One could argue addiction isn't a choice either but I also compared race(ism) which is definitely not a choice.
My country is also the home of Matthew Shepard. And all these people: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_violence_against_LGBT_people_in_the_United_States#2010.E2.80.93present
I'd rather be gay in the US than Jamaica, for sure, in part because our country tends to punish people who do violence to gay people, and people's attitudes are clearly evolving. It seems Jamaican attitudes have evolved some too, though more slowly, or maybe they just started in a culturally different place.
But what are we, as visitors to Jamaica, to do? We can share our own values with people we know there, we can protest, we can boycott. I'm not sure what wringing our hands and commenting on the ignorance of Jamaican people does, exactly.
I have had these thoughts also. I have them whenever I tell my brother I am going to Jamaica.
My country is also the home of Matthew Shepard. And all these people: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_violence_against_LGBT_people_in_the_United_States#2010.E2.80.93present
I'd rather be gay in the US than Jamaica, for sure, in part because our country tends to punish people who do violence to gay people, and people's attitudes are clearly evolving. It seems Jamaican attitudes have evolved some too, though more slowly, or maybe they just started in a culturally different place.
But what are we, as visitors to Jamaica, to do? We can share our own values with people we know there, we can protest, we can boycott. I'm not sure what wringing our hands and commenting on the ignorance of Jamaican people does, exactly.
Quote:I think I would have been disturbed by someone continuing to support and travel to Apartheid era South Africa. Is coming to Jamaica any different?
I have had these thoughts also. I have them whenever I tell my brother I am going to Jamaica.