Please, let's remember that not all Jamaicans have grown up poor. The person in question here did not grow in impoverished conditions. Even if they did let's not use poverty for an excuse for low morals or lack of character. I don't want to get into a "how poor were you" pissing contest but we didn't have indoor plumbing until I was around thirteen- then it only worked in the warm months-lol. We ate well enough because my father hunted rabbits, squirrels and such. By god nobody was allowed to beg, borrow or steal anything. Yes, I saw all the things and money that other people had but never lusted after them because they DID NOT BELONG TO ME!
I don't want to try to speak for Sally(come on back Sally) but I know she really trusted Tekla. Can we say it was a mistake to do so? Well yeah- but we have all made these sort of mistakes. We sometimes just do not realize the depth of the game being played, don't realize that the pieces of the game have been set up long before we came on the scene. So here we walk in mid game without knowing the rules~ would be like me trying to play chess with Bobby Fischer not knowing how to play or who the hell Bobby Fischer is.