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Nov 11, 2008 Letters
Dear Editor,
I am sure that many, many Guyanese share the agony of Lurlene Nestor (Kaieteur News of 7/11).
But while she decries men “hanging out on street corners, barefacedly waiting to attack “, her political colleagues attack the police when they pick up loiterers, particularly from communities known to harbour criminals. How else can the police discourage this “ganging up”?
I also agree that a more holistic approach needs to be undertaken to stem the fear which grips us as we are in our homes or traverse the roadways and streets.
I have argued in the past that criminals in certain areas do not find refuge in their communities for long. Information is given to the police quickly.
But, in the main, some communities do not report criminal elements in their midst. That is why the spiralling of crime is not surprising. We cannot continue to be ostrich-like.
The incidents of robberies, often resulting in the deaths of victims, require the recognition of all racial groups that a criminal is a criminal: He will kill if resisted or cornered, and he has no regard for race, etc. on the law. So why do we want to give him refuge in our midst? He will turn on us one day!
Recently, a lady was robbed mere metres away from the Brickdam Police Station by some 15-year-olds. Isn’t that brazenness at its height?
And I wager anything that those young criminals have grown up on booty taken home by elders. So, you eat what has been stolen; listen to stories about how quick money is made by stealing. What will you become?
I disagree with Ms. Nestor that Government has failed. The PNC was in Government 16 years ago. Many criminals today are older than 16 years.
They were spawned during the time of the PNC Administration. Did the PNC fail also? The point here is: Let us stop blaming (any) Administration.
Rather, let us work within our ethnic collectives and be brave enough to ostracise criminal elements from among us. Or is it that we can’t, because we benefit for what is stolen?
In conclusion, every Guyanese owes himself and this country a duty to fight crime – in any form or shape, committed by anyone.
T. Jabour
THIS IDIOT TELLING GUYANA WE HAVE NO SAY IN THE 50% PROFIT SHARING AGREEMENT WE HAVE WITH EXXON.
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