Letter to the Editor - Nou vreman kontan Sesel? Many do but some apparently don’t |17 January 2017

What I am writing about and ‘complaining’ in sorts is nothing new to Seychellois today, nor for that matter, tourists who visit our not so tranquil shores.

I come back to the same old tired story again after taking a call from an acquaintance and discussing with him his lamentations. His continued bad experience that he is facing regarding the noise created by (and I will call them ) reckless, inconsiderate, ‘pig headed’, motor vehicle operators who enjoy loud music at intolerably high decibels, or who rev their engines at high RPM for self gratification to the angst, I would assume, of the community having to hear their  show of male testosterone behind a pumped up road machine.  Need I mention the road racing and reckless driving as well?

Inconsiderate actions such as revving engines again and again and again  at 2am (but one example ) next to a large hotel at Beau Vallon, with the noise being carried in the early morning air, every Sunday morning, must be in my mind what our residents are wanting and what tourists paying to visit the Seychelles, desire most?  Of course it is not!

By the way where are the parents of these often young adults who persist in such acts?  Are they not aware or have they as well lost total control with their own concerns being totally ignored?

Can such persons exhibiting so many negatives on our public roads, often in plain view, next to residences or worse yet by hotel establishments, truly ‘love the Seychelles’, if they cannot even appreciate what it is really they are doing?

In my mind the answer is quite simple, they don’t.  They are ignorant to what they are doing and by their ignorance and lack of caring for the greater good, showing as well a lack of love for our Seychelles!  Can we accommodate their passions?  I think so but it needs to be in a controlled setting and place, but definitely not at times or at locations that will greatly prejudice or upset our communities, our children, our families and equally important, tourists who pay much to visit our shores and whose business drives our economy and our way of life.

Raymond St Ange