respectfully, history is very important and its impact on today is its ability to teach us by being able too study the mistakes of others. To ignore history and dismiss it as worthless is a mistake many leaders have made. To not know our past puts us in danger of repeating the same mistakes over again. For Jamaicans the political violence of the 1980 general election is something that is very important to the current conditions. It important to remember the violence and the mistakes made so hopefully they will never be repeated. Our greatest lessons comes from our darkest moments.