For sometime now my wife and I have become irritated during the break for CWC 2007 games telecasted on CBC; to observe the practice of CBC management insisting on televising the soap opera “Bold and Beautiful”. It seems to matter naught that the soap spills into the cricket time and often times cricket is rejoined with play in progress. What is it that we are missing? Are we too uptight or have we become a slave to the North American filth spouted as entertainment nowadays? My wife reminds me of the very popular “Days of Our Lives” which we understand is several years behind the series running in the North America and which has occupied the pre-prime time 6PM slot for many years in Barbados.

The BU family seriously thinks that we have underscored the negative contribution which TV programming has had on our small island state over the years. We have continued over the years to allow successive government to engage in the state sponsored assignation of our minds. As a consequence our tastes and moral fiber have become diluted by the North American hogwash. These are some of the softer issues which we need to hold our leaders accountable. Of course when we say this we will be sure to hear about the right to do this and that under the contribution. Whatever we decide we need to do it soon so that we can put the required safeguards in place to protect it, after all we are a very literate people!