Yes on casinos
I am happy that the Government has given the green light for casinos. I urge them not to listen to the Church on this matter. Go ahead and do what will make the economy grow. This is the second time I am saying to the Church that it is being selfish about casinos. As a server in the Anglican Church of Jamaica I believe it is full time for the church to take on its own business and leave the Government to manage the country.
Casinos will not affect our worship of God; what will do that is crime and corruption and we must find solutions to stop these things from happening in our country. The first time I wrote to the editor on this matter of casinos I received harsh criticism; but this time my back is broad. We must work and advise the Government on the way forward for the country.
- Robert Lewars, lewars72@yahoo.com, St Catherine
Illegal DVDs
I observed a special constable taking time out to rap with a male vendor who was selling illegal copies of DVDs and audio CDs in Half-Way Tree. Now it seems our police force sees only the guns, drugs and robberies as offences.
The selling of illegal copies of movies and audio seems to be the norm in and around the city, especially Half-Way Tree and its environs. If the police enquire, or have an intention to buy from these men, then our music industry will suffer serious backlashes and subsequently die.
- Delroy Lawrence, fortis_forever@yahoo.com
Rice-growing
In my early childhood growing up on East Street, Savanna-La-Mar, I remember joining my parents, and extended family members, and neighbours threshing rice for local consumption markets. My memory, however, caved in after the 1951 Hurricane Charlie. After Charlie, events changed; habits receded; life became so realistic, the poetry had ceased. Hopefully, the verses will be recited anew, thanks to Mr Paveley's letter in yesterday's Gleaner recounting the Dutch initiative to establish rice growing in the wetlands of Westmoreland some 15 years ago.
- epatrickharding, jamaicakidcool@yahoo.com, New York, Via Go-Jamaica
