Crawl back to your hole, Mr Golding
Published:Tuesday | June 10, 2014 | 12:00 AM
THE EDITOR, Sir:
It is quite telling that in Bruce Golding's sudden re-emergence as paragon of moral virtue, czar of critical thinking, and the voice of reason in this latest episode of the culture wars, he has not realised the significance of the season of his return. Or perhaps he thought we forgot.
Bruce, in all his wisdom, decided to break his silence by weighing in on morality, or more specifically male homosexuality, on essentially the anniversary of the Tivoli incursion.
While he is certainly free to exercise his typical eloquence on any subject matter he sees fit, one would have hoped for at least some deference to the yet-unresolved massacre of more than 70 of his constituents under his stewardship as prime minister.
True to form, Bruce Golding, seemingly unconcerned with bothersome facts and burdensome details, decided to cloak himself in the dusty skin of 'former prime minister' and give his contribution to the now-heated debate about Jamaica's moral trajectory.
Ironically, it is that same conflation of roles on the part of Professor Brendan Bain that began this debacle in the first place. That Mr Golding either has not grasped, or cannot grasp, this nuance is unsurprising. Many recall how baffled he was by learned counsel's interrogation of the skin he was wearing at the time he contracted Manatt, Phelps & Phillips. He still, clearly, doesn't get it.
Therefore, all his opining on justice for Brendan Bain and other matters means naught until he seeks atonement for the injustice meted out to more than 70 of his constituents. Mr Golding would do well to return to obscurity as a form of penance for his own sins.
BRIAN-PAUL WELSH
St Andrew