Dear Editor,
I refer to your report of 31st January captioned “Cabinet announces national day of mourning” in which you report Dr Luncheon as saying that government would not burn the canefields at the back of Buxton in view of the economic impact it would have on Guyana and surrounding villages. One would expect that all the possible avenues would be explored without engendering further civilian casualties and it is better to try and fail than fail to try.Where are our thinkers.
It is better to die starving to rid oppression and injustice than to live with a table full of food without appetite. For who can really eat with people attacking you in your own homes while those in authority do little. The ability of the insurgents to read into their selfishness and lack of foresight is the price the nation has to pay for such cowardly leadership for the best of any one singularly and collectively comes to fore when they are prepared to sacrifice for others what they love most, especially now when our backs are against the walls. Why be penny wise and pound foolish.
Yours faithfully,
S.M.Khan
