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Enough Scape-Goat And Escape-Goat Behave-Yah
The Love Vine
Bassy - Love Vine
October 28, 2022

Enough Scape-Goat And Escape-Goat Behave-Yah

My girl Lie-Za still battling wid and asking foh an explanation of de term ‘Scapegoat’. Her memory goes back to de statement made years ago, at de late Glen Jackson’s funeral when his dear wife appealed foh Justice: “ I want no Scapegoat Justice” she begged. So ah tell Lie-Za ‘Scapegoat’ is Biblical, an age ole name foh someone who all-time get blamed and penal-lies innocently, unreasonably and even wrongfully foh things someone else did or said.

She would not wait, straight away she shout out: “Duggie De Freitas wid his Nice Raid-yuh Stay-shun is ah Scapegoat, so is Bigger Biggs foh his Crusher dat dey shut down pull-it-to-kill-he, and Dr Murray whose wife’s land was acquired foh squatters/ supporters !” Ah beg her to calm down and listen because de ‘Scapegoat’ originated way back in de days ah Moses and his brother Aaron, de High Priest.

“ Two brothers well dem is Duggie and his brother Marcus, whose land Go-venom-mint acquired nearly 20 years to put Par-liar-mint building, and not paid ah cent yet!”

She read de upset look on my face and apologized foh interrupting. So ah continued by explaining dat it was known den as de ‘Scapegoat Ritual’ or de high point during one of the holiest festivals in Judaism, Yom Kippur, de Day of Atonement or Day of confession of de Israelites.

De High Priest presented two goats to de Lord. De first goat was killed and offered to God as ah Sin Offering; de second Goat was referred to as de Scapegoat, it was also presented to God, (not foh slaughtering), but wid de belief dat it will bear any punishment foh de sins of de Jewish Tribe. So dat goat was set free, unscathed, not ah scratch, to roam in Azazel, de wilderness.

Lie-Za immediately raised her hands foh permission to interrupt and said: “Dat second animal could never be ah Scapegoat, if it walked away Scot-Free. Dat is an Escapegoat, like Hotelier David Aims.”

Aims as we are aware, is in ah UK Jail foh all kind ah fraud, scamming British pensioners into investing in his bogus Hotel project in SVG.

Aims, on de eve of being arrested, was allowed like de Biblical Escapegoat, to secretly escape from SVG by night in ah speed-boat, owing us millions in Taxes, Workers NIS, Wages and Compensation.

She suddenly gets ah bright I-dare, and started to identify persons she perceives to have had strong pull-it-tek-all links. Who committed Scapegoat Sins and received Escapegoat pardons for dey sins. She named de former madam PS at Agriculture who side-traded in House hold items, food, sheets and Flash-drives, resigned and left de country.

Also de male PS also at Agriculture, who ordered equipment, parts camera and sold to de Department. Mr John of Diamond, ah Scapegoat was innocently shot in de foot at his home by an alleged suspect, an Escapegoat, ah high ranking Party member is allegedly involved.

Edgar Cruickshank left de PIP, got run over by ah vehicle while attending ah meeting of de Awe-position party. Members of de Teachers Union lost dey jobs because dey refused to take de COOVID-19 Vaccine. Some ah dem teachers were in de protest when de ULP piggy back pon de ODD and won Go-venom-mint.

Today dey are labelled Scapegoats Party or No Party Card. Recent developments smacks of confusion in de Add-mini-stray-shun.

And dis In-de-pen-dence 2022 we salute de Fish Vendors and now Market Vendors mainly Females or “Women Of Worth” (WOW) who are standing up foh dey Rights.
Down wid Scapegoat or Escapegoat treatment, Enough is Enough, And wid dat is gone ah gone again.

One Love Bassy

Bassy Alexander is a land surveyor, folklorist and social commentator.

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