When it is all said and done, ideas and their propagation constitute  a
significant component of the human experience. Nowhere is the captivating
nature of ideas felt than in a literate and free society with it's endless
supply of people with an equally endless stream of imagination. Perhaps an
even greater benefit for people in these highly literate societies is the
fact that ideas and their propagation have long gone beyond academic or
organizational circles to become widely and readily available. This has
resulted in not only the expansion of the knowledge base, but also continue
to spur the very intensely curious nature of man which most people would
agree is at the heart of our very essence. Whereas free societies tend to be
natural incubators of ideas of all kinds, enabling individuals to think for
themselves and compete, repressive regimes who invariably demand a herd
mentality always find themselves in a staid and stagnant disposition. Take
our Gambian situation as an example. It is not hard to safely predict where
we are heading because anyone with good ideas in their head could not
effectively function in that country. I don't care what sphere one chooses,
the dynamics are the same. You couldn't run a good business, operate an
independent advocacy organization or try to make a meaningful difference
within the government bureaucracy. The reason is the entire national setup is
averse to the concept of independent thought and idea generation. The
government who should be nurturing a can-do spirit amongst the people by
respecting them and concentrating on the basic tools Gambians would need to
fend for themselves is instead actively trying to enslave them through
terror, murder and corruption. The recipe for moving The Gambia forward would
only come from a nurtured and sustained pool of ideas generated by our
people, of their own volition and under circumstances strongly grounded in
the rule of law. It would have to be a Gambia in which all her sons
especially the talented among us can actively participate in a meaningful
way. What we hear from this current regime on their socalled bid to marshall
Gambians to join in their version of national development is a creul  joke.
They have no ideas of any lasting value and they aren't interested in any
arrangement that would respect the citizen and uphold constitutional and
institutional inviolability. It has and will always be a vicious regime  more
interested in co-option than meaningful transformation.
Karamba

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