Several weeks ago, a respected Jamaican scientist sought my support in condemning the provision of a lease to mine in the Puerto Bueno Mountains of St Ann. I knew very little about the matter at the time and decided to inform myself. Two days later, a doctor called me. He was annoyed. He made some comments about the prime minister’s decision to make that lease available and did not wait for a response. His statements were not flattering. That Thursday, a man who is given free rein on a radio station in the afternoons made some comments about those who made the lease possible. I suspect a first-year law student could successfully bring a defamation lawsuit against him.