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Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war; and this lesson saves their children, their homes, and their properties.
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Tantie Talk
So, half de year nearly come and gone...is where it went so fast? Is like
only de oddder day it was Carnival an suddenly Easter done pass an' de nex
ting yuh know we go be looking at June hard, hard. And as I talking 'bout
Easter, allyuh mus' be hear about de lil girl who nearly get kill when a
macco big kite drop on she head during de kite flying competition dey had
in de Savannah.
Is only lucky we people lucky, dat de outcome wasn't more serious...I does
always ask miself when I see dese kinda tings getting promote, who really
making sure dat de public safe at de events. Supposedly is de Fire Service
dat does 'inspect' building to make sure dey could hold spectators safe an'
sound when dey having a show. I doh know if is dem too who suppose to checkout when yuh putting up bleachers an' stand an' ting, but we know whoever it
suppose to be, dem ent doing dey job too righteous or de 1st Machel Mashup
coulda never happen. Doh talk 'bout de 2nd one...ent is said Fire Service
'in theory' suppose to be checking out pyrotechnics? But overall, is who
yuh suppose to go by when yuh want to get a safety check fuh any kinda event
dat de public (an' even if yuh having a private ting by yuh house) go be at?
Wid de Kite Contest in de Savannah, I doh know if anybody did stop to study
dat having a macco big an' heavy madbull or three whizzing 'bout de sky above
people head might jes qualify as somewhat risky (if not downright dangerous
as it turn out!), but it seem dat de public wasn' in a place dat could qualify
as safe. It seem plain, simple and logical to me dat if yuh flying kite dat
macco big and could lift a man off de ground (as a picture in de papers did
show, not to mention I sure some ah de kite did have zwill and mange), yuh had
better make sure dat yuh tell everybody to stay behind de people who handling de
kites. An' is not only de Monster Kites to watch out for, we does forget dat dem
likkle pretty, pretty ting could do some good damage if yuh not
careful...coceyea could well juk out yuh eye, especially if it dropping from
de sky outta control wid a stiff breeze going.
Long time dese tings like dey never used to happen...or maybe is jes dat we
have TV an colour picture in de papers now so it seem more 'in yuh face'.
Is true tings was simpler back den, but I want to believe dat is because
we used to be more caring an' loving dat dese things didn' happen. Yuh know
dat anytime chirren was around somebody was bong to mus' look out fuh dem.
Any time we stop worrying 'bout dem yuh know dey go find a way to ensure
we have worries - no matter how old an' hardback dey be! But, dat doh mean
dat we musn' put tings in place to make sure dese kinda tings doh happen
again...we have to stop reacting to incidents and start thinking 'bout
what could possibly happen before de event. Is like de folks longtime used
to say, we have to put we brain in gear before we put we mouth (and everything else) in action.
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BACKCHAT: Issue 15
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