Absurd comparison

THE EDITOR: It’s becoming more and more ridiculous that anytime something affects the people of Trinidad and Tobago, we are quick to compare ourselves to the United States of America. This was once again evident as I listened to the Tuesday night news. The residents of Bamboo Settlement were protesting the blockage of the entrance to their village from the Uriah Butler Highway and who, of all people, compared us to America but the Minister of Works and Transport. I’d like the honourable minister to understand that we are a small country of just about 1,864 sq miles, while the United States of America is over three and a half million sq miles and to compare such things as roads to the United States of America is simply absurd.

MICKELL GUNNESSLAL
Student of Iere High School, Siparia