YES, LAMENTATIONS OF THE EARTH IS A GREAT VIDEO. SO TOO ARE THE OTHER RASTAFARI VIDEOS THAT WERE PRODUCED AND ARE BEING SCREENED IN BARBADOS, INCLUDING THE BLACK TO YOUR ROOTS VIDEO DOCUMENTING HOW RASTAFRI YOUTH IN ATLANTA PUT TOGETHER A YOUTH PROGRAM THAT INCLUDES YOUTH ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT, ORGANIC AGRICULTURE, AND CULMINATIING WITH A GROUP TROD TO AFRICA. THE JAH FAMILY IN BENIN DOCUMENTARY IS ALSO AN EXCELLENT VIDEO, DOCUMENTING ONE RASTAFARI FAMILY'S TROD AND SUBSEQUENT SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT IN BENIN, WHERE THEY TEACH THE LOCAL YOUTH SELF-SUFFICIENT ARTS. AND SO, TOO, ARE THE OTHER VIDEOS TO BE SHOWN. ALL OF THEM HELP BREAK THE MENTACIDE THAT RAS JAHAZIEL SPEAKS ABOUT.

NO ONE WAS SLANDERING RAS JAHAZIEL'S VIDEO. I DID NOT SAY ONE CRITICAL WORD ABOUT THE VIDEO, SO STOP TWISTING THINGS.

WHAT I SAID WAS THAT IT WAS HYPOCRITICAL TO SUGGEST THAT THOSE PARTICIPATING IN BARBADOS, INCLUDING THE PAN AFRICANISTS AND RASTAFARI SONS AND DAWTAS, WERE PART OF "THE DUMB-DOWN CULTURE" AND "HOUSE NEGROES" WHO WERE ONLY TRYING TO LINE THEIR POCKETS, "CHASING THE MONEY" AS YOU YOURSELF SAID, AND THEN, BEHIND THE SCENES TRY TO PROFIT FROM SELF-PROMOTION, WHILE IN FACT, RASTAFARI SONS AND DAWTAS ARE SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL THAT GOES A LOT FURTHER THAN PUTTING MONEY IN THE POCKET OF ONE VIDEO PRODUCER . . . .

I WAS SAYING THAT IT WAS HYPOCRITICAL TO CHARACTERIZE THE GLOBAL DIALOGUE AS A MEETING BETWEEN THE VAMPIRES THAT CAN NEVER BE VEGETARIANS AND THE DUMB-DOWN CULTURE OF HOUSE NEGROS CHASING MONEY, AND THEN ASK TO DISTRIBUTE A VIDEO FOR SALE (PERSONAL PROFIT) OR AS A GIFT . . .????!!! WHY WOULD SUCH A ONE WANT TO GIVE A GIFT TO THE VAMPIRES AND HOUSE NEGROES?

SO I WAS EXPOSING THE PERSONAL HYPOCRACY OF THE ACTION, NOT SLANDERING THE VIDEO, AND YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THAT. IT WAS WRONG FOR RAS JAHAZIEL TO ATTEMPT TO DISCREDIT THE GLOBAL DIALOGUE IN BARBADOS, TO DISRASPECT THE PAN AFRICANISTS AND RASTAFARI SONS AND DAWTAS, AND THEN TRY TO PROFIT PERSONALLY, AND ALL THIS BEFORE THE EVENT HAS EVEN CONVENED. HE DIDN'T EVEN GIVE HIS FELLOW BROTHERS AND SISTERS A CHANCE.

SO I GUESS THAT IF HIS VIDEO IS SHOWN, THEN THAT WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE OF "DEALING EMPHATICALLY" WITH THE VAMPIRES WHILE ALL THE OTHER VIDEOS AND PANELISTS ARE TO BE SUSPECTED OF REPRESENTING THE DUMB-DOWN CULTURAL EFFORT? SURELY THE PARTICIPANTS IN BARBADOS DESERVE MORE CREDIT, MORE RASPECT!