Jamaican pop culture: less censorship?

[Rum-polephoreskin]

Rob,
That is ceratinly one aspect of what Brasi is discussing. I think we also have to check out our American roots vs. those of the Jamaicans. Our country was founded (kicked off at the very least) by religious fanatics. Puritans, remember them.
Sure it was a long time ago but they're hypocrisy lives on.

Jamaica has a dash of Spanish in its roots (less uptight than the Puritans), the English that followed were capitalists not Puritans, then you have the African influence. Because the Maroons were able to live unfettered a lot of African culture was able to flourish and fully take root. The slave masters did not allow that to happen in America and most true African culture was lost (with music being an exception).

So in America you have a set of roots that would have no trouble accepting sharia law (scarlet letter anyone - come on you adulterers step up) while Jamaica has a culture with its roots (most of them anyway) buried in African soil.

This is a subject I'd love to explore on the board, but I think it would be easy for it to innocently become offensive. Regardless, it is a fascinating subject: the juxtaposition of Amercan culture with Jamaican culture. Overall I think we got railroaded by the damn puritans.

[Rob]

Rob,
That is ceratinly one aspect of what Brasi is discussing. I think we also have to check out our American roots vs. those of the Jamaicans. Our country was founded (kicked off at the very least) by religious fanatics. Puritans, remember them.
Sure it was a long time ago but they're hypocrisy lives on.

If I remember correctly, Columbus (the dude, not the city) was commissioned for his voyages by the Catholic monarch's from Spain. Jamaica was "discovered" in 1494, and the inhabitants were claimed to be now a part of Spain as well as the Catholic Church. So.... it seems that religious fanatics have had their hand in the formations of many modern countries...

In my years here in Jamaica, I have seen many parallels to what I grew up experiencing in the USA. While not being a perfect one to one parallel - there are more similarities than differences.

It seems to be one of the responsibilities of the youth to make the preceding generations uncomfortable with their behavior. And so it goes...