Dear Editor,
A few weeks ago, I penned a note recalling one of our icons of years ago, Robert B.O. Hart who produced a weekly article for one of our newspapers titled, “things that bother me”.
Daily occurrences in our beloved Guyana allow for volumes with such a caption.
The trouble is some folks seem resigned to accept falling standards in many areas, the loss of a sense of pride and worst of all, an environment of injustice and immorality.
One such bother, I chose earlier to ignore for fear of being accused, as was told to me by a very high functionary, of always complaining.
I refer to that excellent letter by Barrington Braithwaite (SN 9-10-08) dealing with the one year jail sentence imposed on a hapless citizen for carrying, not hidden or clandestinely, a single .22 bullet.
Those who deal with firearms know that a .22 bullet is a very small item. Following up on Barrington’s letter, I ask, where is that quality of compassion in our society, where is that concern for those less fortunate ones?
I beg in Pinder’s case, and many others, that their circumstances deserve to be carefully examined in order to help us avoid our drift towards an ugly barbaric society.
We must get together to end this travesty of justice being committed by and within our several institutions.
Yours faithfully,
Hamilton Green, J.P.
Mayor
