http://disqus.com/by/peaty/enFri, 23 Oct 2009 09:08:03 -0000http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20091023/letters/letters3.html#comment-20854375<p>I had the opportunity to St. Catherine High School. One Student in particular had plans to become a pilot. However she was doing her last year in school and she was majoring in principles of business and typing. She had no idea where training for pilots was done, no idea what the entry requirments were and she had no clue what the salary was of a pilot was like. <br>these students are just setting themselves up for failiure as the fanciful dreams are unrealistic. Their parents cannot afford their dreams and the society has no space for their intent.<br>they are conditioned to believe that other professions are not good snough for them so they waste their time in school yearning to become what they are not working to become. <br>I am sure that if a survey was done in the prisons and you would find that many of the inmates had similar dreams of becoming that great professional. You would also find that most of them did not even attempt to be qualified for that dream, and many will still pour scorn on other professions like teaching, nursing, farming, law enforcment and entepreneurship.</p>peatyFri, 23 Oct 2009 09:08:03 -0000http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20091011/letters/letters1.html#comment-19846298<p>To say that Fray is "clearly mentally ill" seem erroneous to me. There is nothing 'clear' about mental illness. (my opinion) as the conclusions dawn by psychologist and psychiatrists are based on opinions of what is normal behaviour and also based on what is considered as acceptable behaviour. <br>Normal behaviour is society based and so is acceptable behaviour. <br>I have knowledge of an individual who read about the symtoms of a 'bipolar' illness and decided to exibit the symtoms. She did and a well known psychiatrist in Jamaica diagnosed her with the symtoms and started to treat her for the same. She was incarcerated at the time and she used her 'illness' as an excuse to be taken out of the facility to other places for treatment.<br>I am sure that if a search was done, a psychitrist could have been found that would look at the behaviour of Mr. Fray and conclude that he is a calculated criminal who planned his own defence just in case he was caught.<br>I would offer that a person who plans and execute such a plot as Mr. Fray did was just a person seeking fame and maybe fortune at the expense of the lives of others. I also offer that he planned to get away with it.<br>If he is mentally ill, was it a sudden attack? Was there signs before? Did his loving family seek help for him? Did any of his friends sought to report his strangeness?<br>The court must maintian its consistency in dealing with interpreting and enforcing the law of the land while making sure that persons are justly dealt with. I notice that we are more concerned with justice for the criminal than we are for justice for the victims.<br>Will any of the passengers develop mental illness because of the trauma that they went through? Who cares? <br>A man stole some money from a policeman's car and stated that he planned to take it back. He was sentenced to prison when the judge found out that he had stolen before at the same place, the police station. I would think that if we are concerned about justice and the fair treatment of 'mentally ill' persons, then this man needs an evaluation. Who in there right mind steals from a police station in jamaica? Is it that this man is too far down on the societal ladder to suffer from a mental illness? He is just a theif!<br>We need to stop making excuses for criminals! </p>peatySun, 11 Oct 2009 08:39:37 -0000http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090926/lead/lead1.html#comment-17413305<p>I am not surprised! Our politicians are without shame. If he was even caught on camera accepting a bribe he would still remain in his seat. The other members of parliament are not going to demand that he resign either. " He who is without sin cast the first stone".<br>In some countries where the politicians and the people still believe in some sort of decency, honour, and respect, he would have resigned a long time ago. The govvernment of any decent country would have prosecuted him a long time ago. <br>Jamaica? No problem..he is just ' hustling'......<br>He ought to be ashamed.</p>peatySat, 26 Sep 2009 01:18:36 -0000http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090926/cleisure/cleisure1.html#comment-17413122<p>I am sure that Mr. Seaga will write such a book. Just as I am sure that mr. Hibbert will resign in wake of the obvious corruption. I am also sure that our politicians have nothing to do with criminals. I am also sure that Mr. 'Dudus; Coke is a respectable law abiding citizen. I am also sure that Tivoli is not a garrison, it is just a tight knit community. yea, i am shure....</p>peatySat, 26 Sep 2009 01:06:36 -0000http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090909/lead/lead6.html#comment-16272283<p>Seven lives were lost and I am waiting to see who will be held responsible. The commisioner is blaming the staff for the happenings but I hope the person who is ultimately responsible will be identified. <br>I suspect that the Correctional Services is not a democratic insstitution. and there must be a system of reporting in place. The deployment of workers must be done through the head office as the matter of salary cannot be decided by middle managers. <br>Also any expenditure of funds must be approved at the top.<br>Who is responsible for the loss of seven lives?<br></p>peatyWed, 09 Sep 2009 16:50:38 -0000http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090903/lead/lead4.html#comment-15919608<p>Dorothy lightbourne cannot say a word! This is one case that will break the JLP. The PNP got rid of their achilles heel....bulbie....the JLP cannot touch Dudus...he control the votes in tivoli...they would not want tivoli to turn against them....</p>peatyThu, 03 Sep 2009 19:47:00 -0000http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090903/lead/lead3.html#comment-15900012<p>There should be a law against hypocrisy. We are aware that Dudus is the head of one of the most fortified garrissons in the Caribbean. Tivoli has one of the lowest reported crime rate in Jamaica. That is so, as many of the crimes in west kingston is not reported to official sources, they are reported to Dudus. He has more Power in West kingston than the member of parliament. When the US speaks about obstruction of justice, they are refering to the fact that if he is deported then it would be the end of the bruce golding administration. Bruce cannot allow him to be extradited. That is the reason for the silence of the minister of justice...she is caught between a rock and a golding opportunity (pun intended) to administer justice and break away from political endorsment of criminals. <br>This is a lose lose for bruce and the JLP. <br>Let us stop pretending that he is an ordinary criminal. He is not. He has more power in the party than the cabinet....</p>peatyThu, 03 Sep 2009 16:41:34 -0000http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090902/lead/lead1.html#comment-15790483<p>the JLP was successful at convincince the jamaican people that it would provide for them. The JLP has always promised bread and butter. Freeness, freeness, freeness! They cannoytdeliver the freeness that they promised and they knew it long before the election. However, misleading people in order to gain political power is one of the timeless strategies that works all over the world. <br>The JLP did not tell anyone that the crisis in the country was caused by worldwide recession. They told us it as because of the PNP. After they won the election they revealed that they cannot solve the country's problem because it was due to worldwide events that they have no control over. Why am I not surprised? </p>peatyWed, 02 Sep 2009 16:10:00 -0000http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090827/lead/lead4.html#comment-15467304<p>I am heatened by the involvement of this great artist and person. He is contributing to Jamaica in so many ways. His songs are not degrading women nor promoting violence. His also contributing to the survival of our children. THAKS SHAGGY!!!</p>peatyThu, 27 Aug 2009 10:04:23 -0000http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090827/letters/letters4.html#comment-15463499<p>Mr. Eastwood, the fine black women have to enter the competition and then qualify by satisfying the judges. Non of the criteria is based on colour. If the fine black women do not have the confidence to represent themselves well enough to WIN, THEN THERE IS NO WAY THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE CHOSEN. <br>While I want to see a true representation of the majority, at the same time I believe that we are all Jamaicans, black or lightskinned. OUT OF MANY WE ARE ONE. <br>Let us not discriminate in an effort to stop discrimination,</p>peatyThu, 27 Aug 2009 08:05:08 -0000http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090826/lead/lead6.html#comment-15436742<p>the property manager needs to tell the enquiry and the nation , who had the authority to make decisions without his knowledge. If it was the 'norm' then it means that he was only a post holder while someone else had the power. <br>Who made the decision to put in a grill? who paid for it? </p>peatyWed, 26 Aug 2009 16:21:01 -0000http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090825/sports/sports4.html#comment-15350930<p>Now is not the time for fighting. We have a golden opportunity to be the world leader in a very lucrative industry. This industry can open the flood gates for thousands of jamaicans to make it out of poverty and the inclination to pepetuate crime.....and we are fighting?<br>Imagine if we have our boys and girls championships and then we have an international high school invitational? I am sure that the international apparel industries would be interested in sponsoring an event that includes high schools from all over the world. The soft drink and fast food copanies would also have an interest....and we are fighting? <br>If we expand the GC Foster college and start offering trianing for athletic coaches, if we have sponsored community competitions where there are scholarships and cash awards, if we include our athletes and our musicians directly into the tourism product...if we stop fighting....</p>peatyTue, 25 Aug 2009 09:38:39 -0000http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090818/lead/lead6.html#comment-15025426<p>No Mommy , NO! Veronica is such a darling...We love her and we are so proud of her. I remember the tear that flowed when she won that gold medal...we are eternally grateful and she will always be our darling.</p>peatyTue, 18 Aug 2009 15:29:31 -0000http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090818/news/news2.html#comment-15005925<p>No Mr.Golding!! Bolt is from JAMAICA!!!! Are you sir, one of those persons who cannot accept that we are good as a people? Do not not feed that teo the people. We ned to let all jamaicans know that we are made from sturdy stuff and can accomplish whatever we set our mind to.<br>We do not need to be from out of space or to be of abilities that is "rare". We just need to be Jamaicans!!!! WE ARE GREAT!</p>peatyTue, 18 Aug 2009 07:46:43 -0000http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090815/lead/lead4.html#comment-14874879<p>It is good that Adventist will abide by their religious convictions and not watch any sport. But what good is a religion that excludes a large number of persons? It is not possible for everyone to observe the sabbath. If all persons should stop working for twentyfour hours the results would be catastrophic. <br>Many of us have to disobey the sabbath so that others may obsevre it in peace.<br>Many of us will not enter into the kingdom of heaven..just to ensure that others will.<br>That makes a lot of sense.<br>At least when I reach Hell I will past my time remembering the races that Bolt ran.</p>peatySat, 15 Aug 2009 09:30:03 -0000http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090815/lead/lead4.html#comment-14874876<p>It is good that Adventist will abide by their religious convictions and not watch any sport. But what good is a religion that excludes a large number of persons? It is not possible for everyone to observe the sabbath. If all persons should stop working for twentyfour hours the results would be catastrophic. <br>Many of us have to disobey the sabbath so that others may obsevre it in peace.<br>Many of us will not enter into the kingdom of heaven..just to ensure that others will.<br>That makes a lot of sense.<br>At least when I reach Hell I will past my time remembering the races that Bolt ran.</p>peatySat, 15 Aug 2009 09:29:58 -0000http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090809/lead/lead6.html#comment-14514987<p>The need for political unity is not a "new" idea. This has been voiced by individuals and organizations for years. This unity has never been played out in any significant way, neither by the political leaders nor by the supporters of the parties. <br>The reality is that political ambition has always taken precedence over the welfare of our country. A show of unity will only show that the parties have common interests and common goals for the development of Jamaica and its people.<br>The parties survive and remain politically viable by "opposing', opposing opposing". The very existence of the parties is base on the divisions that they create among the people. The parties use polls to test the division and when the polls reveal that some persons are not taking sides (the undecided) ways are designed to "reach' them.<br>The deeper our ecconomic crisis become the more we will blame one party or another. this will ensure that we are divided and that the political parties have support.<br>I doubt that there will ever be any unity among political parties in Jamaica.</p>peatySun, 09 Aug 2009 11:20:28 -0000http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090805/news/news2.html#comment-14005542<p>How can you survey 500 persons and call it a "significant" number of Jamaicans?</p>peatyWed, 05 Aug 2009 18:16:08 -0000http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090805/news/news2.html#comment-14003749<p>The majority of the persons interviewed did not know about the Common Wealth. They did not know who the leader of the common wealth was. They did not know the role nor value of the organization. They knew nothing!<br>But Alas! You published their opinion.<br>Obama as head of the Commonwealth? That is one of the worst findings of a poll that I have ever heard. <br>I am sure that there are more informed opinions out there.</p>peatyWed, 05 Aug 2009 18:13:17 -0000http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090805/letters/letters8.html#comment-13976652<p>I thought I was alone with that view. Jane reader I thank you for your Thoughts.<br>We as a nation have been struggling with the relics of colonialism and status symbols, to the point where we have isolated a vast majority of our population. Marriage is only important to those who need vows and contracts in order to be "faithful" and to be good parents. <br>There are also those who cannot serve the Lord our God unless the are having sex under a contract. <br>My parents were not married and that did not affect my nurturing. I am not married and I am caring for my children and grooming them with good values.<br>We do not need to emphasize the little things that marginalize our people, but instead we need to dwell on the issues that will make us better. Education will allow individuals to make better choices.<br>Let us educate our people and not force them into marriage.</p>peatyWed, 05 Aug 2009 09:53:38 -0000http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090804/letters/letters4.html#comment-13887397<p>One of the reasons for our "poverty" as a nation is that we do not tap the "wealth' that is within us as a people. We continue to wait for that "Saviour" and we live in the world of blame. We should not dwell on the thoughts of reparation nor should we continue to remain "poor" because our fore parents were enslabed.<br>The British will always see us as mendicants and third class (third world) because we are wasting energy on seeking the big payout for work that we did not do and suffering that we did not experience.<br>I welcome the research because I want to know who are the Beneficiaries of the crimes. I do not want any of the money to be dispursed to the children of the victims. Let them choke on it.<br>I want my children to know so that they can say "never again" and proudly march through the world.....because we lifted ourselves beyond their reach without their help and pity.<br></p>peatyTue, 04 Aug 2009 13:20:25 -0000http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090731/business/business7.html#comment-13739836<p>Is jamaica the only country that is extolling the positives of a borrowing relationship with the IMF? Is it that the Prime Minister and the Finance Minister know something that the rest of the world does not know or, are they just leading jamaicans down the road of destruction. Are they (the govt.) bancrupt for ideas, or are they just settling for the first solution that they thought of? <br>I became more afraid when the PSOJ endorsed the move. The PSOJ is not a social nor a political organization. The PSOJ is an organization that thrives on profit. I am not sure if the welfare of Jamaicans is paramount..I stand corrected.<br>BORROWING FROM THE IMF IS A BAD IDEA!!!</p>peatyFri, 31 Jul 2009 08:31:17 -0000http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090721/news/news2.html#comment-12992569<p>I am glad that the police is taking a proactive approach to this problem..wait..the crimes were committed already..I am glad to see that the police is taking a reactive approach to this problem...as usual. <br>Were there some murders in another community in kingston recently? That can wait...the police need to react to these areas first. then they will send in all the professional police to get rid of the criminal element in the "other areas".<br>Did the police get the new supply of guns that they were promise?<br>I am sure that they did not mention any use of new firearm to deal with upsurge of crime in the golden triangle.<br>the new guns are for other areas.<br>Keep up the good work....</p>peatyTue, 21 Jul 2009 07:32:27 -0000http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090701/lead/lead8.html#comment-11982011<p>I am sure that the Correctional Officers are going to speak the "truth" so that they will still have there jobs at the end of the day. I am also sure that they were told what the whole truth and nothing but the truth is. they will be able to speak freely as there is no chance that they will be victimized. that has never happened in the Correctional service and it never will. The persons who are in charge are not vindictive and they will treat the officers fairly. so speak the truth that you were told and let your conscience set you free...and you keep your job. Ha! I say! Haa!</p>peatyWed, 01 Jul 2009 11:57:58 -0000http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090701/lead/lead6.html#comment-11981716<p>I was a child in the 1970s but I can still remember the pride that adults took in attending classes under the JAMAL programme. The lamp shone brightly until it was"out" in the 1980s.<br>So they are lighting the lamp again because they realize the Michael Manley was right and they were wrong. But they are calling the tilly lamp light bulb.It is the same thing. Educate the people I say!!!</p>peatyWed, 01 Jul 2009 11:50:21 -0000