Life through my eyes

Recently, my country, Jamaica, has been linked to the terror group ISIS because of warnings send by the US about ISIS activity in the Caribbean region. It has gotten so bad that a Jamaican teenager was arrested at an airport in Suriname for suspicion of  joining ISIS. When the investigation was done, it was founded that the young man had no connection with the organisation and in fact had no connection with Islam. Thus he was released from all charges against him. This labeling has not only ruined his reputation but also the country which is a huge blunder to be made in these times. Now I'm here to clear the air about Jamaica in terms of ISIS. Jamaicans barely know anything about ISIS. We are clueless about them as much as the rest of the world. In facts, we barely know much about the religion of Islam. In Jamaica, the majority of the people are Christians with a very small minority being Muslim. So our view about Islam and ISIS is formed by the media i.e. we tend to view them ...

When I was a child, I was told that manners would take me around the world. However, while growing up I've noticed that persons with the least amount of respect for other persons where given better treatment than those how conducted themselves in a decent and proper; as if manners was thrown out the window. In other words, the ruffians/bullies rule the earth and respect is how anyone chooses it to be. So what could be the cause of the decline of social graces in the society? Could it be the breakdown of the family, the lost of moral values, the influence of popular culture such as music and fashion or the migration of person from rural to urban or international migration