Saturday, March 9, 2013

The Courage To Say It’s Wrong

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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

You made sense until this, "beginning with greater integration with Latin America." Take a page from the EU and you'll know about the imbalance and the myriad of problems.

March 9, 2013 at 6:01 PM
Anonymous said...

The article was well written except for the point about closer integration with Latin America. Closer cooperation yes but not integration. We have very different political and cultural systems. The machismo of Latin American culture which has led to gender inequality, the large gap between rich and poor which is fuelling crime and economic depravity, the racism based on gradation of colour as well as the high level of political instability, are all elements that are not exactly in line with our more democratic systems. While Latin America has the resources, those problems tend to undermine stability and prosperity in that region.

March 10, 2013 at 5:20 AM
Anonymous said...

For the writer of this article, the "star" should take this as an example of instances of good analysis on significant issues that affect the public interest, rather than engaging in the shoddy personal attacks that pass for journalism. The Voice Newspaper is striving for balance and it should be commended for those efforts. Journalism in Saint Lucia is filled with radio and newspaper boys devoid of facts, too filled with opinion, deficient in analysis and lack of knowledge about what they speak. Many of those on whom we depend on for our news lack even a basic degree and that lack of knowledge is apparent in the newspapers and on the radio. This sad state of journalism in our country make me hesitant to even engage in the “news”. There is a vast difference when one reads the Jamaica Gleaner or national newspaper in Barbados. It is important that those who work in the media be trained academically and practically so that the media can do a better job of keeping the public informed.

March 10, 2013 at 5:40 AM
Anonymous said...

For the most part, I agree with the last blogger. Except to say that talent and an inquiring mind cannot be taught, they can only be honed/tempered. A degree can expand existing capabilities, it does not imbue talent. By the way, good luck trying to get those degree-holders - with responsibilities and financial commitments - to accept pittance for pay.

March 10, 2013 at 1:32 PM
Anonymous said...

Forgive them Lord, for they know not what they do; they never studied either business or economics.

All of the above will go right over their heads.

Stupidly stubborn and stubbornly stupid, as someone recently said, Saint Lucians will go on to re-elect this or another batch of idiots to parliament as representatives of themselves. Who else?

Lord, forgive them for they know not what they do.

March 10, 2013 at 2:17 PM
Anonymous said...

Congratulations Mr. Long! What a way to lose friends and influence people. I say this because you seem not to care about popularity but to speak your truth and speak it clearly.

To me, this is a watershed article in many different senses -- for the Voice.

It clearly exposes the unadulterated foolishness that passes for government and administration in this unfortunate country --- raped and rampaged by marauding MPs and deranged felons even!

Again, the bankruptcy of leadership and apalling leadership vacuum in this country has been exposed for those without their own permanent, or without their convenient party's political blinkers on -- if they would honestly read, and if they could or have the ability to read this.

This article is pithy. It is timely. It is deep.

Thanks for a refreshing difference!

I applaud you for exercising your civic duty here. It reads like an article one would find in The Barbados Advocate, The Gleaner, or The Nation Newspaper.

I archived the online version. There may be hope for this country not to implode or degrade into another Zimbabwe or Haiti.

March 11, 2013 at 6:14 AM

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