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 Ruthless - Geoff Small
 Ruthless - Geoff Small ... especially regarding their influence on the British crime scene.Newest Review: ... then is still being used of them now: “ruthless”. If you had a quarrel with the Mafia, the Mafia would kill you. ... more ... If you had a quarrel with the Colombians, the Colombians would kill you and your wife. If you have a quarrel with the Yardies, the Yardies will kill you, your wife, and your children. With anyone else who happens to be in your house or on the street or in the nightclub at the time. In fact, “ruthless” is hardly strong enough: another word that Small uses comes closer to the truth: “nihilistic”. The Yardies seem to cultivate a complete disregard for human life, and anyone who wonders if their...more |
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Ruthless - Geoff Small: Rude Boys (667 words)
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Because Geoff Small is a black journalist he can say things in this book that might have provoked accusations of racism had they been said by a white journalist. For example, he tries to explain the differing levels of violence in the island-nations making up the West Indies by the differing natures of the African tribes who were enslaved and transported there. Some tribes were peaceful, some warlike, and Jamaica, birthplace of the Yardies, was populated by representatives of the warlike ones. Combine that with dire poverty and illegal drugs, season with the intense rivalries of local politics and asinine interference by the CIA, and you have a recipe for some ... Read the complete review
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