just wanted to put this in quick, quick. It's a response I made to a friend's facebook note 'http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=5513343549&ref=mf' which can also be found on her lovely blog 'http://tahitian-sky.blogspot.com/2007/10/new-generation.html'
"the report on how my brethren and sistren are responding to the political parties is saddening news to me.
I was in UWI today and outside rituals was a mess of people. One half wearing the orange of UNC and the other the white of COP. And yet they were all getting along and laughing and drinking and knocking cards together. Funny what can bring people together.
it just seemed to me like this was just another fad, another trend.. the IN thing to be doing at this point in time. I voting COP cus they cool and new and fresh. Winston Dookeran who?
and then there's the traditional:
"well my pops an dem always votin UNC and thaz how I raised so that's what I will be doing too!"
"wha? NOT vote PNM? you want my mudda to kill me or what?"
I always try to give people so much benefit of the doubt but I can't make excuses for the shit that I've been seeing. COP and UNC would do so well if even half of these jersey wearers were to actually vote (which I have my doubts on). But then again, perhaps staining yuh index finger red on November 5th will be the next IN thing. If only COP and UNC were that lucky. I suppose it's another cool thing to be fed up of Patrick Manning and his shit.. although if it weren't for Patos the rituals crew would have been too busy trying to figure out how to pay for their tertiary education instead of what size COP jersey fits them best.. because the large feels quite comfortable but the medium is form-fitting.
it's sad really.
Join the revolution indeed.
-thanks to Azaria for showing me I wasn't alone in my thinking and also for giving me a little more understanding of what is really going on in UWI.
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Foot man, I've heard stories of how UWI used to be in the 70s, students dripping with consciousness, discussing ideas in their free time, organising protests...is there no hope that we can shake ourselves out of this deluded sense of comfort and get back there? After all, the world is a cycle (ahem)
I don't see that happening in the near future. But I've been wrong before. Globalization is robbing us of our individuality and free thinking. Everything is based on trends now. I await the day religion becomes a trend down here. (perhaps the day scientology becomes mainstream here)
but there must be hope. Not EVERYONE is like those mentioned in the post, so.. maybe free thinking will become a fad and catch on
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