Despite the massacres the posturing continues

Dear Editor,
In a span of less than two months, whirlwinds sadistic and grisly-and unmatched in intensity-scythed through two Guyanese communities.  But even before the pitiless fusillades of fire had receded, some had already made a remarkable psychological readjustment.  Initially, there was a recoiling in horror, a running for cover, but a returning to discuss and dissect.  Then there was a departure.  All-or most-departed as if nothing had happened that scorched the conscience and questioned our very existence.

There was a departure towards frolicking in less sanguinary playgrounds on the merits of visible institutions and a less visible divinity.  Then, there is a continuing, and repetitive, crossing of paper scimitars on who has what credentials; who has been where; and who has manifested a more infallible history of protest and resistance.  There is glorification in the petty and puerile, even as less fortunate, less literate, lesser positioned compatriots shrivel in fear and despair.