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Jamaica, Land of No Accountability - To Hell with the Law

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Squatters Ville - The Dread at the Control I firmly believe that no one should be above the law of the land. I believe that everyone should be held accountable. I believe that every class of people we have in Jamaica should respect the law, each other and live according to the law of the land. I believe the rich, poor, and the political class should be held accountable whenever they break the law, no exceptions. I firmly believe that if we live by these principles then we will be on our way in creating a more egalitarian and just society.  What is very clear, is that I am on my own in this belief, since it is obvious that a lot of Jamaicans do not think the laws and rules of the land should apply to them. They should be able to do whatever they want, and no one should try and hold them accountable. In fact if you demand accountability with regard to the law of the land, you are accused of being colonial. Our future look dark! I saw a couple acres of flat beautiful land up in the Bl...

COVID in Jamaica, A Crisis of our own Making

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Over the past couple days, I have watching various members of the Government and public expressing shock and dismay at how indiscipline Jamaicans are but I am shocked that they are shocked. It must have been pretend shock because they cannot be that delusional and disconnected, living in their ivory towers. During the pandemic Jamaicans sit at home and watched the advance healthcare systems of some of the world’s most advance countries buckle under the pressures of the COVID pandemic. With eyes open wide, Jamaicans continue to act like idiots throwing caution to the wind and ignoring the danger facing them. Compared to the healthcare systems of first world countries, Jamaica’s healthcare system is backwards. Jamaica's healthcare system is not fit for purpose even in normal times, much less during a global pandemic. But we act as if we are above it all, immune to COVID, listening to an idiot like Buju, that fake ass rasta declaring: " Who fi dead ago dead and who nah go dead ha...