Comments on: Jamaican Objects to the World’s Impression

By: Timothy Kincaid

Timothy Kincaid — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:00:16 +0000

gabby,

I noticed that you were not at all “seriously agitated” by any of the murder, beatings, or hatred that is found in Jamaica. You consider that to be “our beliefs” and what your “nation is based on”. You are only “seriously agitated” when those beliefs and behaviors are exposed.

I will continue to shine a light on the murderous and violent culture in Jamaica until the world shuns you. Unless your nation denounces the evil around you rather than defend it, you will soon find that there is not place in the tourism industry for haters, murderers, and violent bigots.

No doubt that will “seriously agitate” you as well.

By: gabby

gabby — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:19:13 +0000

i wish who ever wrote this article would shut the f*ck up, because what was just written has seriously agitated me. you make jamaica seem like even if a spec of homesexuality is seen then its a bloody beating. first of all why go to a country and flaunt your gayness when you know its not accepted that shows blatant disregard for our beliefs, and never forget you are in our country. second of all being a jamaican i know that my people arent so quick to jump a gay person just because of that, they were probably flaunting it disrespectfully. and yes we will let you know in a flash that we do not approve or support homosexuality, its against what our and a lot of other nations are based on

By: Timothy Kincaid

Timothy Kincaid — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:29:11 +0000

No, Alan, there are not many countries in the Western Hemisphere that come close to Jamaica in terms of homophobia as a cultural norm. Jamaica is alone in the Americas, for example, in the extent to which it prides itself on its antagonism towards gays.

By: Alan

Alan — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:12:13 +0000

Care to name a few?

Spin a world globe and stop it with your index finger. Anywhere your finger rests (except perhaps in an ocean) would suffice.

By: TikiHead

TikiHead — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:21:48 +0000

Ephilei,

Care to name a few?

By: Ephilei

Ephilei — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:06:28 +0000

There are PLENTY of countries as anti-gay as Jamaica. It would be fair to criticize them too.

By: Duncan

Duncan — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:12:59 +0000

I would also like to add that the most telling mistake done by the editorial is to imply a dichotomy between Jamaicans and the “gay lobby”, in effect saying that gays are a foreign intrusion and that all patriotic Jamaicans agree with them.

By: Duncan

Duncan — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:00:21 +0000

This is what I meant, from the Lexington column of “The Economist”:

“[John McWhorter] admits that some hip-hop lyrics display an ungentlemanly attitude towards women, but he doubts that listening to violent lyrics causes people to behave more violently. If it did, there would be more opera fans stabbing their ex-lovers outside bullfights.”

By: Sportin\\\' Life

Sportin\\\' Life — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:51:51 +0000

Hear, hear, Timothy.

By: John

John — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:46:14 +0000

I was on a Carribean cruise recently that stopped in Jamaica. On the one hand, I did have a lot of fun on sea kayaks and climbing their famous waterfall with my kid.

However, it was one of the least friendly and most jarringly intense places I have ever been. There is just a level of tension there that made me very uncomfortable.

Since I was there with my 13 year old doing adventure type stuff and my partner (who has a bad back) wasn’t with us, there wasn’t any clue that I was gay, and we never faced any homophobia. But I have no real desire ever to go back to Jamaica, and if I was on a cruise that did stop there, I would probably just stay on the ship.