Editorial
We have somuch to be thankful for
When life was gentle and sweet, and computerswere the stuff of science fiction, a young Englishman called GeorgeOrwell shocked the world with a nightmare vision of things tocome.
In 1984, predicted Orwell, the will of theindividual will have succumbed to the convenience of the collectivestate.
Doublespeak will replace the language. Big Brother will be watchingyou.
Year after year and day after day the worldhas moved inexorably towards that feared and fated day. And now,as we approach another season of politics, here in the CaymanIslands some of us will surely feel some confusion. Cayman, sofar has retained its gentle sweetness longer than many other partsof the world. Although its brave men fought alongside other freenations, our island home escaped the carnage of wars and civilstrife.
The present day stress, intermittent crime,race and generation differences are relatively new experiences.Our economy, continues to remain stagnant, yet there is continuinghope that it return to the robust healthy state to which we havebecome accustomed.
To do this, we cannot afford to be complacent.While the world may be watching us, we ourselves may not be watchingthe daily changes in the world around us.
With the advent of Cayman Net News, whichwe take to the world through our website - caymannetnews.com -perhaps more than any other, the Cayman Islands has seen the emergenceof a strong, independent free press.
In spite of our efforts, we are still saddenedthat rather than welcoming our stride for transparency, thereare those who still believe that we are far too independent mindedto cater to their personal game plans.
At Cayman Net News, we continue to growin spite of the difficult state of the economy and our limitedresources. We have no intention of being martyrs and we will continueto serve the public in a manner they have become accustomed to without fear or favour of anyone.
We see our role one which we havebeen able to continue to perform effectively since the launchof our website in 1999 now with our print edition threedays per week informing the public, while attempting to negotiatea better understanding between the public and the lawmakers.
As we continue our mission, we ourselveshave so much to be thankful for. We will continue to promote theneed to resuscitate our economy, and attracting investors fromwithin and overseas, because of confidence in the standard ofour financial and tourism community.
The people who have come here to staff andinvest in this country are from areas of the globe where freedomof speech and expression are taken for granted.
Any attempt to prevent them from exercisingtheir moral right to contribute ideas and the moral rightof the Caymanian people to benefit from those ideas willlead to them packing up and going elsewhere.
It has happened before when we attractedothers from elsewhere in the Caribbean when they no longer feltwelcome.
Others in the region are doing everythingthey can to mirror our success by offering far more attractivepackages to win investors and residents.
Our mission for Cayman Net News is one ofpeace and a determination to preserve the gentleness and determinationof everything Caymanian.
We will continue to work for and wish forfreedom of speech, peace of mind, security and prosperity the most precious gifts of all and ones which we should remembernever come without a price or effort.