Malcolm Gladwell in his book, The Tipping Point describe tipping points as “the levels at which the momentum for change becomes unstoppable. Gladwell defines a tipping point as a sociological term: “the moment of critical mass, the threshold, the boiling point.”
And if we could go into the collective minds and hearts of T&T citizens, where would that point be located. Here are a few possibilities:
- Patrick Manning’s meeting with Calder Hart and the latter’s departure the following day
- The Rowley Account in the Cayman’s hoax
- “If this was the other platform they would be playing barman give me a Guinness and Puncheon” (Patrick Manning to PNM meeting)
- The Rowley Meeting in Diego Martin (“There will be time for Court Martial”)
- “They have resurrected Makandal Dagga from the political dust bin” (Patrick Manning to PNM meeting)
- The press conference and evidence presented on the Church in Guanapo linking the PM and Calder Hart to the church
- The commandeering of electronic media for ‘state of the nation” address
- “PM may mean Project Manager” (Patrick Manning in LIVE interview)
- “Vote for PNM but not PM” (Rowley and London to respective PNM meetings)
- “I’m afraid PNM might lose” (Rowley to PNM meeting)
- “We will rise” (Kamla Persad-Bissessar every night for 5 weeks)
If not one of these, what was the tipping point?
