Sunday, 3 May 2015

Lydia Forson Letter to the President: My Take 2

Lydia Forson's letter to the president was not a formal letter. The language couldn't be formal either. I will even be considerate to place it under informal letter. It was a lampoon - students of literature will appreciate what that means.

I have read her letter over and over again. It is straight from the shoulder - foursquare. In realms where literature is avidly appreciated, her burlesque would have been in lecture theatres for literary post-mortem.

Verily, she's used words that are unpresidential per dictionary definition. But these words have bigger contextual significance. And these words shouldn't be delimitated by our conscious biases.

One thing we apparently fail to see is the writer's explicit show of love and admiration for her addressee. A text from her epistle reads: "I hate that I have to say this about someone I truly do admire and like many people really want him to make a change."

Besides, must the government communicators respond to sensationalised facebook opinion of well placed persons in society? A government communicator in responding to Lydia has messed up! He bundled all women above 30 years and are unmarried as prostitutes. Eeeih!

Doesn't this amount to creation of needless disaffection for the government - at least from Lydia's circle.

Lydia's confrontation of the first man should have provided a right podium to tell the masses the painstaking efforts government is taking to restore normal power supply. Some won't listen though and keep grizzling.

I don't want this government to be tagged with words like "impunity" and "arrogance" by overreacting or making fuss out of non issues.

May be government communicators need some capacity building about the Republicans. They don't take light of communication and invest hugely on it. May be we need to find out what informed Arnold Schwarzenegger, then California governor-elect to say, "When people win, politics as usual loses."

I have no pure water company but I can feelingly hugely appreciate the massacre young and aged companies and industries are going through under the #dumsor. Hence, must not only be placed under highest priority list but considered as a matter of national security.


#‎DumsorMustStop #FansOfLydiaForson #BringBackOurLights

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