08-19-2015, 12:42 PM
It's all very sad for people who are losing loved ones, without a doubt, and worrying for those with loved ones there, can relate to everything you said winni.
My 2 penny's are that the indifference to death and dying and horrible crimes is part of the cycle of problems in JA.
So much poverty, no one cares, so much corruption by police, politics, churches, community leaders.....where the hell do you start and how do you survive all that.
People won't come forward, how do they know who can be trusted??
Look at the man in Kingston recently who they said killed a police officer on the bus. Arrested and beaten to death in the cells by ' other prisoners'!!! What happened to due process and a fair trial.
There is at least one person that I know of that is in police custody for a crime there he just wouldn't have committed. Been there months, no sign of a trial date....no one dare speak out for him either.
Burn down the ghettos is not an answer, there are some good, regular people living there as well.
i still try and have a perspective on what is happening there. It's not a daily or weekly occurrence, probably not random, and still the well debated point that it's not that different to places in our own countries with the same level of poverty and disadvantage.
But just posting up headlines becomes sensationalist, and these articles refer to crimes no where near each other, or reflect any heighted risk to tourists.
Get out from the computers and the AI and meet real people. Might balance some views and perceptions out.
My 2 penny's are that the indifference to death and dying and horrible crimes is part of the cycle of problems in JA.
So much poverty, no one cares, so much corruption by police, politics, churches, community leaders.....where the hell do you start and how do you survive all that.
People won't come forward, how do they know who can be trusted??
Look at the man in Kingston recently who they said killed a police officer on the bus. Arrested and beaten to death in the cells by ' other prisoners'!!! What happened to due process and a fair trial.
There is at least one person that I know of that is in police custody for a crime there he just wouldn't have committed. Been there months, no sign of a trial date....no one dare speak out for him either.
Burn down the ghettos is not an answer, there are some good, regular people living there as well.
i still try and have a perspective on what is happening there. It's not a daily or weekly occurrence, probably not random, and still the well debated point that it's not that different to places in our own countries with the same level of poverty and disadvantage.
But just posting up headlines becomes sensationalist, and these articles refer to crimes no where near each other, or reflect any heighted risk to tourists.
Get out from the computers and the AI and meet real people. Might balance some views and perceptions out.