Evil prevails when good men do nothing is indeed a fact of life. In The Bahamas, we could see, hear, smell, touch and taste the wickedness which surrounds us, yet good men are numbed on the sidelines.
Good men have been out of commission for a while in our nation.
The mounting murder rate is an example; it is a symptom of a sick and decomposing society – and the good people appear paralyzed to bring about relief to a suffering homeland.
There are killings on the domestic and criminal front, and life is becoming cheaper than expired food selling below market value on a grocery store’s shelf.
Human, gun and drug smuggling are big business in which no government to date has been able to get a handle on, and some corrupt civil servants and other crooked citizens are living big-time on their proceeds – and nothing fruitful is being done to really stop such illegal activities which are destroying the moral fabric of our beloved country.
Good men are in a deep sleep in The Bahamas. Selfishness is the order of the day, and black people seem to be the new oppressors of black Bahamians.
We talk to, each other with the greatest of disrespect; and hate, jealousy and envy look to be the prevailing culture.
We pass each other by without opening our mouths to say something constructive, and we treat God’s breath as if we are in control.
We love our cars and other possessions more than we value our brothers and sisters.
We abandon our elderly folks without mercy, and we don’t give a damn about their welfare.
We allow illicit drugs to poison our children, and the drug dealer is still considered in higher regard than pastors, policemen, politicians and the law. We invite the guns into our communities, and when people are killed by them – we become dreadfully outraged.
Children are being nurtured by a diet of television, computer games and the Internet; and we see it as the ideal way to show our love for them. Many Bahamian youngsters are literally on their own from birth, and we are shockingly surprised and disappointed when they would have committed serious offences in their youth, or become a murder statistic because of their underworld dealings.
Wake up good men. Bahamian males are abandoning their children in mass numbers, and although they, don’t know if their offspring is dead or alive, hungry or starving – they brag about the number of children that they have with the various women, whenever the topic is up for discussion by their buddies of like minds.
Our national grade point average along with about 50 per cent of our students leaving school without diplomas is reflective of the youths’ desire to be mediocre and careless citizens, thereby jeopardizing their future and that of the country.
Good men remain silent while decay sets in to a people in crisis.
Let’s do something now to turn things around for the better, good men of The Bahamas.
Dennis A Dames
Nassau, The Bahamas
August, 2011
