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Jan 23, 2013 Letters
Dear Editor,
I have never met the man, but should life offer me that opportunity, I would relish it. I would shake his hand, I would say Thank You Sir for being a great patriot to this country and I would tell him this one last thing before I break the hold, “On a personal level, it’s a pity it took me almost 14 years of living outside of Guyana to realize of what great value you are to this nation.”
While living in Guyana, I never bothered to read Freddie Kissoon’s articles because from what I was made to understand, he was just some anti-government fanatic. What made it worst was that I was growing up in a time where I only knew of one governing administration which had predominantly Afro-Guyanese support, and then knowing that he was of Indian decent I assumed also that Freddie Kissoon was also anti Afro-Guyanese. Therefore I never even bothered to read anything he produced.
As fate would have it, however, I remember writing to the newspapers to express, I remembered particularly after the 2001 elections, concerns about the future Guyana was going to have if we continued with our inability as a people to be able to see beyond race.
Suffice to say, even though I am not proud but when I see where we are today, I can only say “We had this coming.” But now back to Freddie….The shock of my life came when I read one of the titles of his articles and realized that the headline screams exactly what I was saying to myself for a number of years.
I subsequently went back and began reading some of his previous works and came to the realization, how long this son of the soil has been standing out there warning us, forbidding political leaders, and encouraging this nation to let’s get our act together or face certain destruction.
It is a painful reality however, that the likes of Freddie Kissoon might never live long enough to see the Guyana that he knows and believes it possible—a country thriving with economic prosperity, respect and opportunity for all Guyanese, living in a society where we abide by law and order, there is justice for all and the average person speaks up and does not tolerate any kind or semblance of bias not even if it comes for the highest office in the land.
But for now that’s a mythical Guyana. Reality is that Freddie is through his articles still that lone warrior with his pen like a sword in hand trying to slay the dragons of injustice and prejudice, still trying to cast out the demons of racism and corruption, and he doesn’t care that no one is joining him to wage this war.
He has decided to make this his last stand; he has decided to fight because he still believes that more of us will open our eyes to the reality that this war is not just going to end itself. It’s going to take an enormous effort, because the enemies are numerous and unrelenting but like a true patriot Freddie still believes that war must be waged to protect the ideals he believes in for his country that he truly loves.
Mr. Freddie Kissoon, on behalf of Guyanese near and far, thanks for being a True Patriot.
Daison Marks
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