Dear Editor,

I accompanied my wife and two small children to the Caymanas River recently to soak up some of the cool water and relaxation it offers. This venue is visited by a wide sector of persons and is really a lovely spot to swim in the fresh, cool water. So lovely that it recently made the news as family members fought over different aspects of making money from parking and food vending. Amidst all this, a small child was killed by a stray bullet.

People from the area have now embarked on a rebuilding process as the food stalls which were burnt to the ground are being rebuilt. I personally do not mind the display of entrepreneurship as this is a positive, but when it comes on to the music selector, he seems lost in space. His selection is just not nice. The songs are played at a decibel level for the surrounding communities to hear. This is also done without any consideration for the many small children there with their families. It also goes hand in hand with the smoke clouds from ganja coming from the young men who hang about the music shack.

The only other way I could find to describe the words within the noise would be something of a large construction drill being utilised to drill holes in a road. Young girls can be observed moving to the rhythm without missing a motion of how the drill operates. If this is what the young women of today appreciate, then sex and their bodies have become commercial.

Can the Broadcasting Commission curtail this kind of public nuisance? Or can the police concentrate their efforts in this area?

Because of this practice, we have to recognise that our young are being raised in very challenging surroundings. However, I hold on to the hope of better days for this country.

Michael D Brown

Spanish Town, St Catherine

mikebrown37@yahoo.com