
I think it was the responsibility of the parents not to have him in the first place. If they performed some Manning style birth control by watching more television perhaps? The government is supposed to be spending millions to get the aid of foreign experts in criminal justice to come in and help but do they ever accept the findings of any report? It is truly a sad day......
March 29, 2006 2:32 pm
EVERYONE must close their houses and their businesses and take to the streets. our voices must be heard. we cannot wait for the member of parliment to say how we feel. we must individually believe that we can make a difference. we must individually get up from our comfort zones and speak out if a difference is to be made. we can effect change. our inaction has effected negative change. time to make a difference. yes we are all fedup, frustrated and disgisted by the impotence of the governance and the political system. enough is enough. children are now being sacrificed. are we going to wait untill it affects us directly. sympathy is not what Sean's family needs but rather citizens to make a BOLD and proactive stand against the ills that we have allowed to pervade.
March 30, 2006 3:00 am
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March 30, 2006 3:35 pm
My sympathy and prayers go to mother, grand-mother and close family of Sean Luke.
However, there are some things mentioned about this that lead me to think that this was avoidable.
Little Sean, by his mother's own admission, was very, very friendly. She said "He would talk to anyone, he very very foward". I am not advocating 'mucksie' children, but I am saying that in this day and age we have to instill caution in our children. We cannot be as trusting as we once were about our neighbours. I was not brought up like that, I doubt many of us were. So why is it passing unnoticed that Sean's mother only noticed his absence, after she woke up from her nap? This was not a big boy, this was a six year old! How can you go to sleep and leave your six year old outside playing?! This is utter madness...When i was growing up, when my mother went to take a nap, we were all brought inside...whether you napped or not was irrelevant...you were inside because she was, and she was not able to look out for us while she napped.
While I usually cannot support the police, there is nothing more that they could have done. According to all their laws, rules etc, a person is not deemed missing until 24hrs have passed. This is to prevent the many, many cases where the person simply wandered off, or went out on their own.
I love my country, but we are all too quick to jump on every bandwagon to lambaste the politicians, the police...
We never ever look in the mirror at ourselves. Change can only begin if we, the individual, are willing to change how we approach life.
March 31, 2006 10:05 am
Yes it could have been avoided Shelly-ann, if the police did there jobs. Something was done only when the mother took to the US embassy. You said "we are all too quick to jump on every bandwagon to lambaste the politicians, the police...". Oh yes we should, some one said to me the other day, I got my son passport when he was only 4 months old, i can even get someone a license to drive "backhoe" even if they have never seen one. Another said "meh pad nah( a police man) and i go fishing during the week, all he does do is just sign that he on duty . What is this, something must be done, covering up should be abolish. Starting from the government,police,lisence officers, you name it. So maybe the "eye in the sky" should be over the lincese offices, police stations, government buildings.
March 31, 2006 7:07 pm
Yes it could have been avoided Shelly-Anne, if the Police did their jobs. Something was done only when the mother took to the US Embassy. You said "we are all too quick to jump on every bandwagon to lambaste the politicians, the police...". Oh yes we should, someone said to me the other day, "I got my son passport when he was only 4 months old, i can even get someone a license to drive "backhoe" even if they have never seen one". Another said "meh padnah (a police man) and I go fishing during the week, all he does do is just sign that he on duty". What is this? Something must be done, covering up should be abolished. Starting from the Government, Police, licence officers, you name it. So maybe the "eye in the sky" should be over the licence offices, police stations, government buildings...
March 31, 2006 8:09 pm
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