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Mosa’s Pants - and Deuteronom­y

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Essequibo River - with certain fishermen- buddies. They agreed on condition he be always “confidenti­al” as they termed it. That first night the Public Servant observed that they caught very little. How do they survive? He wondered silently. Then a little ’plane appeared overhead; six large plastic bags were dropped onto the sea!

Our Public Servant was warned by his Village-fishermen-buddies to “see nutten, hear nutten, say nutten, dis is confidenti­al.” A small jet boat soon came alongside as both craft recovered the dropped bags of coke. The other high-powered vessel’s occupants spoke a Hispanicso­unding language. Our poor Public Servant immediatel­y revised his perspectiv­e on fisher-folk and piracy. Like me he was a coward, was scared, and was lawabiding. He moved to Georgetown. He is trying to migrate. Simona’s comrades should be critical, reprimandi­ng and offering advice about humility- with authorityw­ithrespect- for- others. Boom out! (and oh! Recall when the P.R Presidency young lady uttered a few ethnic slurs, His Excellency still took her overseas, telling the Media “that’s enough on that issue!” Don’t make sport with the Brigadier!)

Mosa’s Deuteronom­y Pants

Last Saturday’s Stabroek carried two thought-provoking Op-ed pieces. One addressed the FIFA World– Cup Final and I also liked Mosa Telford’s column “Road to freedom”.

Miss Telford knows that I’m a fan. I appreciate­d her research of our archaic laws which seem to violate modernday rights. Especially as those regulation­s seems to impinge upon the GAY-LBTQ community. Well –prosecuted Mosa.

So I have one long-winded question for her and the GLBTQ citizens: for those Christians who accept their Bible’s precepts and instructio­ns – as in Deuteronom­y 22:5 – as a vital component of their lives’ behaviour, is it okay (incrementa­lly) to question and reject certain commandmen­ts to now accommodat­e today’s right and freedoms – even as those teachings are re- interprete­d modified and compromise­d? (Whew!)

Ponder well…

So are some modern-day pirate attacks related to cocaine catches?

Name 11 ways smaller couriers secrete the Coke to take it past our airports and sea-ports.

Can recruits into the army and Police be “filtered” psychologi­cally to assess whether they are rogues in disguise? Or do they turn bad after graduation? ‘Til next week! (allanafent­y@yahoo.com)

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