05-19-2023, 08:55 AM
If we could explain the why, could we solve it?
Personal gain with no accountability perhaps. Lack of God in our lives perhaps.
In the Mel Brooks movie, when Moses comes down from the mountain with the 20 Commandments which might have had:
Do onto others before they do onto you.
Thou shall not get caught.
(only came up with two here.)
If there was no God, Man would create one. We need an ultimate authority, ala "Wait till your father comes home, if you think you are in trouble now", says the mother to the child who caused a problem in school.
When was the concept of going to hell last thought about? When corruption and mismanagement reaches the highest level, we lose the role models we need.
Used to be tourist areas were exempt from crime. We though the criminals knew it would be bad for the country and the tourist industry. It used to be that churches were respected by criminals and a person would be safe inside from even the worst of society.
Maybe I am thinking of Italian Mafia and a very religious society.
We have become oppertunists, grabbing someones drink off a bar. Follow rules? "Why should I?". There needs to be a reason why they should.
I still blame video games, blasting away to win the game, driving fast to escape the law.
Work hard? Why should I when I can hussle or collect welfare or use a gun.
I also blame cableTV for portraying that all "foreign" are rich.
"It is someone else's fault" and they expect someone else to fix it. We have government ill equiped to fix things but to get elected, they F-up things for votes.
And finally, just like seeing an accident, people say "That will never happen to me."
Real solution? Hand out guns to arriving tourists and collect them on the way out. I want to feel safe while on the island. That's the dream and why people want to retire in Jamaica. But yea, better health care is needed too.
Personal gain with no accountability perhaps. Lack of God in our lives perhaps.
In the Mel Brooks movie, when Moses comes down from the mountain with the 20 Commandments which might have had:
Do onto others before they do onto you.
Thou shall not get caught.
(only came up with two here.)
If there was no God, Man would create one. We need an ultimate authority, ala "Wait till your father comes home, if you think you are in trouble now", says the mother to the child who caused a problem in school.
When was the concept of going to hell last thought about? When corruption and mismanagement reaches the highest level, we lose the role models we need.
Used to be tourist areas were exempt from crime. We though the criminals knew it would be bad for the country and the tourist industry. It used to be that churches were respected by criminals and a person would be safe inside from even the worst of society.
Maybe I am thinking of Italian Mafia and a very religious society.
We have become oppertunists, grabbing someones drink off a bar. Follow rules? "Why should I?". There needs to be a reason why they should.
I still blame video games, blasting away to win the game, driving fast to escape the law.
Work hard? Why should I when I can hussle or collect welfare or use a gun.
I also blame cableTV for portraying that all "foreign" are rich.
"It is someone else's fault" and they expect someone else to fix it. We have government ill equiped to fix things but to get elected, they F-up things for votes.
And finally, just like seeing an accident, people say "That will never happen to me."
Real solution? Hand out guns to arriving tourists and collect them on the way out. I want to feel safe while on the island. That's the dream and why people want to retire in Jamaica. But yea, better health care is needed too.