I ask two very simple questions in this letter and I sincerely hope that Ggeralda Dennison replies as soon as possible.

My first question is for this unthinking letter to be disambiguated. Geralda Dennison titles the letter “What an unfair, unjust world we’re in” and this is very true. However, what is contradictory is the fact that a ‘crime of theft is condignly dealt with’ and this act of deserted justice is deemed unfair. I just cannot understand this.
So I have to assume that ‘any Tom, Dick or Harry’ or any ‘Jean and Dinah’ can steal, and cry ‘sorry’ (only because caught, and no one knows how many times was the act committed) and be absolved. This may be good for religion, and even religion allows for punishment, even after being forgiven. I now suppose, according to this kind of thinking, that it is okay for ‘hard-working-low salaried police’ to take a bribe or two (but say sorry if caught).

The second issue is that of the connection between the lack of respect which the writer says Guyanese/Guyana attracts and this proper act   the judiciary meted out. I repeat: connect the two please.

The guilty teacher must have known that if there were salary issues, then there were /are other ways to address these. He could have left the job and looked for a higher paying one or he could have found a part-time job, to bolster his income. This would have better enabled him to feed, clothe and house himself and family. By the way, are you advocating ‘situational ethics?” I hope not. And for sure, you cannot say that the ‘means justify the ends.’
In closing, I am assuming that you are not intimating anything negative about the judiciary in Guyana. Sometimes, many get on the ‘bandwagon’ that excuses crimes in the name of ‘poverty.