The Lack of Organized Public Protest By The silent Majority
I cannot help but wonder why there is a lack of organized public activism and protest in Jamaica. I am having a hard time remembering when last Jamaicans organized a massive, peaceful, progressive, socially cohesive movement against anything. I am not talking about the politically organized partisan, divide and mash up, out of control, tire burning gas riots of the past or the protest in defense of Dons, Warlords and Gang members but a more productive outcry. A socially conscious Nation Building movement against poverty, social injustice, mismanagement, child abuse, crime and corruption within the Jamaican society. The lack of organized public outcry in Jamaica either means that we are all content, yard nice, everything sweet, session a run, henny a flow and everything is right in our world or that we are such a fragmented society that it is almost impossible for us to come together as a people to confront the problems we face as Jamaicans outside of the party politics. ...