Lyrics to The Mission :(feat. Stephen Marley)
From Jungle to Rema
From Tivoli to Matthews Lane
From Waterhouse to Drewsland
From Baneland to Delacre
A youth and youth fi have a plan and have some ambition
And make sure unnu firm ina di Armageddon
So when you son become a man, him know just where you stand
Him know him poopa set it so him follow tradition
If Marcus Garvey say fi read then why some man ah pree
Cause knowledge ah the key and it wll set the people free
And Haile I philosophy is African unity
Unno watch dey segregation and social impurity
The race is not just for the swift but those who can endure
Make sure you have a steady footing in ah zion door
And keep dem thoughts dem pure,
Jah love is for the poor
But some likkkle bwoy ah burst some gun dem mooma can't afford
If Jah say blood fi run let Jah will be done
The heaven and the earth will pass away before him word no come
But if 'I'm rise without a cause there will be no reward
For you to enter Zion gates because you are a fraud
For the youths in the struggle
Fighting Guerilla warfare
Somalia to Ethiopia
From Egypt to Zimbabwe
Haile Selassie say ah war if colour is a scar
If one from every nation can come live up an ah par
So don't care who you are there's a brighter morning star
It's shining with di town and tell the people near and far
You seek and you will search with science and research
The flesh it is the temple and the temple is the church
Haile Selassie say fi work so how some man ah lurks
Dem fix upon the cornerside like rubbish heap and dirt
Haile Selassie say ah one respect for every man
No care dey race, no care dey colour nor di religion
So make a decision fi bun di division
Cause each and every rasta youth to trot pon di mission
From Portmore to Kingston
From Kingston to Montego Bay
From Seaview to Riverton
Come and hundred proclaim
From Jungle to Rema
From Tivoli to Matthews Lane
From Southside to Telaville
From Iraq to USA
From Waterhouse to Drewsland
Baneland to Delacre
Portmore, kingston to boom.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
The future of our Children - That Promiss
It is important that anyone who reads this blog understands that politics aside, Senator Obama is the kind of person that makes me proud to be a human being. He inspires me to be a better person and to have faith in the hope of a better world. Here is an excerpt from his acceptance speech, delivered in front of 84’000 people in Denver at a football stadium.
And it is that promise that, 45 years ago today, brought Americans from every corner of this land to stand together on a Mall in Washington, before Lincoln's Memorial, and hear a young preacher from Georgia speak of his dream.
The men and women who gathered there could've heard many things. They could've heard words of anger and discord. They could've been told to succumb to the fear and frustrations of so many dreams deferred.
At this moment, in this election, we must pledge once more to march into the future. Let us keep that promise, that American promise, and in the words of scripture hold firmly, without wavering, to the hope that we confess.
You know, this country of ours has more wealth than any nation, but that's not what makes us rich. We have the most powerful military on Earth, but that's not what makes us strong. Our universities and our culture are the envy of the world, but that's not what keeps the world coming to our shores.
Instead, it is that American spirit, that American promise, that pushes us forward even when the path is uncertain; that binds us together in spite of our differences; that makes us fix our eye not on what is seen, but what is unseen, that better place around the bend.
That promise is our greatest inheritance. It's a promise I make to my daughters when I tuck them in at night and a promise that you make to yours, a promise that has led immigrants to cross oceans and pioneers to travel west, a promise that led workers to picket lines and women to reach for the ballot.
That promise is our greatest inheritance. It's a promise I make to my daughters when I tuck them in at night and a promise that you make to yours, a promise that has led immigrants to cross oceans and pioneers to travel west, a promise that led workers to picket lines and women to reach for the ballot.
And it is that promise that, 45 years ago today, brought Americans from every corner of this land to stand together on a Mall in Washington, before Lincoln's Memorial, and hear a young preacher from Georgia speak of his dream.
The men and women who gathered there could've heard many things. They could've heard words of anger and discord. They could've been told to succumb to the fear and frustrations of so many dreams deferred.
But what the people heard instead -- people of every creed and color, from every walk of life -- is that, in America, our destiny is inextricably linked, that together our dreams can be one.
"We cannot walk alone," the preacher cried. "And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back."
America, we cannot turn back...
... not with so much work to be done; not with so many children to educate, and so many veterans to care for; not with an economy to fix, and cities to rebuild, and farms to save; not with so many families to protect and so many lives to mend.
America, we cannot turn back. We cannot walk alone.
"We cannot walk alone," the preacher cried. "And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back."
America, we cannot turn back...
... not with so much work to be done; not with so many children to educate, and so many veterans to care for; not with an economy to fix, and cities to rebuild, and farms to save; not with so many families to protect and so many lives to mend.
America, we cannot turn back. We cannot walk alone.
At this moment, in this election, we must pledge once more to march into the future. Let us keep that promise, that American promise, and in the words of scripture hold firmly, without wavering, to the hope that we confess.
Thank you. God bless you. And God bless the United States of America.
Monday, July 21, 2008
Lost in Translation
I have noticed that a lot of people do not understand much when it comes to Caribbean patios - The version of English in most reggae tunes, aside a few Bob Marley songs. That is really unfortunate because sometimes the lyrics are very much worth understanding. I will translate one of my favorite Damian Marley songs.
Bunny Wailer Dialogue:Since the beginning of modern civilizationgenerations have witnessed and inherited the only conflicts of world warsbut behold the marriage supper of the lamb and the bridegroom onto his bridethen shall the earth's children know the true epression of ONE LOVE, then mother earth shall honeymoon in peace.Forever eliminating the aspirations, lust and anguish of wars and rumors of wars...SELAH!
VERSE: See it deh know the innocent going up in vapors
and propoganda spreading inna the sunday papers
not even superman coulda save you with him cape cause
Red-a judgement a blaze, blaze, yaand
Babylon a gamble the youth dem life like racehourseand
gi dem a uniform and shave dem head with razors
and now the clock a strike war, don't be amazed cause
inna dem churches tryin to save...saviours
Translation: The innocent are being killed, propaganda keeps your from knowing it, even Superman could not save the human race, baylon is the system, or the government and they gamble the lives of young people like race horses, make them wear a uniform and shave their heads, so do not be suprised by the fact its war time, and religon will try to keep the saviours alive.
Marcus Garvey Dialogue:Can we do it? We can do it, we shall do it!
A famous speech Marcus Garvey gave when he introduced and defended his idea for a black nation.
Damian Marley:Boom, tell dem fe uh draw mi out
when the world government inna falling out
only few men survive crawling out
run lef him collegues dem sprawling out
NEARLY DEAD!medic haffi haul him out
and give him two tranquilizer fi stall him out
DEH PON BASE!can't get no calling out
Translation: Draw out Damian when the world government is falling apart, not many will survive this, and those who do will have to crawl out of the rubble and spread out, many will be nearly dead and require medical attention but in most cases just to give a shot of morphine to dull the pain, nobody will hear them calling out for help.
when him hear from the shout last week
him mistress find a new shoes
wife can't get no news and lately she starting to doubt
SHE STILL SEARCHING!and the youth dem bawling out
working hard not to let it all come out
well it's not safe to go walk about a slaughter house
from Bagdad to Waterhouseshe start arouse
sometime she want a spouse
she start go outs tart beat a darker stout GUNS COME OUT!
working people funds run out
keep a show last week and no one come outBOMBS COME OUT!
mi gas tank just run out BOMBO CLAATT!
Translation: A man gets caught cheating on his wife, she will search for her strength, its not safe to go outside because of criminals with guns who will rob you, honest people will run out of money, I tried to do a show last week but nobody came out, and FUCK my car is out of gas.
the scotch tape just run out
WEED RUN OUT!yuh senses must dumb out
mi have a pound round a back deh a gwan sun out
NAH COME OUT!till the chalice bun out
NAH COME OUT!till the malice bun out
A WAR! Zimbabwe to Berlin wall, blazin like a burningball
loose ball....dat no work...IN WAR,
sleepin...dat now work...IN WAR
can't wear jheri curl...IN WAR,
no diamond and pearl...IN WAR
can't drink weh a serve...IN BAR,
gas we fuck up yuh nerves...IN WAR
shot wi' blood up yuh shirt...IN WAR,
can't go lift up no skirt...IN WAR
now disease and germs...IN WAR,
can't go release your sperms...IN WAR
stamina must preserve...IN WAR,
fire constantly burn...IN WAR
RED...IT RED...IT RED...IT RED...IT RED
Translation: Scotch tape cant fix this problem, and if there is no more weed then some will loose their senses, the sun may not come up anymore, all the things you cannot do in war: play sports, sleep, wear jheri curls in your hair, no diamonds no pearls, no drinking, no looking at pretty girls. Things that you can have in war: Gas warfare, Gunshots in your chest, disease and germs, stamina to fight and constant fire.
Marcus Garvey:if you cannot do it, if you are not prepared to do it...then you will die. You race of cowards, you race of imbeciles, you race of good for nothings, if you cannot do what other men have done, what other nations have done, what other races have done, then you yourself shall die.
A famous speech Marcus Garvey gave when he introduced and defended his idea for a black nation.
Damian Marley:Hey! now wi fore parents sacrifice enough
dem blood sweat and tears run like syrup
any dany a revolution might eruptand
the skys over kingston lighting up
for the new generation rising up
of youths now a days weh dem sighting up
and through reasoning dem biding up
searchign for the sign and the sign is us
searching for the truth all you find is us
searching for the troops still behind it's us
the almighty we recruit and we come from the root
we build like roach killing boot
Translation: Our parents sacrificed a lot of blood, sweat and tears, any day a revolution might start with bombs going off in Kingston, Jamaica. The new generation of youth is rising up in age and understanding, if they want to find a sign(symbol for action) the sign is themselves, if you want to find the truth, the truth is themselves and these are the solders of the future and will be strong like a boot to a roach
weh just can't done
Rastafari design we tuff
if a the fight for freedom, sign me up
cause you Tell-Lie-Vision can't blind me up
Soldiers and police dem wising up
realizing they're no more right than us
realizing there's no use fighting us
realizing their opening their eyes to see
the same demoralizing life as us
Translation: We cannot stop the fight, god made us strong and if it is a fight for freedom sign me up, the propaganda cant blind me, even the soldiers and police are starting to understand that they are not any more right then us and they cannot fight us, realizing they are the same as we are and live through the same struggle.
so we nah tek talk nor smiling up
cause the word temper tantrum boiling up
and who...calling the shots and nah buss none
controlling the mind of the young
Translation: No more talking and smiling, the anger is building, who are these leaders making decisions of who to kill and shoot yet they are not the ones asked to do the killing themselves, they will try to control the mind of the young.
Bring Down...bear famine, no rain nah fall
from London to Dadeland mall
all the son of the virgin bawl
institute of the church IN WAR
preaching and researching WAR
practice and rehearsing WAR
teaching and dem learing WAR
instigating and urging WAR
always keep alert in WAR
cause man wi jump out a swerving car
now bees and birds IN WAR
and the freeks and nerds IN WAR
and the straight and curves IN WAR
forward and reverse IN WAR
RED...IT RED...IT RED...IT RED...IT RED
Translation: Famine will come, the rain will stop falling. The propaganda of war will cause churches to institute and preach war, the kids to practice and rehearse war, teach and learn war, instigate and urge war, so stay ready for it, from birds to bees and nerds to freaks, there is no place to hide from it, in the past or future.
VERSE: See it deh know the innocent going up in vapors
and propoganda spreading inna the sunday papers
not even superman coulda save you with him cape cause
Red-a judgement a blaze, blaze, yaand
Babylon a gamble the youth dem life like racehourseand
gi dem a uniform and shave dem head with razors
and now the clock a strike war, don't be amazed cause
inna dem churches tryin to save...saviours
Translation: The innocent are being killed, propaganda keeps your from knowing it, even Superman could not save the human race, baylon is the system, or the government and they gamble the lives of young people like race horses, make them wear a uniform and shave their heads, so do not be suprised by the fact its war time, and religon will try to keep the saviours alive.
Marcus Garvey Dialogue:Can we do it? We can do it, we shall do it!
A famous speech Marcus Garvey gave when he introduced and defended his idea for a black nation.
Damian Marley:Boom, tell dem fe uh draw mi out
when the world government inna falling out
only few men survive crawling out
run lef him collegues dem sprawling out
NEARLY DEAD!medic haffi haul him out
and give him two tranquilizer fi stall him out
DEH PON BASE!can't get no calling out
Translation: Draw out Damian when the world government is falling apart, not many will survive this, and those who do will have to crawl out of the rubble and spread out, many will be nearly dead and require medical attention but in most cases just to give a shot of morphine to dull the pain, nobody will hear them calling out for help.
when him hear from the shout last week
him mistress find a new shoes
wife can't get no news and lately she starting to doubt
SHE STILL SEARCHING!and the youth dem bawling out
working hard not to let it all come out
well it's not safe to go walk about a slaughter house
from Bagdad to Waterhouseshe start arouse
sometime she want a spouse
she start go outs tart beat a darker stout GUNS COME OUT!
working people funds run out
keep a show last week and no one come outBOMBS COME OUT!
mi gas tank just run out BOMBO CLAATT!
Translation: A man gets caught cheating on his wife, she will search for her strength, its not safe to go outside because of criminals with guns who will rob you, honest people will run out of money, I tried to do a show last week but nobody came out, and FUCK my car is out of gas.
the scotch tape just run out
WEED RUN OUT!yuh senses must dumb out
mi have a pound round a back deh a gwan sun out
NAH COME OUT!till the chalice bun out
NAH COME OUT!till the malice bun out
A WAR! Zimbabwe to Berlin wall, blazin like a burningball
loose ball....dat no work...IN WAR,
sleepin...dat now work...IN WAR
can't wear jheri curl...IN WAR,
no diamond and pearl...IN WAR
can't drink weh a serve...IN BAR,
gas we fuck up yuh nerves...IN WAR
shot wi' blood up yuh shirt...IN WAR,
can't go lift up no skirt...IN WAR
now disease and germs...IN WAR,
can't go release your sperms...IN WAR
stamina must preserve...IN WAR,
fire constantly burn...IN WAR
RED...IT RED...IT RED...IT RED...IT RED
Translation: Scotch tape cant fix this problem, and if there is no more weed then some will loose their senses, the sun may not come up anymore, all the things you cannot do in war: play sports, sleep, wear jheri curls in your hair, no diamonds no pearls, no drinking, no looking at pretty girls. Things that you can have in war: Gas warfare, Gunshots in your chest, disease and germs, stamina to fight and constant fire.
Marcus Garvey:if you cannot do it, if you are not prepared to do it...then you will die. You race of cowards, you race of imbeciles, you race of good for nothings, if you cannot do what other men have done, what other nations have done, what other races have done, then you yourself shall die.
A famous speech Marcus Garvey gave when he introduced and defended his idea for a black nation.
Damian Marley:Hey! now wi fore parents sacrifice enough
dem blood sweat and tears run like syrup
any dany a revolution might eruptand
the skys over kingston lighting up
for the new generation rising up
of youths now a days weh dem sighting up
and through reasoning dem biding up
searchign for the sign and the sign is us
searching for the truth all you find is us
searching for the troops still behind it's us
the almighty we recruit and we come from the root
we build like roach killing boot
Translation: Our parents sacrificed a lot of blood, sweat and tears, any day a revolution might start with bombs going off in Kingston, Jamaica. The new generation of youth is rising up in age and understanding, if they want to find a sign(symbol for action) the sign is themselves, if you want to find the truth, the truth is themselves and these are the solders of the future and will be strong like a boot to a roach
weh just can't done
Rastafari design we tuff
if a the fight for freedom, sign me up
cause you Tell-Lie-Vision can't blind me up
Soldiers and police dem wising up
realizing they're no more right than us
realizing there's no use fighting us
realizing their opening their eyes to see
the same demoralizing life as us
Translation: We cannot stop the fight, god made us strong and if it is a fight for freedom sign me up, the propaganda cant blind me, even the soldiers and police are starting to understand that they are not any more right then us and they cannot fight us, realizing they are the same as we are and live through the same struggle.
so we nah tek talk nor smiling up
cause the word temper tantrum boiling up
and who...calling the shots and nah buss none
controlling the mind of the young
Translation: No more talking and smiling, the anger is building, who are these leaders making decisions of who to kill and shoot yet they are not the ones asked to do the killing themselves, they will try to control the mind of the young.
Bring Down...bear famine, no rain nah fall
from London to Dadeland mall
all the son of the virgin bawl
institute of the church IN WAR
preaching and researching WAR
practice and rehearsing WAR
teaching and dem learing WAR
instigating and urging WAR
always keep alert in WAR
cause man wi jump out a swerving car
now bees and birds IN WAR
and the freeks and nerds IN WAR
and the straight and curves IN WAR
forward and reverse IN WAR
RED...IT RED...IT RED...IT RED...IT RED
Translation: Famine will come, the rain will stop falling. The propaganda of war will cause churches to institute and preach war, the kids to practice and rehearse war, teach and learn war, instigate and urge war, so stay ready for it, from birds to bees and nerds to freaks, there is no place to hide from it, in the past or future.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
The Universal Morality Project
Recently I have had this idea of cross hatching the 5 major religions into a consistent ideal. The main challenge has been finding experts of each faith to find interest in the project. Hindu and Buddhist faith lends itself much more freely then the remaining 3 religions do to the sheer thought of exploring the similarities. But I have hardly scratched the surface of this major project and I hope to find more interest through out the coming days. The underlying theme here is that the congruency between these 5 ancient faith systems is what could be the true path to spiritual and moral salvation. Offensive! That’s what many have said when I approach them with this theme. Blasphemy! And I feel highly motivated from this reaction. How can the human race begin to unify if we still cannot except that in three thousand years of progress we still find difficulty in accepting the faith of others as actual true faith. This is one key to the unification of the race and I will work towards it because it is relevant and interesting. All encompassing is the premises of universal morality and how we can come to define it. It is not a new concept at all and I take no credit for its conception or origination. I just find it to be an interesting area of study and exploration.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
The Path of the Rightous Man
There is a fake bible verse from the film pulp fiction that Sam Jackson’s character Jules says to people before he kills them. The verse actually came from a Sony Chiba movie called “the bodyguard” It also is not in the bible, but was created as a form of presenting a code that one might live by to justify murder. Because god can strike down upon thee, the protagonist takes the form of god and brings down the furious anger to those who would try to poison and destroy the good, and the innocent. The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Interesting that this line describes what it is to be a righteous man by setting the parameters and contrast of good vs. evil. The ultimate morality of what is good, and what is evil? Inequity of selfish is a direct reference to greed and envy. Tyranny of evil men is a way of lumping together, and creating a consistency between all evil beings. It allows for gods ultimate punishment because it is ultimate evil. Tyranny on its own is not evil, yet those who lust for power and ultimately become tyrants are seen as evil, yet at times many of their choices are for the better good, or what a leader may perceive or interpret as the greater good.
Is morality subjective or can we find some kind of congruent form of universal morality that would allow for non-subjective truly un-bias dissemination of facts and understanding?
Is morality subjective or can we find some kind of congruent form of universal morality that would allow for non-subjective truly un-bias dissemination of facts and understanding?
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Absolute Failure
Those who believe in absolute truth will only find absolute failure. Absolute concepts have no place in our universe, ever changing, always growing, and progressing. Once any ascertain to a concepts absolute truth is made, then the knowledge itself is corrupted, since all conceptual theory and discovery is only consistent as long as the current circumstances as we perceive them, remain constant. And they do not for eternity, because they cannot. The universe is too powerful a force to allow for stagnation. The ever progressing and evolving reality we perceive to be this universe will never remain consistent, therefore the idea or concept of an absolute, is false. The only absolute in our universe is the fact that there are no absolutes. The laws of physics for example, while relevant to scientific discovery and evolution, have no possible absolute parameters, because they are only applicable to our planet, and our solar system, and our fraction of the known universe. The speed of light as we understand it has an absolute well known definition and value, yet we have no idea how these calculations may figure into the speed of light, inside a black hole. How can we ever truly know the speed of light, if that value can be changed?
This idea is not just related to abstract scientific equations and calculations, but can be applied to life in general on all levels. It is why compromise exists and the reason the human race is so well suited to change. As we progress, learn of new ideas, concepts and realites, the new data will change all the understanding and knowledge that come before. The absolute understanding of any concept is failure. The absolute dependence on any knowledge is a extension of imagination. The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action. When absolute truth is a necessity we destroy the process of discovery. To attempt seeing Truth without knowing Falsehood; It is the attempt to see the Light without knowing the Darkness. It cannot be. This is the fallacy of power: ultimately it is effective only in an absolute, a limited universe. To grasp too strongly is to be taken over by power, and thus to become its victim.
This idea is not just related to abstract scientific equations and calculations, but can be applied to life in general on all levels. It is why compromise exists and the reason the human race is so well suited to change. As we progress, learn of new ideas, concepts and realites, the new data will change all the understanding and knowledge that come before. The absolute understanding of any concept is failure. The absolute dependence on any knowledge is a extension of imagination. The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action. When absolute truth is a necessity we destroy the process of discovery. To attempt seeing Truth without knowing Falsehood; It is the attempt to see the Light without knowing the Darkness. It cannot be. This is the fallacy of power: ultimately it is effective only in an absolute, a limited universe. To grasp too strongly is to be taken over by power, and thus to become its victim.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Disillusion of Justice
Very often in society we are quick to agree with the state. Most of us hold a high degree of confidence in the individuals we elect and select for positions of power, thus we tend to agree with the choices and statements made by state officials. This is especially true in the justice system. When a person is arrested most of the general public will assume that this person must be guilty. At times even I have heard it said that even if the person did not commit the crime they were arrested for they must be guilty of other crimes. Recently I have been following the story and progress of The Innocence Project in Dallas, Texas.
The project is using DNA evidence of convicted felons to exonerate them for the crime they did not commit. So far 17 men have been cleared in Dallas. Most of these men were serving life sentences for a crime they did not commit. One of these stories was recently profiled on 60 minutes.
“James Woodard went away in 1981, convicted in the murder of his girlfriend who had been raped and strangled. He was prosecuted by the office of District Attorney Henry Wade. For nearly 30 years, he never gave up writing letters, and filing motions. But no one was willing to grant him a hearing-until now.”
The project is using DNA evidence of convicted felons to exonerate them for the crime they did not commit. So far 17 men have been cleared in Dallas. Most of these men were serving life sentences for a crime they did not commit. One of these stories was recently profiled on 60 minutes.
“James Woodard went away in 1981, convicted in the murder of his girlfriend who had been raped and strangled. He was prosecuted by the office of District Attorney Henry Wade. For nearly 30 years, he never gave up writing letters, and filing motions. But no one was willing to grant him a hearing-until now.”
James is a hero. He was offered release form prison on several occasions as his parole hearings took place over his last 8 years in prison. The parole hearings offered him a simple way to get out of jail. Admit to his crime and display remorse for it, and he would be released on parole and become a free man again. He could have walked out of jail a free man, but he refused to admit to a crime he did not commit. After each parole hearing he was sent back to prison. Only now after 28 years in federal prison was The Innocence Project able to use his DNA evidence to fully exonerate James of the crime he did not commit. The other remarkable piece of this story is that The Innocence Project is a nonprofit group of lawyers and law students working in most cases for no fee what so ever. These wrongly accused men have no means to pay for legal services.
While the trust in our legal system is vital to our own well being and acceptance of the laws we created, it is important to remember that we cannot possibly always be correct when accusing or prosecuting individuals of crimes. This is the most powerful argument vs. capital punishment. When the state executes a person for a crime they did not commit it is simply murder. State sponsored murder. And while at times we may feel as though the most heinous of crimes should be matched with the full force of our legal system and execution, it is inevitable that the innocent will be killed during this process. And that is a crime against humanity.
About a year ago my father was arrested for fraud. The story made the front page of our local news papers and tarnished his reputation within the community and among his friends. I knew in my heart that my father was not guilty of this crime, but it was of little importance to my acquaintances and those I worked with. Most assumed that if the police had arrested him, they must have had a good reason. While many were cautious in approaching me about this subject many expressed their support for both me and my father. It was a difficult time for our family and while I told my father on several occasions that he was innocent and therefore justice would come to pass. It was of little condolence when his lawyers were telling him that he would need to spend approximately $150’000 to defend himself and that was just to begin the defense process.
Yesterday morning the court dropped all charges and the case was thrown out based on a lack of evidence and some illegal integration techniques that would make most tyrants and military justice systems seem liberal. After all was said and done, the peel regional police had spent several million tax payer dollars to perform a modern day witch hunt that took place over several years. Many millions of tax payer dollars were spent to investigate the possibility of misallocated government funds. In the end, there was no evidence of any fraud. It was also interesting to learn that some of the “police” involved in the investigation have since been suspended or terminated for abuse of power among other things. Interesting that this side of the story is not printed on any local news paper front pages. In fact the news papers have yet to report on the final stage of the story they were so eager to print on the cover of the paper. I imagine that when they finally do print this side of the story it will be a small box on page 14. I will continue to monitor the media coverage or lack there of and convey that information here, since it will likely not be covered any place else. I should mention that the story has been printed on some local web sites.
http://www.mississauganews.com/article/14032
It is a cautionary tale of simply not jumping to conclusions and also to remember that the law enforcement system is flawed in a number of ways, and while we claim that anyone accused of a crime is innocent until proven guilty, it is often not a philosophy that we all adhere to.
“Justice belongs to those who claim it, but let the claimant beware lest he create new injustice by his claim and thus set the bloody pendulum of revenge into its inexorable motion”
Frank Herbert
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