lose view of what this "slapping" implies and under what circumstances it took place! Last monday and tuesday we indigenous and non indigenous people took over the town of Santa Elena de Uairen, due to the murder of an arabian businessman by thieves, which was the last straw that brought the town to it's, what should I say? to it's maximun level of tolerance. We closed down everything and block of the main entrance to our town! We decide to maintain our posiciones and if the army or the national guards were thrown at us, then the indigenous people would fight them as we have always done! That was not neccesary, a high level government comission came and we had them sit infront of the assambly and my dear fellow guyanese, our people literally cursed them in their faces, the town's mayor was just one fist away from getting beaten up physically. Everyone was there, even drunks asking to speak and curse these government officials for being openly corrupted and imcompetent in all public functions! Several high government officials were all very closed to being slapped, however, we controlled things! What was the result, the police force is about to be eliminated from this town, and all the corrupted national guards were inmediately removed and are being tried for corruption! All the "malandros" are being rounded up and send of to prison and we are watching this to make sure that it is being done! On monday we have another meeting to evaluate how things are going! 
My point is, the issue in John Adams case is not him being drunk, nor his caracter flaws as a human being, it's the simple fact that he was slapped for "heckling", which is not a crime, at a political meeting IN an indigenous community by government officials body guards. I am not surprise at the diverse opinions that this has caused within and out of the indigenous circle, what I feel sad about is, the lack of capacity of the indigenous leaders and thosau council to handle the case. In no democratic country a government official slaps a citizen much less his body guard, unless, the person is openly threatning the presidents life and in that case, body guards not "slap" the person, thay are trained to tackle this threat and even they are the ones to take the bullet for the president! John Adams, I have spoken to you personally and I have heard all the recordings of what went on that day, so I Lisa Henrito as a stunch defender of indigenous rights within my country and overseas, I openly reject this action and urge John to stand up for his rights. And just be prepared for the lashbacks, even your family can turn against you in these cases but since you're clear and have a good foundation for your cause, GO FOR IT! (Please excuse my english writing, not too good but I do hope my message gets over)