Helter Skelter Pelter

So celebrities mess up all the time and we look on as they are reprimanded for their thoughtless actions. Not so in Trinidad. We all looked on as a "Chutney Soca Star" roused the onlooking crowd into a riotous frenzy. We all heard him apologize, claiming he was ashamed of his actions.

Well let me tell you sir, we are ashamed for you. I personally am ashamed for a country that glorifies violence and rewards tomfoolery.

In any other nation this so called "star" would have stripped of his right to endorse anything. His contract would have become void. Not so in Trini. One promoter canceled one children show and rightly so, and one organization pondered over whether said artiste should be allowed to perform. Only to allow this miscreant to go on and perform days later and they will continue to allow him to perform, rewarding his foolish behaviour.

This is why we are in the perilous state we are in, we do not hold persons to high moral grounds, we encourage nonsense in almost every form, at times we applaud it. And then the cry is "Why is this country in such a state?"

As a nation we stand for nothing, allowing those in high office and so called celebrities to get away with everything short of murder...there is in essence, no accountability anywhere.

For this reason we have politicians who believe it is okay to twist words and misrepresent ideas. For this reason we have local celebrities who believe it is okay to slap, cuff and knock down others because there will be no fallout from it.
For this reason we have artistes unafraid to take to the stage, use obscene language and then have their management insist that 'we' owe them an apology.

We accept everything and stand for nothing.

The 'party down' mentality persists. You can't have a real protest because this is Carnival season and there are too many fetes that you might miss.

The country circles the drain but you want to 'wine to de side'

When did we become an apathetic bunch, unwilling to stand up for anything?

Looking out at the rest of the world, they are no longer willing to accept the neatly dished out status quo. The have decided to fight for what they want, what they believe they deserve.

When will it be our turn?

Or is it that we are only willing to fight for the right to party??