It has been awhile since we have featured our favourite columnist Richard ‘Lowdown’ Hoad. In his latest column he gets down-right philosophical. Did we detect some frustration as he wishes for a reality that will never be? We hope that our main man Lowdown knows that there is a price which mankind and mankind alone has been prepared to shell-out for progress. Hi Lowdown, you did not mention once the Reddifusion, the ubiquitous box-in-the-corner.
What progress has done to the Barbadian is to highlight our inherent desire to be status finders. On the flip side we have benefited by developing a cadre of professionals, architects, engineers, accountants, lawyers, bankers, agriculturists, Insurance Executives and others.
This reads like a chicken and the egg argument!
The great benefit we are told to be derived from the progress we have made can be seen by travelling to our West Coast, Warrens, South Coast, St. Lawrence Gap, Sugar Hill, Port St. Charles and the like. We have been told also that if we enjoy a high standard of living sparked by a high standard of education, expect the level of crime to be manageable, if we are to speak in relative terms.
Yes there is a price we have had to pay for progress we must admit. We are at the start of the hurricane season, all it takes for Lowdown’s memories which have been plucked from down memory lane to become a reality is to think Category 5!
Often times a benefit derived from disasters is the discovery of the kindred spirit of FAMILY.
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