Letters

Despite the risk of being branded a creature from another era, I am impelled to express concern at the increasing use of vulgarism in radio and television advertising.

I was jolted by two things that appeared in The Gleaner of April 27 and 28. The results of the 2009 Grade Four Numeracy Test and the ranking of high schools in Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) English and maths made me wonder: What next in our education system?

THE EDITOR, Sir:Prime Minister Bruce Golding is slowly but surely losing the moral authority to govern Jamaica as the 'Dudus' fiasco continues to occupy the minds of all well-thinking Jamaicans.One is left to wonder if Prime Minister Golding is the same...

THE EDITOR, Sir:I am so sad about what's happening in my country. I am ashamed of those who we have entrusted to govern. They have tricked us like wolves in sheep's clothing ... nothing but a set of corrupt lackies whose agenda is to get the most they can while they can.

The Editor, Sir: Today in busy morning traffic on Tom Redcam Drive, I was horrified to see a young man sitting on a wall on the sidewalk masturbating away to his hearts content - right in front of Alvernia Preparatory School with several other educational facilities in walking distance!

One of the most serious problems that Jamaica has had to be grappling with is the very onerous debt burden. For this, the current PM, Bruce Golding, has repeatedly blamed the previous administration for its wasteful and excessive borrowing and spending.

Once again, violence in Montego Bay flared up with the murder of five persons in the Salt Spring community. It was also reported there were more than 12 gunmen who are responsible for this savage rampage.

I would like to pose a question to your readers, especially those public-sector workers who have been pressing for their retroactive money. Have you ever promised something to someone and had every good intention in the world but just were not able to fulfil that promise?

As we commemorate Earth Day, I am taking the opportunity to express my concern about a growing trend in Kingston. The character of neighbourhoods is being changed as single-family dwellings are converted into apartments and town houses.

WHEN I was a teenager growing up in the inner city of August Town, I was lucky enough to get accepted into the University of the West Indies (UWI). Before choosing a major, I consulted my girlfriend's mother, who was a senior administrator at UWI. I told her that I wanted to study political science with a view to enter politics after graduation. Her advice to me was, "Don't do it!"

In the Gleaner of April 24, letter writer Maurice Tomlinson chided Wayne West for his use of certain statistics pertaining to the legal status of buggery and the high HIV/AIDS prevalence rate among Jamaican men who have sex with men (MSM).

I wish to clarify my position regarding the letter that was published on April 22 under the headline 'Dancehall is therapy'. First, my view is not that dancehall in and of itself is therapy, as indicated by the headline, but rather that it should be used to achieve therapy because it (the music) is primarily a mirror instrument which highlights social ills and therefore should spur society into action towards making right its unpleasant conscience