Commentary

Small man gets a blow

JACKASS SEY DI worl' no level. Jackass sey di small man start up dem tings an den some big man jus' tek it ova an not even gi de smallas no credit. Wus dan dat, more time dem tun roun' mek de small man ting illegal, so dem get fi suck off de whole a de maas.

Jackass has to laugh whenever he sees the pretty little ladies announcing the balls going into the chamber and then, without cracking a smile, announce the winning numbers, along with the 'rake' that will, hopefully, bring better luck next time. For is long time Jackass used to pass certain street corner and see some numbers chalk up on a black square on a light post and know sey number draw an' people win.

When is it illegal?

But that, they would have us know, is illegal, while running a national, televised version of the same thing is not only quite legal, but encouraged by advertisements.

Small man get knock.

Then take this drug for glaucoma that they are developing at the University of the West Indies from cannabis, or marijuana, or chronic, or weed, or herb or whatever you want to call it.

When it is finished and ready to be released to the public, the drug is going to save a lot of people from blindness and for certain somebody will have to provide the raw product for it to be extracted from. In other words, somebody is going to have to plant the weed for the chemists (the legal ones) to use.

And just who will that be? You can bet your left testicle it will not be the little man in the hills who is planting his couple stalks with the intention of sending the children to school. Hell no! Those acres will be supplied by a big man who is already rich and wants to get richer ­ and has absolutely no intention of getting the herb decriminalised so that the police can stop locking up and shooting a youth for a draw of herb.

And the funny thing is that the scientists who got the brilliant idea for the drug got on the trail when fishermen said that smoking weed helped them to see better at nights.

It is not only in the illegal stuff that the small man gets a blow. Look how long the small man has been blending up his drinks on the corner, calling it all sorts of names, all sexually related, like the famous 'Front End Lifter'. (It has just occurred to Jackass that while there have been all sorts of car names and mechanical parts names around these tonic drinks, he has never heard of a drink called the 'Undercarriage Wash'. Hmm. Wonder why?). Many a person who would turn up their noses at the man on the corner with his 'mixture' have no problem buying the souped-up version from a large company, backed by a fancy name and an advertising campaign.

And just what does this juice do? Same thing ­ or less.

But the small man gets knocked again.

Jackass sey di worl' no level. Jackass sey di small man eva get whe de duck get roun' here.