Dear Editor,
Just like the police officer when a person enters the political arena and is elected to office, that person becomes an open game. Hopefully, the reaction to that person’s behaviour is positive rather than otherwise. For the last twelve years, there is little that positive that can be said of those who occupied different governmental positions. It will take writing a book if I would have to specify all the not-so-nice moments in government since 10-10-’10, and I will only need half of a page to put the positive things about the barrage of governments since 10-10-’10 on paper.
Currently the government again is in some kind of a predicament. When I read and listen to the way our people in government go about the business of the people, it reminds me of when we used to play marbles as a youngster and we would have a “marble fight”.
Because I am convinced that everything that we go through in life is written in the Bible, I usually refer to the Bible for authenticity. In this case I found what I think can be a vital cause of what has been happening during the past twelve years in our governments, in Proverbs 11:13. Because of this I think I can candidly say that those who want their lives to display faithfulness and authenticity make choices based on what is true rather than what is expedient. Because it has been twelve years and all the heads and most of the members of the political parties have been involved in government since 10-10-’10, I feel that none of them can point a finger at the other.
The proof is in the pudding. So would make the excuse “you have to be among them to know what is going on”, but what about calling them out on it when you find out what is going on. Because of what has happened in the past and what is continuing to happen I believe that I can safely say that the receiver is just as bad as the thief. “Two peas in a pod”, or “six of one, half a dozen of the other”.
When I was growing up, I used to be a member of the Benevolent Improvement Association. (sister organization to the P.M.I.A.) and our motto was “Let decency be your guide”. I Googled the word “decency” which states “behaviour that conforms to accepted standards of morality or respectability”.
Russell Simmons
