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20th
Feburary 2010
The
Youth Rally
The
lead story on the front page of last Thursday’s
VOICE, entitled “No Schools’
Rally?” was written from information
received at the time, that the Youth Rally,
for years the main event highlighting
the Independence Day celebrations, would
not be taking place this time around.
We have since learned that some last-minute
scrambling in order to effect damage control
and rectify this horrendous omission from
the programme, has resulted in some more-low-key-than-usual
event of that sort will be held following
the Independence Day parade, on the playing
field at LaClery.
There are several rumours circulating
about the reasons why the event (the Rally)
had been originally omitted from the programme
– poor allocation of funds, bad
planning, lack of foresight – but
at this period in our Country’s
evolution, the Powers That Be, by missing
out on the opportunity to make the most
of the Youth Rally, have committed one
of the worst blunders possible. |
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Why? Because
at this period, when Police, CAPS, Ministers
and Ministries of Social Affairs, Youth Development
etc., Church leaders, Civic Group leaders
… every “knowledgeable”
individual functioning within the folds of
our social organizations are bemoaning the
fact that our young people (who seem to have
shouldered the bulk of the task of perpetrating
the violence that has become so rife, it is
on the brink of destroying the social fabric
of our communities) are now bereft of pride
– personal and national pride –
we almost missed out on one of the most significant
and inspirational demonstrations of national
pride and unity involving those very young
people.
Thank God that some last minute arrangements
were made to have some kind of function involving
the youth. It is to be hoped that whatever
takes place somehow manages to inject some
inspiration into their spirits, and that they
do not dwell on the realization that once
again, they were not considered too high a
priority when the adults were formulating
their plans.
And if they subsequently showed some resentment
at once more being apparently forgotten and
sidelined, who could blame them?
Discuss
Story
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