Living by the sword

THE EDITOR: I consider myself a more pragmatic person the older I get, so please indulge me in providing a gist of what is happening with the crime situation in our country. It pains me every day to read in the newspapers, reports of some young man being shot and killed in some gangster style killing spree. I wish to appeal to, no beg, parents of these youths to stop telling them: OK — you can’t get a job, so do what you have to do... People have to eat and survive, yes, but do not tell your son to go out there to deal in drugs and commit murders and other crimes to get money for fancy shoes and clothes so they could look just like the actors on cable tv (food might come before that). Instead tell them, OK, times bad, but see what potential you have and work to better yourself for the future. We are tired of seeing mothers, sisters, children and family members crying at funerals of those gunned down, but too late is the cry. There is a saying which has proven to be true time and time again: “Those who live by the sword, die by the sword.”

B  SANDY
Maraval