Unrest In Jamaica

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I feel this completely, I cant fully understand the situation because Im Jamerican and wasn't raised there but I love how she is making others aware

POST WARNING!! Not pulling no fucking shots, so if you have a thin skin, stop reading now.

Undoubtedly, many of you have read about the unrest in Jamaica.
Some of you are wondering: "What is wrong with this country? Why are those people in that society so amoral? Why can't they get their shit together?".

Hey, I'm not offering up any excuses. Yes, Jamaica is fucked up right now. But it's not the entire society and it's not every Jamaican.



I stand tall and proud as a shining example of someone who grew up in that country. I am successful. So are my mother and sisters and friends. I'm not fucking amoral and I'm just as good as any of you out there. The funny thing is that I was successful before I came to Canada. However if I was still living in Jamaica, I would be lumped up into that society that people keep talking about like it's lost.


We're having some serious damn issues, but we're not fucking lost.


We need to sort out our business, but just let's get this shit straight: Some of you are compounding our problems.


Yes, I'm talking to YOU. You and the other fucking drug users in your country. Yeah, I'm fucking pissed at the Robert Downey Juniors and Whitney Houstons of the world. But that "you" includes YOU the marijuana user. Yeah, you don't play around with the hard stuff. You only smoke a joint now and again, but YOU are part of Jamaica's problem. And that includes YOU, fellow Canadian, who likes to pretend that all that fucking weed you buy is BC bud.


Getting back on track, please remember that:

1. Kingston and St. Andrew is the smallest parish of an island with FOURTEEN parishes, and most of violence is confined to a small portion of the island.


2. Not everyone in Jamaica is supportive of this drug kingpin or of drug dealing. Jamaica is an example of how the tyrannical few can exploit poverty and corrupt leadership to terrorize the many.


3. That bad area in your city that everyone avoids? You have a fucking Jamaica in your backyard. Figure out what's the problem down there and you know what Jamaica has to deal with.

4. Try to see the world beyond your own nose. You worry about what drugs do to your society? Worry about what the drug trade is doing to our global society. The drug war is lost right now because too many people are pretending that the eradication of the drug dealer (god curse his soul) is the only solution to the problem. We need to pull together, and when other countries play the victim in the drug war, well... You think the average Jamaican doesn't hate drugs and the drug trade? A gun battle is going on, but did you know that Jamaica does not manufacture guns and has some of the most restrictive gun (and marijuana/drug possession) laws around? Get your head out of your ass!

5. Jamaicans!! Fi real! We know how it got this bad, now how the fuck are we going to dig ourselves out? We have to sort this out because it's been going on for too long. Memba: Wi likkle but wi tallowa!

Be careful of how you judge an entire society based on the actions of a few. That shit is a revolving door.

Truthfully, though, I'm not meaning to lick out against many of you out there who are smart, critical-thinking folk. I just read a blog post that made me see red. But I guess that's what blogging is about. Everybody gets a say and that's all right with me.

I pray to god that Jamaica can sort out its shit. But in the meantime, sort out your shit.