Livestreamed healthy discussion on divisive words

Dear Editor,
It was interesting to notice a little missive, “Mr. Khan’s utterances betrayed the trust placed in him as an ERC representative,” as published in the Kaieteur News’ edition of September 21, 2020.
It was supposedly released by a group of five people who are claiming to speak for five hundred and twelve others.
In response to this missive, Guyanese scholar and patriot Mr. Vishnu Bisram took the time to respond in what was deemed by many as a brilliantly articulated, thorough, and knowledgeable article.
At this juncture, I wish to take this opportunity to thank him for standing up for what is right, and speaking out against hypocrisy, especially during this obvious campaign by Mr. Harmon, his trolls and acolytes, to try to disaffect and defame me.
I, Hajji Roshan Khan, would however like to respectfully and politely invite to a debate the five persons who placed their names on the article. And I request to be sent a list of the names of the five hundred and twelve other concerned citizens.
Of course, I would like this debate to be livestreamed on national television, with adequate warning and video documentation which would be used for posterity purposes.
I am inviting Mr Harmon to engage me in a live face-off, albeit respectful and dignified, so as to give him the opportunity to demonstrate where my words were detrimental to peace, love and goodwill; and to compare them to the words which he used.
I ask Mr. Harmon and this team to come forward and let us have a healthy discussion on any forum of their choice, so that he/they might prove to me where my words have “created insularity or great strife in the nation.”
Mr. Harmon needs to bear in mind that I did not use the vocabulary he used in the areas of West Coast Berbice, Mahaica, and Mahaicony; nor did I use the words of his mentors (obviously, Sherod Duncan and Christopher Jones).
I would also ask him to compare the words I have used with the style of language used clandestinely by the two of them in order to create perceptions and potential ethnic disputes, commotion, and even civil war among our people.
Mr. Harmon and his five, who gave their names to this missive, do not have to fear me to face me; all they have to do is prove that my words were contentious to Guyana’s unity and harmony.
As for the few members of the Ethnic Relations Commission who share viewpoints that are similar to Mr. Harmon’s, I take this opportunity to also invite you to sit with me in a national debate to prove to me that my words were divisive, or that my words were anything but protective and security-conscious.
Mr. Harmon used his trolls, and simply because of his announcement, he called on some political maniacs and mavericks to try to destroy my character. Little does he realise that such conspiracies embolden people like me. His trolls were frail, totally lost, mostly dysfunctional, and bent on character assassination, with a typical evil intelligence and military-mind leadership conspiring to destroy.
I have very nicely educated Mr. Harmon of the reality of human thought, and I will mention it here again: “What you put out is what you will receive. If you put out hate and shame with the intent to destroy others, in reality, you are destroying yourself.”
I have told him countless times to be respectful of others; to work for the advancement and improvement of all cultures, not just those that he feels appreciation for, or for political priorities and/or ethnic-racial priorities.
Before and after the 2020 General Elections, the People’s Progressive Party Civic did not promote or make any kind of divisive statements. On the other hand, their counterparts, the People’s National Congress Reform, after the count and during the recount, I am ashamed to say, made the party an embarrassment by making numerous divisive comments, especially through their trolls Christopher Jones and Sherod Duncan. I think the late former President Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham must have turned in his grave.
Also, the remarks made by Mr. Harmon and former President David Arthur Granger took the cake. Statements made on the West Coast of Berbice and at Mahaica and Mahaicony by Former President David Arthur Granger and Joseph Harmon, who said, “Your response is correct,” have really disappointed me.
Hopefully, Mr. Harmon will take up my invitation and remember those words when he is ready to face me in a debate. The shameful thing is that these persons who put this missive of gross nonsense in the public domain – maybe to appease their political directorate – should have done the right thing and called out Mr. Harmon to answer why he made those statements, which saw mass chopping, murders, burnings, beatings, lootings, rapes, disruption of lives, and the destruction of vehicles, theft of paddy, and personal property.
Maybe this group should also say that they are surprised that Mr. Harmon or Mr. Granger have to date not called out the “dogs of terror and horror.” In my view, it would have served them better in posterity. Or maybe they should have complemented Mrs. Volda Lawrence for calling the people in the city for non-violent protest. Also, applauding her for going into those areas to speak to the protesters, who unfortunately penetrated what was supposed to be a decent, peaceful protest. Mr. Harmon and this group should have taken some wisdom from her book of elegance and decency.
It is also to be hoped that James Anthony Bond can now mature and appreciate the influence of words and pens used with elegance. As the adage goes, “The pen is mightier than the sword”; and as the Holy Quran states, “argue with them in a way that is better.”

Sincerely,
Roshan Khan Sr