"We have so many people trying to make this a nice community, and for this to happen, I just don't understand it," he said.
Pragmatism does not rule out any theory about what makes a community better.
"We've been trying to say that houses alone don't make a community," he said.
This made the town an important community for business in the area.
"But these girls don't help us to make a better community."
We need young people on this island to make a complete community.
"God didn't bring you folks together to make a committee or a community," she said.
"We need to start making a community for ourselves."
They all came to talk about the passing of an era and a man who made a community with his music.
There's nothing like decades of martial law to make a community long for the good times.