Dear Editor,
By now your readers must know that I do not appreciate anyone who writes to you, voicing his/her opinion but then ask of you to withhold their name. That in my opinion is the action of a coward. In today's [Wednesday’s – Ed.] paper the writer is outlining what several of us have written in the past, but were not afraid to let your readers know who we are. This Island Boy is in my opinion displaying lack of maturity by being afraid to let the people know that he is not brave enough to voice his opinion in his own place of birth. That letter should have been an open letter to the Sint Maarten government outlining his grievances, with his name attached to it.
I believe that his points are well taken, but the Island Boy, has not proven himself to be a man. What the Island Boy has done here is exactly what people in government make use of. They will not take him seriously even though what is written is a fact.
They can never say that Russell did or did not say so, because I always add my name to the letters and am ready to accept any backlash. I must add that I have not had to approach you to correct any of my letters to you which you have published. Beside that, why would I go to such length to show people that I don't have any backbone. From what and from whom am I hiding in my own country? From that letter it seems that the Island Boy has potential. So it is time enough for that Island Boy to become a Sint Maarten man.
Russell A. Simmons
