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Sunday, February 25, 2007

Pharisees and hypocrites

Hyacinth Bennett, the former leader of the National Democratic Movement (NDM), has taken aim at a group of Christians who have volunteered to clean up Kingston in preparation for the impending Creator of White Elephants, the ICC Cricket World Cup.
She seems to think that, because they did nothing prior, they are "hypocrites and Pharisees".

I'm almost tempted to agree with her, but will withhold judgement until the group, who calls themselves HOPE 2007, unveils its plans (if they have any) for cleanup activities on a continuing basis after the World Cup. I think that's only fair since, after all, they're out on the streets cleaning up and not standing in a church calling people names.

We're back!

After an almost two year hiatus, during which everything and nothing changed in Jamaica, I've started blogging again. This time I plan to put serious effort into maintaining the blog and hopefully watch it grow into a very active commentary site. If you're new to the site, please take some time to read the archived posts and let me know what you think, either via a comment or via email. Opposing viewpoints are, of course, welcome provided they address the issue being discussed.