There is so much talk about "principles" on the election hustings as well as by often people who make public comments. They feel that the violation of principles applies to people other than themselves. I cannot think of any one Trinidadian who has been completely principled. Stiff competition, greed, jealousy and stress are catalysts for violating the norm. Man is a selfish animal and he almost always makes decisions seemingly without bias, but which benefit him or his close associates. Altruism is paraded as a decoy. Everyone has an agenda. Some of us are principled in the public arena but deceitful in subtle ways in our private lives.
The opportunity for illicit sex is an incentive to violate expected moral principles and often causes one to deceive even his closest friend. A leader who makes his life ultra comfortable while his followers are suffering for want of basic necessities is guilty of lacking compassion and moral principles. To compound the situation he tries to give the impression that he is a caring person and keeps making promises. Most times when one calls another "unprincipled" it is a case of "pot calling the kettle black."
H Raymond
Laventille