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The garrison — Our great shame of Independence
WIGNALL’S WORLD
Mark WIGNALL
Thursday, August 07, 2014 10 Comments
Membes of the media and the security forces do a walk-through of Tivoli after the security forces operation.
IT happens every year as we celebrate our Independence that we grab for the names of a few icons — living and those who left us — and parade them as the true spirit of what is in us, but more importantly, what we can be.
As a nation, our heroes and those others whom we look up to and admire are relatively few. There are the standard set of heroes, from Garvey to Nanny, then there are those others whose feats in creativity placed Jamaica on the international map — Marley, Louise Bennett, Bolt, Shelly-Ann, VCB, Ottey, McKinley, and company.
The problem is, there are far too few of them and too little of the spirit, grit, determination in them that is in the rest of us. Plus, it has not yet dawned on us that the heroes who we need to propel this nation towards Independence 100 will be the technologically advanced ones capable of transforming grit, spirit and determination into employment opportunities for those who must be, themselves, attuned to a changing world.
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/colum...dence_17310838
WIGNALL’S WORLD
Mark WIGNALL
Thursday, August 07, 2014 10 Comments
Membes of the media and the security forces do a walk-through of Tivoli after the security forces operation.
IT happens every year as we celebrate our Independence that we grab for the names of a few icons — living and those who left us — and parade them as the true spirit of what is in us, but more importantly, what we can be.
As a nation, our heroes and those others whom we look up to and admire are relatively few. There are the standard set of heroes, from Garvey to Nanny, then there are those others whose feats in creativity placed Jamaica on the international map — Marley, Louise Bennett, Bolt, Shelly-Ann, VCB, Ottey, McKinley, and company.
The problem is, there are far too few of them and too little of the spirit, grit, determination in them that is in the rest of us. Plus, it has not yet dawned on us that the heroes who we need to propel this nation towards Independence 100 will be the technologically advanced ones capable of transforming grit, spirit and determination into employment opportunities for those who must be, themselves, attuned to a changing world.
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/colum...dence_17310838