One of the biggest reasons I returned to Jamaica after my first visit to the island / Negril in 1975 was because I found the Jamaican people to be awesome, honest and trustworthy and beautiful God loving people. The saying " Guns don't kill people, people kill people" resonates true.
Maybe the question is too simplistic and the easy answer is "Well there is violence Internationally" but for many of us who love Jamaica it is because we love the Jamaican people. To lump all the "Bad man" with the majority of still great people is very unfair but the question still begs "What has happened to the Jamaicans???. Is it the importation of violent behavior from "The civilized world" or is it that the availability of illegal guns has proliferated way beyond a healthy level or perhaps the combination of the two.
I am reminded of a neighbor state here in New England whose motto is "Live Free or Die". Could it be that too many Jamaicans have come to the end of their rope don't give a S*** anymore?? Are they encouraged by the lyrics of too many songs that encourage violence and death particularly by gun??
I have talked to many Jamaican friends living in Jamaica, especially one from the Blue Mountains in Portland that can not believe what has / is happening in JA. Most see it as the fault of the JA Government and their policies of divide and conquer.
Any thoughts on the subject are sincerely welcomed.
Cool,
John