THE EDITOR, Sir:
AS WE lose yet another privilege of membership in the global village to British visa requirements, I have to ask the question of myself: what is it that makes so many bona fide Jamaicans so different.
This is because I know some Jamaicans who are real good and some that are too bad. But hey, this is also true of every other country I have ever visited. Now that our former captors have placed all of us, the good and the bad together, to join a visa line, we should do a national assessment.
I believe that every Jamaican has the potential of greatness from the day of birth, and our diversity is perhaps our strongest suit. So we should look at this new chapter of restriction as an opportunity to build within Jamaica so wonderful a place that no Jamaican would ever dream of bailing out of paradise to walk through snowdrifts, or as in the case of London, 'nasal passages', to go to work every day.
"Jamaican" is a beautiful spirit, we can share that with our visitors and we need specially to share that among ourselves.
We are a proud people, and (mostly) loyal to our country and each other. We need to affirm this every day.
We need our politicians to be aware that we know these facts to be true and expect them to support us, not berate us. We need them to empathise with our conditions and participate with our struggle to improve, not from the heights of 'Pajero' but down on the corner.
To the British I say, I love Jamaica, and since I am Jamaican and don't need a visa to go from Kingston to Mobay, I will visit there, and maybe one day I will be able to take up a visit to your country by video.
I am, etc.,
HUGH M. DUNBAR
hmd-energy@erols.com
West New York
New Jersey
Via Go-Jamaica
