Jabou,
I pray that I am wrong this time around.
Have a good day, Gassa.
> Gassa,
>
>
> Give them credit for accepting the responsibility. Other governments
> have done
>> much more terrible things that were calculated acts, not accidents,
>> and have never accepted the responsibility. Yes, this will not bring
>> back the dead, but what shall we do, hang the Senegalese government
>> officials?
>>
>> So Gambia can learn from their tragedy and work to correct the
>> situation , but you claim the Senegalese are just talking? I wonder
>> how you arrived at this comclusion. You are beginingto siund like
>> George Bush who says the weapons inspectors will fail, so why bother
>> to let them do their job. You sound a bit too eager to castigate
>> Senegal, and what is that all about?
>>
>> This is a terrible tragedy, and no one can say that it was something
>> that was done deliberately by anyone, so let us not try to get milage
>> out of it. The government of Senegal have and continue to display
>> that they are people of integrity and essense.
>> I wish you would be as willing to hold the Gambia government
>> responsible for some of the not so commendable and very obvious things
>> they do, and I bet they would not be so willing to accept any
>> responsibility if they can help it.
>> Credibility is not earned through selective morality.
>>
>> Jabou Joh
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 10/1/2002 1:52:42 PM , [log in to unmask] writes:
>> >>
>>>
>>> "As they say, hind sight is always 20/20 and it took the disaster in
>>> The Gambia to have the government there start separating passengers
>>> from cargo as you pointed out. They had not done that before, and it
>>> took the disaster
>>> for that to happen. Now, yes, Senegal should have learned a lesson
>>> from that, but they are accepting the responsibility for this
>>> tragedy, and I am sure they will do something in this regard now."
>>>
>>> The government of Senegal accepting full responsibility is just a
>>> mere statement. It will neither bring back the dead nor would it
>>> affect those I hold 100% responsible for this tragedy in any
>>> significant way. you watch and see. This tragedy has wiped out some
>>> entire families including hundreds
>>> of young school children returning home from holidays.
>>>
>>> Secondly, it is much cheaper to learn from other people's mistakes
>>> than one's own.
>>>
>>> "I think that one of the unfortunate realities we are facing here is
>>> that here are two African states that have more in common than any
>>> other on the continent, and yet, we have these border and customs
>>> problems that lead people from both sides to find other ways to get
>>> from point A to point B, sometimes resulting in these tragedies."
>>>
>>> I agree with you entirely.
>>>
>>> Have a good day, Gassa.
>>>
>>>
>>
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