There is nothing fundamentaly wrong with people singing in any language in support of a person or persons or group. However, there is something askew with people from St. Martin singing the national anthem of a country which most of them cannot find on a map and which none of them have a clue as to what they are singing to support one person from that country. I am from theis island and I have a problem with that. Why could they not have sung a folk song from that country?
One person from the Ukraine married to a Dutchman is not representative of what is happening in the Ukraine. That group could not have stood and spontaneously sing the Ukraine national anthem in support of anything. Would this group have been able to spontaneously sing the Wilhelmus? And where are they from, since it has gone around the world that the people in the Ukraine "cannot believe they are receiving from the other side of the world, especially from a Caribbean island as small as St. Martin." What sort of support has St. Martin given them? Some friends of one Ukrainian citizen sang what they didn't know.
Again, I say and I maintain, there is nothing wrong with an outpouring of love and sympathy for someone leading to song, however it should have been done with another song. People and children living on this island should not been taught to sing a national anthem which means nothing to them or to the rest of us on the island, but which could have unseen repercussions and ramifications down the line.
Actions ave consequences. St. Martin is also in a state of turmoil at the moment. Things are not going well on the "Friendly Island" and anyone who says differently is either blind or lying. Many exceptional results have been triggered by what may seem to be inconsequential actions.
We should be careful of how this island is projected especially by those who come from abroad. They have another place to go to. St. Martin is all we have.
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