Editor,
At a time when the country is numb from a wave of senseless killings and when we all know that there is a strange phenomenon that we are grappling with, the most civilized thing for all of us to do is to agree that we have all failed our children with how to resolve conflict.
No less a person than the chairperson of the Free National Movement, Dr. Duane Sands, a heart surgeon trained to be compassionate and look for sensible solutions rather than add insult to injury, is hellbent on inflicting pain.
Sands is well known and respected for his profession, having saved many lives. It would be easy to conclude that he is sober-minded and looks on the brighter side of things. It is reasonable to conclude that he would be more inclined to create an atmosphere of compromise first.
But it is disheartening to see that Sands has not expressed the rationality expected. Sadly, he has abandoned his professional demeanor for a political one, striking fear in the hearts of Bahamians and disappointing them with what they expected of him.
How could a man who we believe to be so intelligent stretch his imagination so far as to expect sensible people to believe that the PLP is responsible for the murders and the unfortunate frequency? How does anyone know who would die next or who would be the murderer and why?
How could a supposedly intelligent man conclude that the Minister of National Security possessed a crystal ball when he saw a murder and did nothing to prevent it? See how foolish that sounds? Where and how does resignation enter the picture?
Even though they are becoming more desperate, politicians must not be so irresponsible and hungry for a headline that we allow foolishness to come out of our mouths. It is disgusting for the wannabe to take us for fools.
Where is the shame when almost everyone who sees these glaring headlines says that no sane person can come up with such foolishness?
We know the silly season is upon us, but that should not be an excuse to dive headfirst into the sewer. One does not have to be politically inclined to know that no one believes Sands is serious.
I do not know who is getting Sands to say these things, but he must eventually have the courage to say no.
I hope that Dr. Sands will save face and jump off the train that is heading toward the destruction of his reputation. My unsolicited advice is that since Dr Sands is respected and Duane Sands, the politician, is not, the most sensible thing to do is continue as a surgeon and abandon politics. It is not working.
Seeing the deterioration of the Free National Movement, a party that once showed promise is disgusting. Every day, more and more have concluded that the end is just beyond the horizon. Time will tell.
“We become good at pretending. We became so good that the lines blurred between our truth and fiction after a while. And sometimes, when we did a good job of pretending, we even fooled ourselves.”
Fearing God is all that matters.
Ivoine W. Ingraham
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