GAMBIA-L Archives

The Gambia and Related Issues Mailing List

GAMBIA-L@LISTSERV.ICORS.ORG

Options: Use Forum View

Use Monospaced Font
Show Text Part by Default
Show All Mail Headers

Message: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Print Reply
Subject:
From:
Ngorr Ciise <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:
The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Tue, 21 May 2002 22:27:56 +0000
Content-Type:
text/plain
Parts/Attachments:
text/plain (137 lines)
A forwarded message on behalf Mr. Dave Manneh

>From: [log in to unmask]
>To: Ngorr Ciise <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: Your removal from the GAMBIA-L list
>Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 12:53:40 +0100 (BST)
>
>Mr Ceesay
>I would be grateful if you could kindly forward this email to the List mgt
>for
>me pls.
>
>Dear List Mgt or is it in fact just Jaiteh??
>As I am the person that used the term which rightly described Jammeh and
>his
>outfit for who they truly are, I plead with you to please resubscribe
>Mboge.
>If anyone's to blame it's me, so no one else should be the fall-guy for it.
>I
>take solely and wholly the responsibility. I  do not mind much really if I
>remain delisted, as i honestly have more pressing issues keeping me
>sleepless
>at night than being delisted from GambiaL.
>
>Regards
>Manneh
>
>Quoting Ngorr Ciise <[log in to unmask]>:
>
> > The mail below is from Brother Momodou Mboge. Apparently, he has been
> > delisted for using the word "dickhead". Now, one would have thought that
> >
> > political correctness has its limits, and Gambia-L is no exception to
> > this
> > observation. "Dickhead" roughly translates as a "moron" or "mental
> > midget".
> > Does these terms/appellations ring any bells? It is easy to envisage
> > Dampha
> > also being delisted for calling Yaya, well, a "mental midget".
> >
> > But seriously this moral fastidiousness towards the use of language on
> > this
> > List will only lead to a cul-de-sac: acceptability of choice of words
> > and or
> > language is in the eye of the beholder.
> >
> > We've been here before; doubtless we'll live to see this infantile
> > to-ing
> > and fro-ing continue so long as we have oddhanded people ruining this
> > List.
> >
> >
> >
> > >From: "momodou olly-mboge" <[log in to unmask]>
> > >To: [log in to unmask]
> > >CC: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask],
> > [log in to unmask],
> > >[log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask]
> > >Subject: Re: Your removal from the GAMBIA-L list
> > >Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 10:28:33 +0000
> > >
> > >TO THE LIST MANAGEMENT,
> > >
> > >If you think i will lose any sleep for being de-listed, then you guys
> > must
> > >be bloody sad.  Some of you are just obnoxious in your percieved
> > >self-importance.
> > >
> > >I will not plea or beg to be re-subscriped.  To hell with it.  This is
> > not
> > >the end of the world, is it?  Your attempt to silence the Jammeh
> > opposition
> > >is just pathetic.  It seems people like Pa Modou Gassama and et al are
> >
> > >beyond reproach when they use vulgar language.
> > >
> > >If the reason you delisted me is because i use the word dickhead.  I
> > hearby
> > >repeat it again that only DICKHEADS LIKE JAMMEH AND CO WILL FLY JET
> > >FIGHTERS IN the GAMBIA WHEN WE HAVE MORE PRESSING ISSUES LIKE HEALTH,
> > HUMAN
> > >RIGHTS, EDUCATION AND ETC TO ADDRESS.
> > >
> > >Ngorr or Kebba, please forward this to the L.
> > >
> > >Regards,
> > >
> > >Mboge
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >>From: "L-Soft list server at St. John's University (1.8d)"
> >
> > >><[log in to unmask]>
> > >>Reply-To: [log in to unmask]
> > >>To: [log in to unmask]
> > >>CC: Soffie Ceesay <[log in to unmask]>,              Ndey Jobarteh
> >
> > >><[log in to unmask]>,              [log in to unmask],
> >
> > >>Momodou S Sidibeh <[log in to unmask]>,              Momodou
> > Camara
> > >><[log in to unmask]>,              Malanding Jaiteh
> > >><[log in to unmask]>
> > >>Subject: Your removal from the GAMBIA-L list
> > >>Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 16:16:24 -0500
> > >>
> > >>Mon, 20 May 2002 16:16:22
> > >>
> > >>You  have   been  removed  from   the  GAMBIA-L  list  (The   Gambia
> > and
> > >>related-issues mailing list) by [log in to unmask]
> > >
> >
> >
> > _________________________________________________________________
> > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com
> >
> >




_________________________________________________________________
MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos:
http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface
at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html
To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to:
[log in to unmask]

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

ATOM RSS1 RSS2