"Bread and Circus"

"Bread and Circus"
Author

Edgar Nkosi White

Release Date

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

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Dear Editor,

While it is good to watch our Montserrat rejoicing in its feel good moment at having apprehended (finally) an alleged child-predator, I would ask that we pause for a moment and think. Firstly, know this: That nothing in this world is ever as it appears at first glance. Ask yourself this question:

"Why would Britain, that bastion of sodomy and slavery go to the expense of sending Scotland Yard to some tiny kiss-me-ass island in the Caribbean ("You know, that one with the volcano)? "

Given the fact that sexual abuse of minors is a daily occurrence in Britain, and even extends to the Royal family, (let's not forget "Randy Andy" et. al. Why come to Montserrat?

I would ask also that you look at the timing of the arrest. Do you think that it's happenstance that they came for the man (David B) so early in the morning, while he was still in his drawers and just preparing for his morning constitutional (a thing each of us looks forward to)? Why on a Friday morning?

There are no accidents. The timing was impeccable. The beauty of early morning arrest is that the mind of the victim is still befuddled (Joseph Stalin, the Russian Dictator would insist that all arrest take place at sunrise). Another nice thing is that early morning arrest allows your "Bad-minded" Montserrat neighbours; (the very ones who beep you on the road and smile) a good opportunity to gloat quietly behind half-open shutters, and maybe even take pictures with their expensive Blackberry phones. (thus ensuring that all your business is known in London, Boston and Toronto, quicker than you can flush a toilet.

"Grudge" is something which we in Montserrat cannot take actual credit for inventing, but we've certainly developed it to an art form.

But lets get back to the Friday arrest. When you arrest on a Friday, police can delay the paper-work just long enough to ensure that the suspect can't appear before a judge until Monday morning. This translates to a week-end incarceration.

Now here is the bottom line, what it's really all about:
While Brandt was awaiting "Her majesties pleasure (She of the Corgi dogs and the foot-servants). Scotland Yard was busy searching his house and office at their leisure reading and photocopying everything. Was this what THEY came for? Alleged Evidence of money laundering? Details of off-shore banking?

The truth is that they don't give a fart about child molestation or morals.

There is nothing more heinous here in Montserrat than the things they have witnessed in the halls of WhiteHall, London, on a daily basis, where the only rule is:
"Please don't frighten the horses!"

It is, as it always has been, all about money. And so while Montserrat is busy and distracted with its "Feel good Moment.' Things remain as it always has been, all about the money.

And the truth is that regardless of what political party is in power, nothing changes. The real power-brokers remain the same regardless. They remain invisible behind the curtain. And most important, they never lose regardless. These are the blessed of God.

Perversion is nothing new to Montserrat or the world. I have no problem with reality and I'm not afraid to acknowledge it. My anger has to do with the fact that the money men here never really invest in Montserrat. Not only do they escape taxes, they don't even really invest in The Bank of Montserrat. Their serious money remains abroad.. They finance events here so that their names are prominent in churches and society. But their serious money remains abroad.

Have your perversions, foreign or domestic. I'm not foolish enough not to know you get what you pay for (or as is the one time slave turned liberation fighter Fredrick Douglas once said: "You may not always get what you pay for but you damn sure will pay for what you get". But give something back to the country! Stop giving us bread and circuses, only. Go to the Dominican Republic if you want to. You can purchase anything there. But when you're home, be home totally. Be for us.

Lastly, I'm sorry for the Petulant Princess, who was so looking forward to her big moment on the stage, where she was going to announce her resignation from the political arena. Her ten minutes of fame was totally eclipsed by Lawyer Brandt's Friday morning Sunrise arrest. Alas!

I'm sorry (genuinely) for the wife who had to witness her husband (who she actually loves ) being taken away in handcuffs. She deserves better.

But then so do we.

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