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J’Ouvert Nastiness
Masman Disrespects Women in Public

An Open Letter to Roy Pierre

by Ms. L. Pascall

When a male has hate and disrespect for women you begin to wonder if he has or had ever known the love of a mother, grandmother, maybe an aunt? I often wonder about men who abuse women, if they are test tube babies? This may cause that lack of feeling and caring for people, not just women.

Roy Pierre, why do you have such hate and disrespect for women? You were abusive, belligerent, disrespectful, and verbally abusive to me. It was an innocent and unprovoked incident which caused you to verbally abuse me.

I have witnessed your verbal assault on many females, but now you have turned that assault on me. Sir, it’s not in my nature to go away quietly when bullies like you attack.

Get help, sir, you need it. Be it spiritual or other? It is affordable in New York City; the government helps those who cannot help themselves, or do not think they need help.

SENATOR BARACK OBAMA said - it’s time for a change, Darling...

Thank You,

Ms. L. Pascall
J’Ouvert organizer

contact L. Pascall | LGPASCALL1@aol.com

Leave your opinion at opinions@panonthenet.com

This letter represents the views of Ms. L. Pascall, and does not necessarily represent those of When Steel Talks

Responses to:
J’Ouvert Nastiness - Masman Disrespects Women in Public

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Roy Pierre disrespects women who put themselves in place to be disrespected. Why hasn't he ever disrespected me. For many years, my friends and I have been playing Jouvert with Roy and to my knowledge he has never disrespected any of us. Roy puts a lot of time and work into his Jouvert production and he wants when on the road on jouvert morning his hard work can be displayed for the onlookers to be appreciated. I believe that Roy has the right to voice his displeasure if any of his masqueraders does not adhere to his rules and regulations.

I would like to know what is the story that led to Ms. L. Pascall's disrespect.

Regards,
MJ

To whom it may concern:

I am a pannist for 34 years now and in the 21st century, have become more of a stickler for RESPECT in the artform but not limited to. It is important.
Investors will NEVER invest in sub-standard things or disrespectful things. Reputation is key!

I read the responses -- about three times.
And have walked away with the impression that we are still of the view that "revenge is sweet".
On the contrary, it is not.
We are trying to out fire with fire, or by pouring flamable solutions on it.
A big no-no! The blaze will become so uncontrollable, the possibility exists where we all will be engulfed by it.
We will all perish through choices fuelled by pain.

We must never drop our standards due to an ill-informed choice -- a degrading act, derogatory statement or an assault.
We must be bigger than that with sturdier minds.

Does the "disrespectful" j'ouvert band champion have a wife, lady friend (woman), daughter?
Is there a history of female abuse in his life?
What about a mother?
Did he have one?
And you know, we must touch on gender affairs,
Does he love, like, have a passion for the fairer sex at all?
What does he love?

What is cited as the real cause of this degradation?

I learnt from the responses, the man in question drinks a lot -- seemingly to oblivion -- to the extend where he is being "walked over" like trash.

There appears to be a deeper problem which was not addressed from small.
And most men (kindly take it objectively, men), refuse vehemently to acknowledge their weaknesses, worse yet, believe they need help.

I guess the macho, ego thing which comes back to haunt them everytime.

The "disrespectful" man seems to be clueless about the elements of DISRESPECT.
And that's the problem in the world today -- people are clueless about when they are disrespectful.

The fraternity (Carnival) should have -- some time aback -- tried to get him into self-actualization, anger management classes and self-esteem classes.

I truly pity him because just when what he sends out comes back to hit him like a ton of bricks, he is not mindful of who he is.

But for the culture and protection of reputation (good, only), we must be try and resolve conflicts without creating alienation or further ill-will.

Regards,

Sandra L. Blood (Ms.)
Motivational Speaker, Life-skills Consultant, Steelpan Consultant
Business Owner
The Platinum Mind

Mr. Yarbey,

If all the successfull businessmen in the world were abusers of women, does that make it right?

My guess as to why women play in his band is that they simply don't know about his behavior, in any event I have heard from many respectable people that he has a serious problem when it comes to respecting people...and it is not this incident alone.

You said, "It is not what happens a lot of time"...but that's not what I've heard, I have heard many reports of this man being abusive, so I think you either don't know him as well as you think or maybe your memory fails you.

Finally, you need to stop using the problem with the two J'Ouvert organizations as an excuse for him abusing a good woman. I ask you, will you become abusive to women if the USA and Russia can't get along? Will you become abusive to women if the Republicans and Democrats can't get along? Do you see how ridiculous that sounds?

I don't know why you would even try to defend someone like that, when there is no excuse for that sort of behavior, especially towards women.

GP

Mr. Yarbey

Many people throughout history with great work ethics have committed some of the most heinous and unspeakable crimes ever in the history of man. Mr. Yarbey are you really denying the thuggish, bully nature and behavior of Mr. Pierre towards women? The women playing with Mr. Pierre are either unaware, in denial or dysfunctional. In any regard they are in a bad place and may also need help. Have you ever heard of the battered wife syndrome?

The presence of two J'Ouvert organizations did not create the bad-mannered bully name Roy Pierre. Both organizations should ban Mr. Pierre for life. USSA should finally stand up for something sensible and send this fool far away from pan women.

Do you know what happens to bullies when they get hit back?

bugs

Maybe that is why he is still standing, just like Bill Gates, Job, Donald Trump and the other successes in the world who know what they want and have a level of work ethic that some people do not want to achieve or attain. If the case Mr. Pierre is so bad for disrespecting women, how is it that so many women after all these years are still playing with him? And then the incident seems more severe as written that it was in actuallity. Believe me, I was there. It is not what happens a lot of time, but how an indiviual wants to interpret any situation that is presented them. Someone can call me a doormat, a tree or anything they feel like, it is only if want to I believe that I am one of those things that they call me that I will opening myself up for bad feelings and any bad situations that go along with it. Eventually all this will pass and I said before the real issue at hand is not the effect which was the alleged cursing but the cause which is the problem with the 2 J'Ouvert organizations.

Yarbey

Yarbey, you have no shame. Please...

There is absolutely no reason for Roy Pierre to have behaved in this manner, even if everything happened exactly as you said. Mr. Pierre has a problem, and you know it. Did Ms. Pascall curse him? Did she hit him? Did Roy Pierre have a pig for his mother? Do you, Yarbey, also speak the way Roy Pierre speaks to women, to your own, where relevant, mother, daughter, sister, wife? There are other incidents on the site detailing other times of intolerable behavior by Roy Pierre. Roy Pierre is an unrepentant abuser. Roy Pierre had better watch his ass. Everybody all over the world knows about him now.

I've been a very vocal critic of USSA and their meddling in Jouvert, but I can't blame them for this low and nasty, and apparently chronic behavior by Mr. Pierre.

bugs

Thank you D&L for the CLEAR BACKGROUND story because I was confused as hell from the other two posters' recounts.

I don't know this guy and I'm glad I don't, I'm mad that he is allowed to get away with this in public and no group of guys came to beat his ass yet. It's a shame that people like him are still supported and especially by women.

Shandy - islandmix

Wait a minute, - you mean he cussed the young girl out, because she did not want to take his flyer???

Hang on - I always pass people in the street, and just say "no thanks" to their hand-outs, and NEVER got told about my "muddah dis and dat."

I tell you, this roy pierre character is real, real, real, dangerous. Just think about what he does behind closed doors!!

....like Dark and Lovely says from her personal eyewitness point of view in another instance, this "man" pierre has no respect for women, and cussed out a young girl at a party because she did not accept his flier he was handing to her. someting went down at J'ouvert last Monday morning that pierre did not like, that woman Pascal was the recipient of pierre's nastiness. And that is what "sparked this letter by Ms. Pascall."

....But back to roy pierre - there are several people who have "seen or experienced him in action" (beside Dark and Lovely) and have made their own comments (not on islandmix, but on the site where the story is posted originally). From all reports, pierre is a long-standing menace to women - of any age. After all, where does a so-called "man" get off cussing out a young girl young enough to be his daughter? What - and his masband is mainly FEMALES? these women need their heads examined.

rollcall - islandmix (edit)

....If you guys don't know Roy Pierre has a band for jouvert. He has won many JOuvert competitions in New York for his mas and presentation. The problem with him is that all of that must have gone to his head. From what I can see he is very arrogant, cocky and a Big Jackass with no respect for woman. One time I was at a fete and he was handing out one of his flyers for jouvert and the girl denied. Next thing i Know the man was cursing she Mudda dis and mudda dat! I was like he must be kidding.

Anyway I don't support his band so no big deal to me. He needs a good old fashion cut ass and the man looks like he is about 65.

D&L - islandmix (edit)

...It is as clear as day. This not a laughing matter. There are other post from women detailing their experiences with this idiot. This fool is an unrepentant abuser who deserves castration....

dimes2020 - islandmix (edit)

As someone who received a verbal assault prior to Ms. Pascall and as someone who personally knows both Mr. Pierre and Ms. Pascall, people have to judge the situation as it presented itself.

Mr. Pierre is a band leader and paid a steel band, Brimbelrz International, to supply music for his J’Ouvert presentation. There was a point on Empire Boulevard that there was both steelband and masquerade judging on both sides of the street. Ms. Pascall stopped the band, Brimblerz, so that the steelband could be judged. At the same time on the other side of the street, the mas band was being judged. Mr. Pierre shouted at me continually, wanting to know the reason why I stopped playing while the mas was being judged. I told him that we were stopped for the judging of the steelband competition. I could totally understand his anger and fury even though I was the recipient of his tirade. How could you expect masqueraders to be judged without music to jump to? Ms. Pascall was just performing her function as an official and Mr. Pierre was trying to get his masqueraders and presentation judged. As I said, I know these two individuals personally and for those who don’t know the individuals involved, they are both upstanding and culturally active people. Some individuals have problems with Mr. Pierre and then there are some who have problems with Ms. Pascall also.

I refuse to take sides. But, the real culprits of this whole situation are the two (2) J’Ouvert Associations or Committees who went to court to decide who would be in charge of or run the J’Ouvert celebration. The incident with Ms. Pascall and Mr. Pierre is a direct result of the two (2) organizations not working in harmony with each other and trying their best (or worst) to fight each other down. Actually, if the two (2) Committees do this the right way, the committees, the steelbands, the masqueraders and the general public would all benefit from a more harmonious endeavor in the future.

As Ms. Pascall stated, she never had a problem with Mr. Pierre until that morning. So this incident just goes to show that organizational problems can reach out much further than a lot of us would like it to. Not only the organizations are squabbling but they are causing individuals who are very active in producing and exposing the culture to be locking horns with each other.

Shame on both of the J’Ouvert Organizations.

David “Yarbey” Alexander

i totally agrees with ms. L. pascal roy piere is very overbearing hisself.

joe...

Thanks wmlpan and sidd. This behavior too often given a pass by the very people who should say something and stomped out.

panwoman3

Where were the other men around such a "man ne coo". In the days of old while in a band or pan yard he would have been beaten badly in front of the woman and made to apologise there and then. Its also wrong to associate the pan community with this type of behaviour towards a woman or women. Pan men use to fight men over women. Never pan men fighting a woman. At least not in a pan yard or public for other pan men to see, not unless he was willing to get some cuffs or some blade. So this man should have been beaten by the other men in the yard in front of the woman and made to apologise to her in front of everyone. Most of the time thats all it takes to cure a man who disrespects a woman or beats her. He never really got a "cut arse" from a group of males for such behaviour. Dont kill him just beat him badly. He would always remember that cut arse and think twice before he does it again. Some fellas should still beat him for this. Thats the cure for a "man ne coo".

sidd9990

So this is how mr. pierre is always, according to the full story? No hope for him then – he is obviously set in his ways. But this is easily remedied. Give him something else to focus his attention on, and at the same time, other men in general will know how not to act around women. Mr. pierre only needs a certain surgical procedure without anesthetic – CASTRATION.

wmlpan

Hello Ms. Pascall

I feel your pain and anger. There is no place for these abusive thugs in our culture. I am extremely proud of you for having the strength to put the spotlight on this roach. Hopefully he will get help soon. Your coming forward will stop many other women from going through this dreadful experience.

Maya

It is a shame that Mr. Pierre continues to be abusive. Perhaps it is his life style and the things that go into his body for nourishment.

My short story, several years ago he was very abusive about 2 weeks before Labor Day. Lo and behold on Labor Day of that very year, during the parade I left the band to speak with a friend. There was Mr. Pierre on the ground at Utica and Eastern Parkway he appeared intoxicated and everyone was stepping over him, even the cops. I could have done any thing to him at that point, however I asked the officer to get him help.

It is time Mr. Pierre for you and other abusive, disrespectful men to change your behavior, begin respecting yourself and others especially women you never know when you will need our help.

J. Cummings