Wayne Besen - Author, Activist, Columnist, Public Speaker

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

-Jamaican Biblical Morality, Left-

(Weekly Column)

Gay bashing in Jamaica is so prevalent that in 2006 Time Magazine wrote an article about the island headlined, "The Most Homophobic Place On Earth?" The New York Times this week showed that the anti-gay climate has only worsened, with the island caught in a downward spiral of outright psychosis. It is time to hand an ultimatum to Jamaica's public officials: Stop allowing rampant abuse of gay people or your economy will be crippled.

The Times story is downright chilling. It details how last month five gay men were having a dinner party when a mob appeared at the front door - kicking it in and attacking the men. While screaming homophobic epithets, between 15-20 thugs beat the victims senseless with sticks and cut them with machetes. One man is still missing, but police found blood at the mouth of a deep hole near the yard.

This was not an isolated incident. The Times went on to report a shocking attack on a gay man's funeral last year, where hooligans trashed the church with rocks and bottles as the service was in session. Of course, this unholy barbarism occurred in the name of God. Interestingly, Jamaicans have turned their sex-fueled island into a heterosexual bathhouse and ganja den, but seem to get sanctimonious and discover the Bible when it comes to homosexuality.

Prior to these incidents, two of the island's notable gay advocates, Steve Harvey and Brian Williamson, were murdered. Time Magazine reported that a crowd celebrated over Williamson's disfigured body. Time also recounted an incident in 2004 where a teen was nearly killed when his father learned his son was gay and urged a mob to lynch the boy at his school. In the same year, it was reported that police heartily cheered on another mob as it stabbed and stoned a gay man to death in Montego Bay. In 2006, a Kingston man drowned after a horde screaming "batty boy" (a Jamaican slur for gay people) chased him off a high dock.

On American docks, six hundred miles west of this homophobic hellhole, tourists regularly line up to board massive luxury liners destined for Jamaica. The tropical island earned $2.1 billion from tourism in 2006, an increase of 24 percent over 2005. More than three million people visited Jamaica in 2006, with 1,025,000 arrivals from the United States.

Clearly, the answer to Jamaica's love affair with lynching is an aggressive campaign designed to put the clamp on tourism - particularly the cruise industry. The goal should be to strangle Jamaica's economy and force the island to change or suffer severe consequences. With tourism Jamaica's second largest source of revenue, such a campaign could have a powerful impact that achieves tangible results.

It appears that four major cruise lines are the main conduits in which people infuse Jamaica's economy with blood money. They are Carnival, Costa, Celebrity and Royal Caribbean. The ports where the ships leave are Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Port Canaveral and Galveston.

It is imperative that one of the GLBT international groups or a major U.S. gay rights group create a campaign to shame these corporations and the passengers that travel on their ships. With so few ports, it would be relatively simple to call for a boycott and picket, while handing hand out informational flyers to cruisers. A "Boycott Jamaica" advertising campaign would greatly strengthen these actions. Billboards would need to be strategically placed along I-95 between Miami and Fort Lauderdale with the bold headline: "JA-MURDER."

Undoubtedly, there are many passengers with gay friends and family members who are unaware of Jamaica's sickening and immoral violence against GLBT people. Once informed, many individuals would opt to vacation elsewhere. There is no doubt that with a concerted effort, Jamaica could be brought to its knees.

To lift such a boycott, Jamaica would have to abolish its "buggery" law. Public officials would have to undergo sensitivity training. The police would be required to set up daily undercover stings - where officers would dress in stereotypically gay clothing and arrest would-be attackers. Finally, Jamaica's public officials would have to openly welcome gay and lesbian travelers and offer enthusiastic support for homosexuals living within the country.

It is time we stopped vacationing from our responsibility and started holding Jamaica and its corporate enablers accountable. Until anti-gay atrocities are no longer the norm, Jamaica must be seen as an international pariah, rather than the faux paradise it presents itself to the world.

Note: Of course, there are other parts of the world, particularly Middle East countries, which treat gay people at least as poorly as Jamaica. There are also nations in Africa and Eastern Europe where homosexuals are marginalized and stigmatized. However, there is little leverage to facilitate change in these remote parts of the world. America is not going to jeopardize its oil supply over gay people. And, if most Americans are not going to pay attention to famines and genocide in Africa - they certainly are not going to concern themselves with the treatment of homosexuals. Anti-gay activity in countries like Poland or Russia is more the purview of the European Union. Jamaica is the one place where Americans can make a difference - thus we should.

69 Comments:

I never had any desire to go to that shithole anyway, and I never will, even if they stop the attacks (not likely). I'd rather spend my money on civilized people and cultures. Sounds like a place where rush limbo would show up with his suitcase full of viagra. Barforama!
posted by Anonymous, at 2/26/2008 1:33 PM

A bunch of stoned savages. What a bunch of immoral a-holes. I would not spend a dime there. These people can go to HELL.

Bart
posted by Anonymous, at 2/26/2008 2:10 PM

'Interestingly, Jamaicans have turned their sex-fueled island into a heterosexual bathhouse and ganja den, but seem to get sanctimonious and discover the Bible when it comes to homosexuality.'

I think that statement borders on the racist. I suspect that the image accompanying that post also is being used with racist intent.
posted by Anonymous, at 2/26/2008 3:52 PM

There was *nothing* in the comment that mentioned race at all and what kind of a picture did you expect to depict a loser homophobic Jamaican, a blond white guy wearing Lederhosen? This is about hatred and ignorance, not race.
posted by Anonymous, at 2/26/2008 4:40 PM

I totally agree....the very notion of racism makes the accuser a flat out racist by injecting it into the conversation. The person seems to be projecting his or her own race issues, rather than an honest discussion of the post.

Joe
posted by Anonymous, at 2/26/2008 5:18 PM

I think it is imprtant to get the word out about these attacks.
becasue alot of tourest who are mostly straight have no idea that this happens, I'm sure some who have gay friends would wish to boycot. But also alot of straight people don't really know any gay people so they may feel this does'nt effect them, so alot needs to be done to grab Jamica by the balls.
posted by Ken, at 2/26/2008 8:15 PM

It is High Time (pun intended)

that the atrocities against GLBT Jamaicans and GLBT tourists be taken seriously.

Thank you Wayne for calling for a Boycott.

I have encouraged friends and family and anyone who'll listen to steer their vacation dollars away from this homophobic cesspool for the past several years. I hope others will follow suit.
posted by Paul in Atlanta, at 2/26/2008 9:43 PM

I've definitely made sure my straight friends know about this, especially the stoner ones who worship pot and reggae - they think Jamaica is some kind of hippie paradise full of Bob Marleys, and they are dumbfounded when they hear this about the culture, and the kind of blatant hate-filled lyrics that Jamaican reggae stars are using in their music (to the delight of their equally homophobic fans).
posted by Eshto, at 2/27/2008 12:46 AM

There's nothing wrong with smoking weed, but there's certainly something wrong with the savages of Jamaica.

I agree, anon, stop putting your racist BS in Wayne's mouth. We already know whoever anon is, is associated with the "ex-gays" - and we all know most of the well-known "ex-gays" and their groups have ties with white supremacist groups, the KKK, and more.

Anyone wanna chip in and arrange to buy Jamaican cruise tickets ("cruise" being the operative word), for Stephen Bennett, Randy Thomas, Alan Chambers, and the rest of that bunch?

And let's not forget a couple extra tickets, for their best buddies Peter LaBarbera and Matt "concerned woman" Barber.
posted by Scott, at 2/27/2008 3:49 AM

Oh yeah, and don't go to Aruba if your a white female. They just drop 'em off the boat there! Violence is everywhere. If your shorter, lighter, darker, gayer, etc, etc... there is always a reason to have judgment. Maybe Jamiaca is down to their last reason.
posted by Anonymous, at 2/27/2008 5:37 AM

Scott,

You pronuonce one writer as savage and then stoop to that level in your next paragraph.

C'mon!
posted by Anonymous, at 2/27/2008 12:52 PM

I have been to Jamaica. It has such potential, but it is held back by religion, like so many other places.

Religion makes people ignorant and creates a darkness in the soul. It stops people from thinking and making up their own minds.

I pity people who need "faith." It is sad that they can't get through life without creating a fake, invisible friend.

The evolution of the species will only occur when people abandon religion.

People say - don't throw out the baby with the bathwater. Sadly, there was no baby to begin with. Just a myth that metastasizes and causes, murder, poverty and suffering throughout the globe.

Sally from Maine
posted by Anonymous, at 2/27/2008 1:30 PM

Anon, stop putting words in my mouth too LOL. I never called any writer a "savage". I called Jamaican's savages.

And it's certainly not a race issue. If it's any consolation, Russia, Ukraine, and Latvia are equally as savage as Jamaica - and they're pasty white.

The only difference is instead of joints and blunts, those feces-collecting freaks walk around with kielbasa's hanging out of their mouths. And THEY have a seething hatred for gays?
posted by Scott, at 2/27/2008 2:34 PM

Sally from Maine,

Your comment on religion was perfectly said. I could not agree more.
posted by Michael, at 2/27/2008 3:10 PM

It's quite clear from the writer's attempt to pass propaganda, rumours and falsifications for a homosexual agenda as fact, that he, or she, is ignorant of Jamaica, it's culture and it's position on homosexuality.

That said, I must take issue with the fact that you think it justified, to solicit havoc for a countries economy, in a bid to force upon that country, a lifestyle and culture not indigenous to its people. Jamaica's position on homosexuality is not based on religion, as you have so incorrectly proposed, its based on the fundamental princple or natural occurences. Humans, by nature and design, are anything but homosexuals. Homosexuality is purely a social phenomenon. And though some, like the writer, make have embraced this social behavior, Jamaicans have not.

I do not condone violence towards any group, for any reason, nor am I trying to offer justification for any factual incidence of such violence, but I am informed, and know that what is being said here is mostly false.

It is interesting that "savagery" is used to defame a nation actively protecting its indigenous social and moral fabric, by an individual who also proposes the savage act of "crippling" a nations economy in order to forcibly propogate sodomy...(sounds like the US and its position on Iraq doesnt it?)....Sir/madam, I take Jamaica, and Jamaicans over you and your lot anyday.

For those who know better, I hope you will not be as disturbed by the writers assertions as I was, and continue to enjoy Jamaica, Reggae, the world and life... objectively.
posted by Anonymous, at 2/27/2008 8:40 PM

"a lifestyle and culture not indigenous to its people. Jamaica's position on homosexuality is not based on religion, as you have so incorrectly proposed, its based on the fundamental princple or natural occurences. Humans, by nature and design, are anything but homosexuals. Homosexuality is purely a social phenomenon. And though some, like the writer, make have embraced this social behavior, Jamaicans have not."

Thanks for proving that Jamaicans are an ignorant, uneducated lot who deserve to have their economy crushed. While you mentioned Reggae , you failed to mention the hateful dance hall music with lyrics about murdering gay people.

Your stupidity is amazing. First, you assert that homosexuality is not indigenous. Well, it just so happens that homosexuals are from every part of the world. That is why the Jamaicans savagely being murdered are Jamaicans. Homosexuality is not something that can be rejected or accepted - it just is.

So, the only real question is, how are you going to treat gay people who come out? Civilized nations embrace their gay citizens and create an environment where they can be happy and flourish. Barbarian nations - like Jamaica - beat, maim and murder gay people. Such places must change or perish.

Homosexuality is both natural and normal. What is not natural or normal is bigotry that has infested Jamaica like a cancer. That is learned behavior and it is neither moral nor just. If that is "culture" it belongs in a petri dish.
posted by Anonymous, at 2/28/2008 9:06 AM

For those who know better, I hope you will not be as disturbed by the writers assertions as I was, and continue to enjoy Jamaica, Reggae, the world and life... objectively.
posted by Anonymous, at 2/27/2008 8:40 PM

No, thanks. As you have illustrated with your post, Mr. Besen is completely correct about the backward scum known as "Jamaicans." As far as reggae goes, if I want to listen to noise produced by semi-literate trash... well, actually, I wouldn't, so nevermind.
posted by Tom, at 2/28/2008 10:49 AM

I think the "racist" post is hysterical --- the picture is showing a real Jamaican - and the type of person attacking the gay members of that society. As for heterosexual western sexual Freedom - that also is under attack in Jaimaca -- the island is turning into a DANGEROUS place. While the FAMOUS straight swinger resorts are still there (HEDONISM 2 and HEDONISM 3) they no longer advertise to keep a LOW profile - and have been enduring protests from the rasta and christo fundamentalist Jaimacan. FUNDAMENTALISM is a THREAT everywhere. Imagine if America had a President who would speak out against ALL FUNDAMENTALISM???
posted by Anonymous, at 2/28/2008 11:29 AM

We really should be more careful to qualify our judgement to Jamaicans who are ignorant and HOMOPHOBIC instead of making superlative statements declaring that all Jamaicans are ignorant, homophobic, drug addicted savages.

When these statements are left unqualified they really do sound racist.

Of course this observation in no way changes the fact that our friendly, "ex-gay" supporting, anonymous troll is still a tool.

Zeke
posted by Anonymous, at 2/28/2008 12:50 PM

"We really should be more careful to qualify our judgement to Jamaicans who are ignorant and HOMOPHOBIC instead of making superlative statements declaring that all Jamaicans are ignorant, homophobic, drug addicted savages."

Should I ever come across such a Jamaican, I'll keep that in mind. To date, though, it seems like the only Jamaicans who aren't some combination of homophobic, drug addicted and savage have been murdered by the ones who are.
posted by Tom, at 2/28/2008 1:56 PM

How can two men love one another? It is wrong!!!! very wrong!!!!
posted by Anonymous, at 2/29/2008 8:34 AM

batty bwoy fi get gun shot
posted by Anonymous, at 2/29/2008 9:44 AM

Personally, I think batty boys should ban together and shoot Jamaicans. The world would be better without them. They are disgusting, unshowered creatures with roaches in their hair.

Notice these fucking cowards hunt gay people in packs. They always outnumber the gay people and have weapons. Why can't they fight one-on-one? Because Jamaicans are a bunch of low-life scum sissies.

It is time that gay people start packing heat and blow away the next mob of machete-wielding human trash.

Hurley
Texas
posted by Anonymous, at 2/29/2008 11:04 AM

"It is time that gay people start packing heat and blow away the next mob of machete-wielding human trash."

Way ahead of you. Any gangs of smelly, illiterate trash who show up on my property won't be walking away.
posted by Tom, at 2/29/2008 2:32 PM

How interesting that two men can hate each other, fight each other, torture each other, maim each other and even kill each other and everybody's OK with it, but let two men have the audacity to love one another and people become disgusted, bewildered and violent in their disapproval.

Yes anonymous, it's LOVE that's causing all the world's problems.

Zeke
posted by Anonymous, at 2/29/2008 11:33 PM

Wow, with all the hate on this site alone, life is looking grim.

Ok, So lets recap:
On one hand we have the angry gays, convinced that Jamaicans are "ignorant, homophobic, drug addicted savages", suggesting that justification for this claims lies within the coutless acts of violence and crime meeted out to gays by heterosexual Jamaicans. All this, without mentioning the fact that within jamaica, 80% of serious acts of violence against gays, are perpetrated by gays. Almost every known killing of a gay in Jamaica over the last 10 years has been commited by a fellow homosexual for some reason or the other. So as a reader I am concerned with the accuracy of your portrayal of the admitted homophobic nation.

On the other hand, you have a nation which for the most part is unyielding to the pressures of the wider world as it regards acceptance for homosexuality amongst other things such as globalization, capitalism, terrorism, racism, christian governance etc. Unfortunately, they weaken the merit of their resolve as it regards homosexuality via their comprehensive, irresponsible, but consistent verbal and physical abuse of the gay population, most notoriously through dancehall music, which advocates hatred towards gays, and gay lifestyle. But for me it is so difficult to consider the gay community as targeted for acts of violence in Jamaica given the unfortunate fact that violence against non-gays is significantly more prevalent than those towards gays. And as mentioned, most of tyhe killings you draw reference to were carried out within gay circles. It would seem that in a nation being torn appart by violence, simple probability would dictate that there will be homosexuals in the mix.

So what can I conclude from where I stand? I see the harping up of a minimal fraction a much more profound underlying problem by the gay community. What needs to be addressed is the fact that for sociol, economic and political reasons, Jamaicans are killing Jamaicans, be they gay or straight. As rightly said by Mr. Besen, this is not unique to Jamaica, our world is in crisis and something needs to be done, or we're all fucked (some of us in the ass).
posted by I believe it's not butter!, at 3/01/2008 9:39 AM

"All this, without mentioning the fact that within jamaica, 80% of serious acts of violence against gays, are perpetrated by gays. Almost every known killing of a gay in Jamaica over the last 10 years has been commited by a fellow homosexual for some reason or the other. So as a reader I am concerned with the accuracy of your portrayal of the admitted homophobic nation."

Interesting statistics. can you cite a source?
posted by Ben in Oakland, at 3/01/2008 11:19 AM

Hurley from texas you need to stop sucking ... and talk sense.
We need a place to gather all you faggots so you can live together and leave the rest of society
posted by Anonymous, at 3/01/2008 6:53 PM

Ben in Oakland. Source is jamaican news. Most homosexual people that die in Jamaica are killed by some other homosexual. Notice i said die.

Homosexuals are not usually attacked unless they display disgusting behaviour in public
posted by Anonymous, at 3/01/2008 6:59 PM

OK, I think I'll add my two cents. First off, this article is not based on opinions, it's based on facts cited from the New York Times and Time Magazine.

These are real events, real people are hurt and killed just for being who they are. Stop and think for a second, 5 guys sitting down to dinner in their friend's home causes the community to break in and attack them with machettes?!

Come on people, you're better than this. We live in a country where diversity is part of our strength and our heritage. We all come from different beliefs and backgrounds to America with the dream of living in peace with our neighbors.

Anyone who tries to defend violence is wrong, no matter what excuse they try to come up with. I'm linking this article to my website to help it get attention.

All you anonymous haters out there should grow a set of grapes and use your own names. If you can't stand up and be proud of what you say you should sit back down and think some more.
posted by John Hosty-Grinnell, at 3/01/2008 10:31 PM

"Religion makes people ignorant and creates a darkness in the soul. It stops people from thinking and making up their own minds"

What sort of stupid statement is this?

How about if we rewrite it as

"Homosexuality makes people ignorant and creates a darkness in the soul. It stops people from thinking and making up their own minds"
posted by Paul Jamieson, at 3/02/2008 9:58 AM

"source is Jamaican news."

Honey, that's not a source citation, it is pulling it out of your ass.
posted by Ben in oakland, at 3/02/2008 11:27 AM

Boycott Jamica. If you want a Carribian country that is gay friendly, go the the Dominican Republic capitol of Santo Domingo.

The guys are WAY HOTTER there.
posted by Anonymous, at 3/02/2008 3:25 PM

I agree with the statements Paul Jamieson and Zeke have made. Why must we stoop to the level of our enemies?
posted by Emily K, at 3/02/2008 6:54 PM

Who do you guys think you are to bash Jamaica about being homophobic, please are you trying to say that this doesn't happen in America. Because Jamaica is a little island and whatever happens there gets aired to the whole world suddenly its a homophobic cesspool and a ganja den. You guys speak of ignorance but you are the ones who are ignorant and show once again how americans think they can boss everybody around and force their views down everybody elses throat. You all don't know anything about Jamaica so who are you to judge I fear for your atheist souls when God chooses to return to claim this earth. Jamaicans, despite our many problems have excelled in so many ways, why don't you write about those still functional racist clans operating out of America who kill and maim, why don't you write about all those pedophiles who kidnap, rape and kill people's kids everyday in America. "Sex fueled island" please and what is America, you have teens popping babies all over the place just like we do but on a much larger scale, sex is like a major business for you guys. Guess what you should be glad someone hasn't attacked your ass and leave Jamaica alone.
posted by Anonymous, at 3/03/2008 10:55 AM

I am certainly appalled by all your comments. All you shitholes are on slippery sand. Paul and all your gay idiots are the only cesspools. you are wallowing in your shit. What seems decent and normal about that.

You talk about cripling Jamaica's economy, do you think God is sleeping or dead. Let us tell you that most of your colleagues are killed by their jealous boyfriends and you are all going to fall on your own sword.
posted by cloves, at 3/03/2008 12:02 PM

Reading theses posts, it is clear to me that Jamica is not the "laid back" easy going loving place that the commercials show us. It is a place of angry mob justice. A place full of apocolyptic christians awaiting the return of an angry vengeful god. These are fanitic Christinists as violent as any Islamists. My advice for liberals, especially gays, is to stay away unless your idea of an Island paradise is risking being slain by an angry mob of religious pot smoking hetrosexualualy fornicating homophobes.

Try Puerto Rico, the american Virgin Islands or the Dominican Republic capitol city.
posted by Anonymous, at 3/03/2008 12:43 PM

It is even more clear to me that all of you are not proud of what you are doing, why be anonymous.

You are all a bunch of cowards. You talk of fanitic Christinists as violent as any Islamists, all you are trying to do is steriotype us. Jamaica might be small and don't have any major resources like oil that your mighty USA can run down and bombard us for, but we have the ALMIGHTY on our side and you shall not prevail in whatever you are trying to do.
posted by cloves, at 3/03/2008 1:47 PM

For those who wonder. I am leaving the hateful posts up, so we can see what we are up against.

I have gotten death threats over this article. These cowards do not scare me. I will not back down and will fight back, as all gay people should do.

Besides, I have yet to hear of a Jamaican attack that did not involve of a mob. Outnumbering unarmed people is hardly a profile in courage.

Take a good look at these comments and then decide if you want to spend your hard earned money in a place that teaches such hatred. Why subsidize this rabid anti-gay discrimination?

I appreciate all the people who have written in to prove my point about why Jamaica's economy should be destroyed until it gives up its habit of murdering gay people.

Finally, I have a point to make. Sure, gay people are also murdered in America. But, it is the exception, not the rule. The fact is, in major American cities, people can live as openly gay. In Jamaica, the same is not true. You must live closeted or suffer consequences.

Until people can live open and honest lives on this island, no one should spend a dime there. There are simply too many other places worthy of visiting that do not confuse murder with morality.
posted by Wayne Besen, at 3/03/2008 2:54 PM

Honey, did god tell you he's on your side, or did you make that up all by yourself?

If he didn't care about 6 million of his chosen people, 10's of thousands dead in Iraq, 3000 murdered on 9/11, or 1000's of children dying every day dure to starvation and war, what makes you so sure that he cares about the economy of jamaica?
posted by ben in oakland, at 3/03/2008 3:12 PM

A day in the life of Jamica

get out of bed at the crack of noon

fornicate with a woman you are not married to.

smoke pot

get the munchies

fornicate again (differant HO)

on sunday go to church and preach against batty boys.

leave church and mame a batty boy

smoke more pot

munch out

attempt to fornicate (third woman).
trouble getting it up since so stoned.

pass out till the crack of noon next day.
posted by Anonymous, at 3/03/2008 4:08 PM

you people are sick
you would rather go against what the bible foretold just to experience sexual pleasure from the same sex.

what is so wonderful having intercourse with a man when from entering the anus you damage the man's rectum and cause the feces to travel in the tubes leading inside the abdomen instead of out through the rectum.

you people need God
LEAVE MY COUNTRY ALONE AND STOP TALKING TRASH ABOUT BOYCOT.

When the americans killing off the black race I dont see anyone standing in defence for us to boycot america noooooooooo but something that the bible is against and we as Jamaicans are standing up for it you are asking for a boycott.

Keep your sexuality behind closed doors no one needs to see or hear your dirty laundry.

GET YOUR PRIORITIES ABOUT LIFE STRAIGHT.
posted by Anonymous, at 3/03/2008 4:52 PM

Only because you and your BATTY BOY men wants to come to our wonderful island and since we wont tolerate your "battymanism" you are disturbed. But nevertheless we will pray for you and your cronies and let it be known we wont accomodate you. or perhaps you want to experience our culture hands on, how about a full paid first class ticket to the Paradise? and really see and feel what battyman goes through?
either way you all are gonna have to pay for your nasty lifestyle whether through Jamaica or God..
Before bashing other countries how about putting up bill boards in your own country about racism and/or KKK? Demonstrating about your president who's sending innocent children to fight for his war and selfishness? deal with your country's own problem before sticky your ASS in someone else. you know what, all our comments are doing is allowing you to have an important article, you are not even worth it.
posted by Mel, at 3/03/2008 4:55 PM

These Jamaicans are some of the stupidest people who have ever commented on this site.

Unbelievably hateful, bigoted and backwards. Who would ever spend a penny in such a place?

Well - I did. In fact, I have been to Jamaica three times. Now, I will never return after learning more about the island.

Wayne, thanks for educating me and my husband about this issue. There are other straight couples who will agree with us and go elsewhere.

As for the nasty Jamaicans commenting - you are already living in Hell - as you are enslaved by your own ignorance.

I can only feel bad for you and weep at your terrible understanding of the Lord. Sadly, you have confused violent Voodoo with loving Christianity. But, you are far from Christian. What you preach is evil - not Godly.

Goodbye Jamaicans - I just wish I could take back every dollar a wasted on supporting your island. Clearly, it was not spent on education.

Joan
Dallas
posted by Anonymous, at 3/03/2008 5:40 PM

Jamaica is finished as a country. The whole civilized world has come to accept gay people, but in Jamaica they are stuck in a third world mentality they will never come out of. It will only get worse for them because they are incapable of reason. It has been said here before and needs repeating, Jamaicans are no position to lecture of biblical morality when they don’t live it. Refraining from same sex relations does not a Christian make. There is a little more to it then that. Of course that would mean actually reading the bible while not stoned and then thinking for youself. Not likely to happen.

There are plenty of wonderful sunny places to vacation in the competitive travel world. Jamaica is not one of them. Let the boycott begin :)

This batty boy will watch the disinigration of Jamaica on my 50 inch TV screen in my luxurious high rise condominium while sipping fine champagne and laughing outloud at the justice of it all :)

Life is good.

ps
Don’t bore me about your childish visions of hell. You are already there. It is a hell of your own making. Enjoy
posted by Anonymous, at 3/03/2008 6:12 PM

To you jamaican guys writing. You might try reading a little history, and try thinking of something beyond how much you hate gay people.

Your ancestors were not born in jamaica, they were brought their as slaves by white people who quoted their bibles and were as sure as you that god liked slavery, and that enslaving black people was entirely within their rights becuase black people were inferior beings and god thought that this was a good idea.

Yet here you are, loudly proclaiming the rightness of your hate, and claiming that god agrees with you.

It ALWAYS amazes me how so many black people are so quick to jump onto the homophobia bandwagon, and how willing they are to cite their bibles as their rationalization.
posted by Ben in Oakland, at 3/03/2008 6:25 PM

WOW!!!! I'm so amazed and shocked at some of these comments...I guess Jamaica is the "weakest" link so why not try and cripple it?!? I guess you gay advocates do not have the will or power to attack those in the Middle East or those within Europe..so why not Jamaica?!? I'm pretty sure Jamaicans are not the only ones that are Homophobic, it's all over North America, Europe, the Middle East..hell it's all over the world, but you only have strength for Jamaica..instead of name calling like pre-school kids and spurting racial insults, why not educate yourselves a little better, and try and do something a little more positive and constructive with your lives??? Don't go to Jamaica no one asked or begged you to vacation there, it's your choice, your free will. There's far more important matters at hand, like "WORLD HUNGER" "GLOBAL WARMING" "HOMELESS CHILDREN WORLD WIDE" "VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, MEN, AND CHILD" "SENSELESS WAR". Each and everyone of you have proven your ignorance, now let's move on....
posted by Anonymous, at 3/03/2008 9:11 PM

lots of hate no Heart
Let's get together and bash those battys
As it was in the beginning (One hate)
So shall it be in the end (One Heart)
Give praise to the Lord and kill a fag
come to jamaca and lose your live

every body now
one...
posted by Anonymous, at 3/03/2008 9:57 PM

There's far more important matters at hand, like "WORLD HUNGER" "GLOBAL WARMING" "HOMELESS CHILDREN WORLD WIDE" "VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, MEN, AND CHILD" "SENSELESS WAR".

Actually, no these are not more important issues. You can only believe they are if you believe gay lives are not worth as much as others. If you believe this, then fuck off and die you shit hole.

Let me make it clear. Your life is not worth more than that of a gay person. Judging by your ignorant comments, it is worth less. In fact, I'd like to take it, if given the opportunity in a dark ally.

Homophobia will end - if not by persuasion, then by force. But, mark my words, we will end it or die trying. The days of wantonly killing gays is going to end, whether you like it or not - savages. Gay bashing works both ways. Watch your backs, Jamaicans.

Mel - San Francisco
posted by Anonymous, at 3/03/2008 11:52 PM

1. Smoking weed is illegal in Jamaica. Unfortunately, gay-bashing is not.

2. It's not Jamaica itself. The island is full of stepping razors who want to make some trouble.

Blood From Machines
posted by Anonymous, at 3/04/2008 12:26 AM

The barbarians brought down Rome - and they will bring down the modern civilized world. Keep the Jamaicans in Jamaica and forbid these inferior scoundrels from setting foot in the U.S. They are obviously ignorant garbage.

These people have a gorgeous island, yet they are still poor...makes you wonder how they managed to turn such a gold mine into trash. The reason is their "culture" promotes hate and ignorance. This is why Jamaica has one of the highest murder rates in the world - gay or straight.

Only Jamaicans could fuck up something as nice as Jamaica. Shows you what happens when you don't shower and smoke weed all day while pounding bongos and practicing voodoo.

Nate
posted by Anonymous, at 3/04/2008 12:48 AM

Hello Jamaica guys:

You haven't posted since yesterday. I asked you to think about a particular question. I would really like to hear what you have to say.

Or maybe i'll just make something up for your answer.

"What was done to our ancestors was a great evil thing. That is very different from hating perverted sexuality."

My answer: your are very right. It is different in two ways.

1) Before, it was your group on the receiving end of bigotry, death, persecution, and oppression, all justified from a particular reading of some parts of the bible.

The difference is that now it's your group that's doing the oppressing, all justified from a particular reading of some parts of the bible.

2) The second difference between your perspective and mine? That you can convince yourselves that there ACTUALLY IS A DIFFERENCE.
posted by Ben in Oakland, at 3/04/2008 12:39 PM

I guess our jamaican friends debate the same way they deal iwth homosexuality-- with the safety of anonymity and a crowd.
posted by Ben in Oakland, at 3/04/2008 5:09 PM

Have you ever seen a Jamaican have the balls to attack a gay person one-one?

It is clear that Jamaicans are yellow. They are cowards and bullies who surround people who can't fight back. They don't fight with their hands - they use weapons against people without weapons.

It's hard to respect such pussies. It is hard to admire such scum. Gay Jamaicans - it is TIME to fight back. Buy weapons and make sure that gay-bashers pay a steep price.

Adam
posted by Anonymous, at 3/05/2008 12:34 AM

Okay - ENOUGH. I left all comments up to show that this topic struck a nerve. But, I am revolted by the violent rhetoric from both sides. What we need is not talk of violence, but more talk of mutual respect.

Let's take the high road and keep this debate civilized.

Thank You
posted by Wayne Besen, at 3/05/2008 11:46 AM

Thanks for keeping this post and all comments up here, Wayne!

When you look at it, the nutty Jamaicans posting here are no different than the Joseph Goebbels-plagiarizing "ex-gays".

And LOL @ Hurley in Texas. Thank you!! I'm with you on that! I live in TX too, and if somebody even so much as runs towards me as if they're going to attack, he will get shot.....several times. I don't care if he's Jamaican or white trash. All gays should get smart, and join their local Pink Pistols chapter ASAP.

Jamaicans bring up the whole "gays are immoral, read it in the bible" thing, but they totally skip over that other part, when they're acting like a bunch of heathen sluts (the men AND women).
posted by Scott, at 3/05/2008 12:21 PM

I'm completely disgusted with the entire lot of you, Jamaicans and Gays who have responded in a less than sensible manner.

Firstly, it is clear that the authur of the article has voiced his concerns and viewpoint on an issue that is completely subjective to him, ie he has voiced his opinions on the matter. As unfortunate as some of his postulations are however, they are just that, postulations/opinions etc. I'm not sure of where Mr. Besen has sourced his information (and I must point out the difference between information and facts), but it is disturbing to know that such an ugly idea of Jamaica and Jamaicans is being propagated, and supported.

I live in Jamaica, as opposed to having visited once or twice. Similarly to the fact that I am no authority on what happens in Texas/Oakland/Miami etc, none of you non-jamaicans are authorities on the realities in Jamaica as it regards our interaction with homosexuals... but within the context of this forum I am! The reality (and not the "truth", because it was once "true" that the world was flat) is that straight Jamaicans have very little to do with homosexuals. Mind you we are very much in opposition to the practice, but homosexuality is by no stretch of the imagination a pre-occupaytion of teh average Jamaican. If the matter is brought up, it will be discussed in passing, but then it's back to business. Our preoccupation with homosexuality is of similar intensity as America's preoccupation with the fact that for every hotel built to accomodate tourists in Jamaica, citizens lose access to approximately 50acres of Jamaica (and hence the point of economic tourism as a driving force behind the disintegration of the social contract). The point is, this issue exists, but much like Jamaicans and homosexuals, the world isnt that concerned. I will admit that there are those Jamaicans that misrepresent the masses, the Jamaicans you speak of, the the lowest decile. And due to media fanaticism (or simply the need to sell papers, win viewrs et)c, that is the group that is presented to the global audience as the faces and voices of Jamaica (is George Bush, his policies and his cronies the face and voice of America... if not, how is it that I've never seen a news cast abot Wayne Besen, or Ben from Oakland or Salie from maine... is it because you guys dont sell papers, or you are decimals in a much larger figure?). It is ridiculous to make such unfounded and uninformed generalisations in a medium such as this on a subject matter that in every way you are unqualified to speak on.

As for the Jamaicans that have commented on this blog, it is disheartening to be privy to the fact that there are Jamaicans void of the capacity to meaninfully contribute to a debate (because it is a debate, we just happen to be the opposition) in such a public forum. I am not Christian; I am not a drug user; I am not a "mindless savage" but i am in opposition with homosexuality..why... because it is simply not my sexual preference. I happen to preffer and enjoy a woman, and I'm incapable of understanding and thus appreciating a man's desire for another man, de facto for woman. My experienced defined understanding is that the same holds true for the vast majority of Jamaicans... It is unfortunate that they trivialise their position on the matter by attempting to justify their beliefs with something as flacid as christian scripture.

Many valid points have been raised in these posts, both by Jamaicans, and non-Jamaicans, homophobes and homosexuals, but I'm seeing where little or no merit is placed on them. Most important for me was the question of why is it considered backward that our nation is unwilling to accept homosexuality. I agree that violence is never justified, but in the same breath, as far as Jamaicans are concerned, homosexuality is never acceptable. Some would call our resilience the defence of our right to cultural sovereignty.

It should be clear that I am very much concerned with this issue, and your views. I hope that instead of finding some primitive way of "bashing" my post, you use this as a platform to retune the nature of the discussion and contructively debate your viewpoints on the topic. It must however be said, that contrary to your suggestionsa nations wealth, be it Jamaica's or any other, can never be reduced to economics, that is a misconception of the want to be global managers. A country's wealth lies in the mosaic of culture, ecology, community, resources etc that cannot be equated with monetary value. An in this context, if the price of retaining our social and cultural fabric and wealth, is the loss of American printed dollars, which cannot buy back our poluted beaches, which cannot buy back our depleting natural resources, which cannot buy back our displaced agroeconomy (due to dumping) which cannot buy back our social contract (shreaded by the IMF and World Bank aka US pulled strings), which cannot buy back independence from America (which is enslaving us through their other string the WTO), that cannot buy back our collective sovereign rights, then so be it. As one of the anonymous responses said, ther are other destinations that are not as concerned with their cultural integrity as we are.
posted by Damion - Jamaican, at 3/11/2008 1:41 PM

tpinews.com: "Jamaica has anti-sodomy laws and gay sex is punishable with up to 10 years in jail. At the same time, the crime rate is skyrocketing on the Caribbean island. Over 1440 people have been killed since the beginning of 2007 and the country could match its record of nearly 1,700 murders in 2005.

"In this context, violence against gay people is a common occurrence. In June 2004, Brian Williamson, a gay rights activist, was brutally murdered. A 25-year-old man is currently serving a life sentence for the murder, whose motive was officially given as robbery. But supporters of Mr. Williamson, 59, say he was stabbed with a machete at least 70 times and talk about a hate crime.

"In 2004, a gay teenager survived a lynching at school by a mob invited by the father of the boy. In December 2005, Lenford Harvey, a gay activist who ran Jamaica AIDS Support for Life, was also killed. In April 2007, a cross-dresser was beaten up in broad daylight by a mob at a bus stop in Falmouth, a town in Western Jamaica."

picture for story below: http://tinyurl.com/2jyyww

channel4.com:
"02 Feb 2008
Jamaican authorities have been urged to stamp out anti-gay violence after one man disappeared and is presumed dead, and another (possibly two) was severely injured in a recent mob attack.

"A group of about 20 people in the central mountain town of Mandeville threw bottles at the men's home, broke down the door and attacked them (with machetes, when the police didn't show up for 90 minutes) on January 29.

"The group chased one man while the other had his left ear severed, his arm broken in two places and his spine possibly damaged."

“Roving mobs attacking innocent people and staining the streets with blood should shame the nation’s leaders,” said Scott Long, director of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights Program at Human Rights Watch. “Gays and lesbians in Jamaica face violence at home, in public, even in a house of worship, and official silence encourages the spread of hate.”

"Easter Sunday, April 8, 2007. Approximately 100 men gathered outside a church where 150 people were attending the funeral of a gay man. According to mourners, the crowd broke the windows with bottles and shouted, “We want no battyman funeral here. Leave or else we’re going to kill you. We don’t want no battyman buried here in Mandeville.” Several mourners inside the church called the police to request protection. After half an hour, three police officers arrived.

"But instead of protecting the mourners, police socialized with the mob, laughing along at the situation. A highway patrol car subsequently arrived, and one of the highway patrol officers reportedly told the churchgoers, “It’s full time this needs to happen. Enough of you guys.” The highway patrol officers then drove off. The remaining officers at the scene refused to intervene when the mob threatened the mourners with sticks, stones, and batons as they tried to leave the service. Only when several gay men among the mourners took knives from their cars for self-defense did police reportedly take action by firing their guns into the air. Officers stopped gay men from leaving and searched their vehicles, but did not restrain or detain members of the mob."

Video of Miami protest of Jamaican attacks (one attacked was an MCC church member and Christian and Jewish church leaders may boycott) Video: http://tinyurl.com/2vulgj

"On April 2, 2007, a crowd in Montego Bay attacked three men alleged to be gay who were attending a carnival. The men took to a stage to dance during the revelry, but the mob began throwing bottles and stones at them. Witnesses said the crowd chased the men down the street, slashed one man with knives and beat him with a manhole cover. According to local press reports, at least 30 or 40 people beat another man as he sought refuge in a bar, tearing his clothes from him and striking him as he bled severely from a head wound."

"On February 14, 2007, a mob in Kingston attacked four men, including the co-chair of the Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays (JFLAG). The men took refuge in a store in Tropical Plaza on Constant Spring Road in Kingston, while a crowd of at least 200 people gathered outside, calling for the men to be beaten to death because they were gay. The men called local police, as well as Human Rights Watch. When officers arrived, instead of protecting them, they verbally abused the victims, calling them “nasty battymen,” and struck one in the face, head, and stomach. They took the men to Halfway Tree Police Station in Kingston, but refused to take their complaints and ordered them never to return to the station."

Same story as reported in Jamaican paper: "Three men branded as gay were rescued by police after being confined inside a pharmacy in St. Andrew, Jamaica, for an hour, the Jamaica Observer reported Thursday.

"The 2,000-person (200? must be a typo, see version above) mob cornered the trio into the Monarch Pharmacy in Tropical Square. When police arrived, the group was resistant, the Observer reported. When authorities attempted to extricate the three from the pharmacy to a police vehicle, one of the men was hit in the back of the head with a rock thrown from the crowd. Police were forced to use tear gas to disperse the angry, shouting mob, which included children.

"Jamaica Star columnist Leighton Levy praised the police response and expressed relief that the men were not injured.

"The last thing we needed was for a mob to be beating three suspected homosexuals perhaps to death -- not with the Cricket World Cup less than a month away," Levy wrote."

Jamaica Gleaner Sat, 23 Feb 2008:
"Although Jamaica is considered the most politically tolerant among several countries in the region, most Jamaicans would not support a known homosexual running for public office.

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PlanetOut Network
Friday, December 2, 2005:

"On the eve of World AIDS Day, one of Jamaica's best-known AIDS activists was murdered in an apparent anti-gay attack.

"Steve Harvey, an openly gay 30-year-old, and his two roommates were home when Jamaican police say at least four armed gunmen broke into their house.

"The men demanded money and took several valuables from the home. According to Christian Aid, an organization that worked with Harvey, one of the men said to Harvey and his roommates, "We hear you are gay." The roommates allegedly denied the accusation. Harvey remained silent.

"The gunmen tied up the two roommates and abducted Harvey, driving him away in his company car. Jamaican police said they found Harvey's body in a rural area, miles from his home. There were gunshot wounds to his head and back.

"Harvey ran a support program for gay and transgender people who had HIV/AIDS. He worked for an organization called Jamaican AIDS Support for Life since 1997, but had been a leader in the AIDS community for over a decade. On Sunday, Harvey led Jamaican AIDS Support for Life's annual candlelight vigil held in honor of people with AIDS who have died.

"Activists say Harvey's death speaks to the larger problem of violence toward gay people who live in in Jamaica, where gay sex is still illegal and punishable with up to 10 years in jail. Human rights groups say anti-gay violence is rampant in that country.

"Harvey is not the first openly gay man to be killed in Jamaica. Last year, Brian Williamson, one of the country's most vocal gay rights activists, was murdered. Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton and two others face assault charges involving an attack on six gay men this year. Fellow activists say working with the gay community, particularly if someone is openly gay, takes real courage.

"Steve Harvey was a person of extraordinary bravery and integrity, who worked tirelessly to ensure that some of Jamaica's most marginalized people had the tools and information to protect themselves from HIV/AIDS," said Rebecca Schleiffer, a researcher for Human Rights Watch and the author of a recent report on anti-gay violence and HIV/AIDS.

"Steve Harvey's death is an enormous loss, but it is essential that his murder does not succeed in intimidating other human rights workers," Schleiffer said. "It is vital that the Jamaican government condemns this brutal crime and brings the perpetrators to justice."

(They have done neither.)

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"Amnesty International condemns these attacks and calls on the Jamaican authorities to ensure that a full and impartial investigation of the above-mentioned cases takes place, in compliance with its international obligations stated in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and in the American Convention on Human Rights, the group said in a written statement."

(It has not done so.)

"In 2007, Human Rights Watch wrote to then-Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller and Peter Phillips, minister of national security, calling for an investigation into all the reported violence, as well as protection of witnesses from threats or reprisals. Human Rights Watch has received no response from the government to any of this correspondence."

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"The homophobic climate has been exacerbated by the enduring popularity of "murder music" produced by unrepentant artists such Buju Banton, Beenie Man, Vybz Kartel, Elephant Man, Sizzla, Capleton, T.O.K. and Shabba Ranks.

"An agreement to stop anti-gay lyrics during live performances and not to produce any new anti-gay material or re-release offending songs was reached in the United Kingdom in February 2005 between dancehall record labels and organizations opposed to anti-gay murder lyrics, including the UK groups OutRage! and Stop Murder Music Coalition.

"Simultaneously, black gay bloggers in the United States have led an awareness campaign against homophobic artists, and activists have pressured nightclubs in several U.S. cities into canceling their concerts."

(The Jamaica boycott infrastructure is already in place, the boycott will be successful even if it lasts for years, and it will involve much more than just the U.S.A.)

Jamaica's gay-haters are empty-headed cowards. With a severe drop in incoming tourism dollars from the world, Jamaica's economy will be easy to crush underfoot.
posted by BallanRoss, at 3/11/2008 10:54 PM

Damion: So basically what you are saying is the Jamaica is a mess, and that hating a group of people who have done them no harm will help them to maintain their cultural integrity.

I've been to jamaica. lovely place, and the people we met were nice to us. would they have been if they knew we were gay?

I'm not sure where those two items connect, or how like in conservative Chrisitianity, hating gay people has somehow become a core tenet, justifying, in Jamaica's case, mob violence, murder, etc. Those are not Christian values, and if they are a part of your "cultural integrity", and if they are, then your culture is just one more that it is not making the world a better place to live.

I don't care particularly about "crushing" jamaica, but i won't spend my money there. Or any islamic country. (I don't even like the idea of oging to a homo-bigot southern state.) I will not spend my money in those countries, and I will encourage people i know not to do so either

But here's my first question for you. Most of jamaica is poor. most of Jamaica services the tourist industry. where's all that money going? What part of your cultural integrity supports this or is responsible for this?

This is an expanded version of something i wrote in an earlier posting:

It always amazes me how quickly some black people, especially black ministers, are willing to jump on the homophobia bandwagon-- and how willing they are to cite their bibles as their rationalization. I do not equate the horror of slavery with what is done to gay people on a daily basis, but they are both certainly evil. Your ancestors were not born in the New World, they were brought their as slaves by white people who quoted their bibles and were as sure as it was possible to be that God liked slavery, and that enslaving black people was entirely within their rights because black people were inferior beings and God thought that this was a good idea.
Yet here you are, loudly proclaiming the rightness of your hate, that God agrees with this, that this is somehow a good idea. And I'm sure you cite your bible as your reason. Sound familiar?

Here's my question to you as a black minister: with 300 years of oppression, discrimination, hatred, slavery and murder behind you, why do you think your homo-hatred is OK?

Or maybe I'll just make something up for your answer. "What was done to our ancestors was a great evil thing. That is very different from hating perverted sexuality."

My answer: your are very right. It is different in two ways.

1) Before, it was your group on the receiving end of bigotry, persecution, and oppression, all justified from a particular reading of some parts of the bible. The difference is that now it's your group that's doing the oppressing, all justified from a particular reading of some parts of the bible.

2) The second difference between your perspective and mine? That you can convince yourself that there ACTUALLY IS A DIFFERENCE.

Black women have, I believe, the highest rate of HIV infection, primarily due, I think, to down-low men who have unsafe sex with other men and then pass their diseases first to their wives, and then to their unborn children. So black women are dying for the sake of a black pastor's certainty in his homo-hatred. More could be done for the black family by supporting gay people in their quest to end this stupid prejudice than any amount of posturing and constitutional amendments could EVER hope to accomplish.

Think about it.
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posted by Anonymous, at 3/20/2008 5:39 AM

I believe, as Jamaicans, we should continue to exercise our beliefs.

Homosexually is an abomination to humanity and God. It is a crime to humanity and should be punished as any other such sin (infidelity, sex before marriage, etc). It is not for me to judge how one should or should not live their life. However, if they choose to live their lives that way, keep it to themselves. Dont try to force it upon me; for me to "tolerate" the lifestyle "they" have chosen.

This article will not make a difference and Jamaica will continue to strive as one of the world's top vacation spots. I just returned yesterday and it is still my beautiful little island in the sun, still my paradise.
posted by Anonymous, at 3/31/2008 11:20 AM

ALL i have to say is battymanism is wrong, it is a sin , in the bible god destroyed sadom and gomarroh because of the same thing and he'll do it again.
posted by Anonymous, at 3/31/2008 6:20 PM

　　心中一阵不安升降机，因为我忽然又想起了那道剑光升降平台，可怕的剑光升降台，美丽的剑光登车桥。为什么那一剑是那么的美丽货架，却又那么的可怕呢集装袋？在我倒下之前我说地磅，好美的剑塑料托盘，好恨的剑塑料托盘。我倒下了仓储笼。在我失去知觉之前仓储笼，我听到他说北京货架，这叫艺术超市货架，剑的艺术北京货架。

　　我并没有死广州货架，原来我的心是在右边仓储货架，而是不是左边货架厂。所以在那穿胸一剑之下我并没有死南京货架。

　　是一阵暴雨把我冲醒了货架公司。听说雨是上天的眼泪深圳货架，也许这天又有人死在那美丽的剑光之下吧服装货架！我张开嘴巴托盘，任雨水打进我的嘴托盘，直冲我的胃塑料托盘。我的伤口又开始流血塑料托盘，但已经不痛了木托盘。试问：仓储笼一个心已经死了的人仓储笼，肉体上的疼痛又算得了什么呢仓储笼？我知道我的刀再练一百年也无法那么美丽仓储笼，那么恨托盘，而且永远别想杀了他托盘。

　　我退出江湖了手推车，我没有通知江湖上的朋友们静音手推车，并来一个什么金盆洗手静音手推车，因为我的朋友们差不多都被他杀了置物架。我悄悄的走了置物架，隐进了山林之中堆垛架。俨然一个世外高人的样子堆垛架，每天一壶绿茶登高车，放在身边的几上登高车，然后或盯着一朵白云超市手推车，或盯着一片树叶物流手推车，或双目紧闭物流台车。我的刀在玉盆中泡了七七四十九天角钢货架，已经没有血腥味了角钢货架。然后我把它放在我的屋顶轻型货架，任它风吹雨打轻型货架。

　　十年就这年过去了中型货架。为何今天天忽然想起那柄剑中型货架，那道剑光重型货架？而且内心为什么如此不安重型货架？不应该是这样的仓库货架，对于一个喝了十年绿茶的人来说服装货架，面对死上海货架，也已不再惧怕精品货架，不再不安苏州货架，但今天又为何如此呢托盘货架？

　　莫非是他青岛货架，和他的剑库房货架，加上他的剑光沈阳货架。我已不问江湖之事天津货架，想他十年前也应该坐上武林盟主的位子了杭州货架，一个武林中人做了武林盟主山东货架，这一生还有什么要求的呢文件柜？

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　　一定快有什么事情发生了工作桌。

　　剑还是那美丽的剑Google左侧排名，如果再加上一道剑光吹塑机，就会形成剑的艺术色带，武学的艺术电源插座。

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　　他说文化石：因为你没死缎带，因为我没有对手风火轮。

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　　我不再说话手摇手电筒，因为我不知道说什么手板，我知道我十年前就开始找我毛巾布，发现我没有死就开始找我磁钢。我不死促销台，他心不安模具钢材。

　　他说时尚配饰：拿出你的刀筛网。

　　我说齿轮泵：我已无刀天使花房，命托辊，亦可有可无色丁。

　　他盯着我广告衫，握剑的手越来越紧钢坯，我知道那道美丽的剑光可能随时发出过滤网。在那美丽过后疏水阀，我的生命将画上句号胸章。

　　阳光照在了刀上发热管，反射到他的脸上手机耳机。他发现了那把刀螺杆，我的刀插销，宝刀蝴蝶，没有鞘的刀工具包。

　　刀已在我手中点钞机，刀还是那把刀配电箱，人却已不是那个人流苏，因为心不是那颗心沙滩巾。

　　他为了杀我竟找了我十年氯化镁，而为了和我比武竟帮我从屋顶拿