IT IS FASHIONABLE FOR SOME TO BERATE THE COUNTRY EACH YEAR AT THIS TIME WHEN WE CELEBRATE OUR INDEPENDENCE. SOME WILL EVEN SUGGEST THAT WE HAVENT DEVELOPED ANYWHERE NEAR OUR TRUE POTENTIAL AS A NATION. AND THEY MAY WELL BE RIGHT. WHAT THESE NAYSAYERS FAIL TO ACCEPT IS THAT DEMOCRACY IS NOT JUST ABOUT PNP AND JLP. YES THEY HAVE SHARED THE BURDEN OF LEADERSHIP THESE PAST 52 YEARS. BUT ITS NOT ALL ABOUT LEADERSHIP. THE FOLLOWER-SHIP HAS A CRITICAL ROLE IN ANY DEMOCRACY. IN MANY SIGNIFICANT WAYS, THIS IS THE WEAKEST LINK IN JAMAICAS YOUNG DEMOCRACY. THE ONLY TIME THE FOLLOWER-SHIP PARTICIPATES IS AT THE POLLS (and with decreasing numbers). NO DEMOCRACY CAN GROW AND THRIVE WITH A DISINTERESTED FOLLOWER-SHIP. IT REQUIRES ENGAGEMENT. FOR THOSE WHO SAY WE ARE NOT INDEPENDENT, AND HAVE NOTHING TO CELEBRATE, TELL THAT TO PAUL BOGLE AND GEORGE WILLIAM GORDON, ALEXANDER BUSTAMANTE, NORMAN MANLEY AS WELL AS THE COUNTLESS OTHERS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR IT. I WOULD ALSO REMIND THEM THAT INDEPENDENCE IS A PROCESS, NOT A DESTINATION. WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO THAT PROCESS LATELY???????????
Posted on: Thu, 07 Aug 2014 16:22:58 +0000
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