EDITORIAL: Liberty, safety and prejudice

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - PARTICIPANTS in the ill-fated Boston Marathon could not have known or anticipated that a fatal bombing awaited them at the finish line. This incident again raises the ugly spectre of terrorism, which knows no bounds. We have previously said that although we are not in the line of fire, the Caribbean is not entirely immune from such horror. We need to pay particular attention to national security, particularly the drug trade that engulfs us so much that the focus is on establishing special drug courts. Nonetheless, a terrorist bombing at the Boston Marathon is a big news story by any measure; and it happened in a disordered media climate that’s changing so rapidly that no one can keep up with it.