Small things preoccupy small minds

Jul 04, 2017 Letters

Dear Editor,
Permit me to express my concurrence with the views expressed by Freddie Kissoon, Kaieteur News, July 1, 2017 “Boom Out Baby you have a small mind.”, regarding the blatant dereliction and abandonment of Guyanese social media as it relates to ongoing incidents of serious communal concern. Incidents that have failed to arouse their conscious psyche or at best engage their cognition! Incidents that have reflected behavioural inconsistency amidst misplaced priorities!
Recently the displayed infantilism of a Minister triggered a barrage of criticisms, yet on the other hand the recent stabbing death of an inmate in the New Amsterdam prison, the pervasive life-claiming negligence by doctors at the Georgetown Public Hospital, the disproportionate jail sentences especially in the case of the youths fell short of having letters of interest transmitted to the mainstream press demanding explanations etc. The evils that plague Guyana are many and while Freddie feels that small or narrow minds may be the contributory agent(s) for the preoccupation with Minister Broome’s selfie, but I do respectfully beg to deviate somewhat.
Caspar Hare, a philosopher attached to M.I.T (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) introduced egocentric solipsism which is a weak form of solipsism (from Latin solus – alone and ipse – self) in which other persons can be conscious, but their experiences are simply not present. I lay no claim to being a diagnostician of any sort, but my time, experience and wisdom garnered thus far on Planet Earth has shown me that the citizens in Guyana, as well their minds are a long way off from going the route of writing the newspapers or the press, expressing their concerns or soliciting answers.
In the well-known Mother Goose Nursery Rhyme, Little-Bo Peep, on discovery of the fact that the sheep were missing, received advice, reassurance and caution — that they should be left alone and they would come home, indicating that despite being lost they were cognizant of the location of their home. Permit me to state that in the case of the current inhabitants of Guyana unlike the lost sheep they can only come home— if they know the way.
Yvonne Sam

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