I shook my head in disgusted approval when I discovered that the women of my beloved country are terrified over the fact that there is a serial rapist on the prowl in St Vincent and the Grenadines; and his aim, objectives and intentions are to violently satisfy his deranged sexual desire at the expense of the sanity of the vulnerable or weaker gender: the nation’s women. In the process, he is creating a nation of dysfunctional mothers and, to a larger extent, a nation of dysfunctional families, schools, churches and communities.
It is well known that, although the father provides and protects the family, it is the mother who holds the lofty responsibility for moulding and nurturing of the offspring. This is more so because of the thousand of single parents or women-led homes that exist in our community. So, you see, the hands that rock the cradle are the same hands that shape our communities; but what if those hands are dysfunctional?
My first reaction was not one of approval for the disgusting action that is being perpetrated on our sisters, our mothers our wives and our friends: the women of the communities, but I shook my head in affirmation of my anticipation, earlier vocal expression and writing which emphasised that, if Ralph Gonsalves is allowed to use a public office, the office of the Prime Minister and the influence of that office to manipulate the system and evade prosecution, we are going to see rise in rape and rape-related offences.
Don’t you know that if you ignore evil, wrong, or injustices you will soon become victims of that which you ignore? Now we are faced with a situation where Peter is paying for Paul and Paul is going to pay for all.
Today, the members of the community that includes concerned citizens, the police, the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, the church and civic society, are engulfed in fear and are crying out against the wicked acts of the sexual predator or the serial rapist, that have emerged from hiding (from out of the closet). Yet the hypocrites that inhabit the island of St Vincent and the Grenadines are not concerned about the serial rapist and the sexual predators that occupy lofty political offices, predators who use their office to sexually manipulate and rape their victims, in public; and they have the assurance that no charge will be brought against them, because they are using the arms of the law (the office of the DPP and the police) to sanction their acts of rapes, sexploitation, etc., of the community's females.
Daily, these unethical men put our young men and women under duress and use such unhealthy mental condition to manipulation, rape and take advantage of the people they were elected and appointed to protect; all in an effort to satisfy their unhealthy sexual passions. But the unfortunate thing about this is the victims have no means of redress, they are forced to continually grind their teeth and bear it.
It is sad to say that St Vincent and the Grenadines will not see peace until the people get up and ensure that justice is done, starting with Ralph Gonsalves. He must be made to stand trial. The comrade must be made an example, thus demonstrating to the public that no one is above the law. Until this is done, things are only going to get progressively worse.
But who am I to speak on the side of justice, who am I to speak out against wrong, after all I am from Bottom Town; and can anything good come from Bottom Town?
Should I be disqualified from expressing my democratic rights based on where I was born and grew up? If no good ever comes from Bottom Town, then Ambassador Roy Austin (the man who made St Vincent and the Grenadines proud by passing FBI and CIA scrutiny and was appointed United States of America ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago) will have to give up his position as the United States Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago because he too is a Bottom Town man. Dr Michael Grubby Dennie will have to give up his university professorship because he too is a Bottom Town man. Dr Kenneth John will have to give up his PhD. because he too is a Bottom Town man. The black messenger and the man age will have to stop singing calypso because they too are Bottom Town men. The Palmers, the Culzacs, the Lynches and the low families will have to give up the integrity they have imparted onto their children and have practiced daily because they are from Bottom Town.
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