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Dec 24, 2012 Letters

Dear Editor,
Two recent pieces – one a letter, one a news item – caused me to put on my thinking cap. The letter was headed “The age of consumerism” and seemed to me to send out mixed messages. The letter writer speaks of “the reality of a new and changing Guyana, one in which there is greater prosperity and a better quality of life; the large number of business places and supermarkets that are springing up all over the country…the spending power of the Guyanese people… the economy is heating up…the purchasing power of the average Guyanese people”.
Then we have “the changing skyline of Sheriff Street’’. (Sorry, on my visit earlier in the year I noted with horror the ugly half-finished multi-storied concrete structures and the piles of building rubble at ground level, which hindered the smooth flow of traffic in a certain section of Sheriff Street).
Further on, we read about “the….strong and robust economy…..”: I wondered to what extent the poor benefited from  this.
The letter seemed to be a song of praise to the “success of Guyana”. However, the writer ended up reminding readers about the advantages of humility – ie “too many people of power and influence fall prey to the trappings of this material world to such extent that they virtually lose their souls”.
An intriguing letter with a fair balance- the carrot and then the stick.
The news item about the Minister spreading Christmas cheer to the elderly, appalled me and left me feeling sad.  Not only do we rob children of their penny bank money, but we raid an old people’s home at gunpoint in the middle of the day and steal the residents’ money and pension books – people at their most vulnerable!  Grilles had to be ‘facilitated’ – in effect, spending one’s twilight years in a virtual prison.
We have reached rock bottom.  The question arises – will we ever be able to find our way back?
A Merry Season to all.
Geralda Dennison

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