If the pen was indeed mightier than the sword, then based on the number of column inches that have been given to the subject, the problem of gun violence would have long been solved in Jamaica.

May yet another adage take precedence over that one - "action speaks louder than words". Maybe it's time to lower the rhetoric and pontificating, and move towards action.

- Eunice Stewart, estewart156@hotmail.com, Content Gap P.O.

Is the buying and selling goods against the law? If I were to form a farmers group and then we all pooled our funds and bought fruit, vegetables and meat to be sold for a profit, would we be doing anything wrong?

Foreign exchange traders are doing what they set out to do - trade and generate profit. If they fail like any other business the people involved will have to wheel and come again. Leave private business alone. That's why its called a free economy - freedom of choice.

The FSC should do its part to warn about the possibility of a collapse, but that's it - warn. Persons involved in the forex trading business are all adults. We don't need permission to do business.

- Vernal Angus, byng77@hotmail.com, Havendale, Kingston 19

I strongly suggest that Tara Clivio consults Google and type in 'managed forex accounts' for an education and a revelation. The fact is there are many companies doing the same thing OLINT does that pay between four per cent and 35 per cent per month.

I believe Mr. Smith must have helped many people achieve financial independence and if faith was his motivator then it should not be mocked.

I do not have an account with OLINT but would be very hard pressed to name a Jamaican to whom as many people are beholden as the subject of Ms Clivio's article and more importantly hold in such high regard.