[In a message dated 4/24/2010 9:59:02 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
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Uncle please do not mix apples and oranges too.] Dad.
Yes Dad, I generally do not mix apples and oranges. I will take a look at
what made you think I was.
[my comment has nothing to do with the persecution of Femi.] Dad.
Your response directly addressed Karamba's plea. In that plea, Karamba
shared with us from the beginning of his notes that Femi Peters was his close
friend, associate, and coleague. This was to take care of any inadvertent
conflicts of interest that may be perceived. Karamba went further to appeal
for sustenance for Femi, who as we all know is being persecuted for sport.
When the journalist-6 were being persecuted, appeals went out to support
efforts for their release and to pay their fines. When Fatou was being
persecuted, appeals went out to both sustain her through the ordeal and to help
pay for the odious fine she was assessed. Chief Ebrima Manneh and Kanyibaa
Kanyi are being persecuted as we speak and their family left behind continue
to be persecuted by extension. In that case and in Femi Peters' case,
their friends, family, family, coleagues, associates, and other concerned
persons will continue to appeal for as long as they and their families have not
been relieved. So because you directly addressed Karamba's appeal for
relief for his friend and coleague Femi and his family left behind, it leads
one to believe your comment had everything to do with the continued
persecution of Femi. I thought it was inadvertent because I did not think you would
deliberately do that. It did not seem your general nature. That is why I
asked that you reconsider the comment and or rescind it. Reconsideration will
begin with acknowledging the fault then reconnoitering more benignly. You
do call me Uncle. I think that has value in it. Plus, Femi happens to be my
friend too. So any aversion to Femi will be an aversion to me. Just like
any aversion to Dad will be an aversion to me. Please review your comment
and ammend or rescind it for sobriety's sakes. Please.
[My frustration is towards the unending art of beggery going on.] Dad.
Beggary. Dad, I understood your frustration with an unending art of
beggary because I will be frustrated by an unending ART of beggary too. The
keyword is ART. This English language is very complicated. If you look at the
phrase "unending ART of beggary" you will see in it the "conartist". This
says that whoever you refer to, is engaged in separating you from your gifts
by appealing to your enormous sense of generousity. However, what you will
understand is that anyone who engages in that activity is a fraudster. And
that is an aberration in human endeavours. Begging, appealing for in-kind or
in-cash help when you or your friend or your family member is in need is
not an "unending art of beggary" because it is generally adhoc and you
expect that it is short-lived. Generally you would not beg or appeal for help
for someone who persecutes him/herself. That was not the case in Femi, Fatou,
Chief, or Kanyibaa and their family members and friends. Your frustration
issues from the PERSECUTOR/s. Not the appellant or "beggar". I have begged
and appealed many times in my life both for myself and friends, family, and
coleagues as I'm sure you have too. So instead of being frustrated at the
PERSECUTED or their friend or family member who appeals on their behalf, I
think your frustration ought to be directed at the PERSECUTOR/s. The
mirage of your frustration issued from the fact that there is a SERIAL
(seemingly unending) PERSECUTOR/s in Gambia. Therefore, I advise you to first
rescind your comment, then ammend this second comment to "unending art of
persecution". Serial persecutors create a climate of serial appeals. That is one
of the calculations or collateral malignancies of the serial persecutor.
DaarManso forbid we abandon our friends, family, and coleagues in their ord
eals placed on them by a serial persecutor. If you cannot come to the aid and
secours of yourself, your friend, and family member, you will not generally
be given to help in natural disasters. And that will be the end of
humanity as we know it. There will then be no need for religion (quoi que sa
soit), industry, and association. There will be no need for a trades union,
political party, professional association like Press, journalist, medical, or
engineers' association. There will have been no need for a united
opposition. You can scream at the top of your voice, but you have already created
the precursor climate for indifference. There is another value for those good
and honourable souls who come to the aid of their fellow citizens. Time
permitting I will share that with you. Meanwhile, it would not take anything
away from you or your goals if you were to rescind your comment on
Karamba's appeal for Femi and to ammend this comment about "unending art of
beggary". This does not fit that category presently. Besides, if you consider an
appeal to be unending art in beggary, you will be well within your purviews
to withhold assistance or nurturing of such activity. It is not necessary
for you to qualify Karamba's or anyone else's appeal on the behalf of their
persecuted fellow citizen as "penny scarced Gambians pretending to sustain
families of victims of the system back home" whatever that system is. That
is not what the giver to the appeal will be doing. They are only
responding to an appeal for relief for their fellow citizen, luwai am, luwai mann.
I do understand your frustration. I think it is misdirected and misplaced
in this instance, if inadvertently. Do not try to justify it. I am your
uncle. And you are my Dad.
Haruna.
--- On Fri, 4/23/10, Haruna Darbo <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
From: Haruna Darbo <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: An appeal to Gambians by Karamba
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Friday, April 23, 2010, 2:10 PM
Dad,
I cannot believe you wrote this about Karamba's benign appeal to his
fellow citizens to come to the aid of his friend, coleague, and fellow citizen
in need. Just imagine this was you seized by a criminal through no fault of
your own, and your friend tries to yield your freedom and to support your
family in your absence, temporary or permanent. Please don't mix apples and
oranges. Femi's current trials does NOT have anything to do with a total
and final defeat of any system anywhere. And whether Gambians are
penny-scarced or not is the purview of Gambians. You can only speak for yourself. And
gifting to Karamba's appeal is not demonstrable pretext of anything or
patronnage. It is support of your fellow citizen in need.
I encourage you to rescind this note of yours or I will be extremely
disappointed in you again.
Haruna.
In a message dated 4/22/2010 5:31:36 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
[log in to unmask] writes:
Thank yuo for sharing Karamba's sentiments. After having read the whole
writeup i can 't help my self wandering for how long penny scarced Gambians
will continue to pretend to be able to sustain families of victims of the
system back home?
The sooner the fundraising is channeled to the total and final defeat of
the system the better for us all. Only this way then we shall channel our
energies and fundraising skills to other spheres of national and community
interests.
Bailo
--- On Wed, 4/21/10, bailo jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
From: bailo jallow <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: An appeal to Gambians by Karamba
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 3:14 PM
"Turn your justified anger at the current terrible regime and its
excesses into an opportunity to shape a better future by mobilizing your family
friends and making them an instrument of change.
Urge them to register and ensure that they vote." (Karamba Touray)
The above and following is extracted from the online newspaper: The Gambia
Echo.
I share Karamba's sentiments. Please read on.
Bailo
(http://www.thegambiaecho.com/Homepage/tabid/36/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1891/Default.aspx)
_Karamba Touray Urges Gambians To Be Patriotic, Keep Femi Peters'
Democratic Dream Alive_
(http://www.thegambiaecho.com/Homepage/tabid/36/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1891/Default.aspx)
Friends of Gambia’s jailed civil rights activist,
Femi peters
Femi Peters, Gambia's prisoner of conscience
I am writing in my capacity as an ordinary friend of Mr. Femi Peters and
having fielded several calls expressing outrage at his political
persecution and pledges of solidarity on this critical battle for the very essence
of our country. The principled stand taken by all in this ongoing fight for
justice vindicates the very ideals for which Mr. Peters has staked his
personal liberty for the sake of our nation and it's people. It reminds all of
us that The Gambia and its true future lies not in the hands of the
bloody tyrant or those who eagerly line up to auction their souls to him or to
his munions. It is men and women who know what is right and just and
persist in it's pursuit no matter what the price that will restore the country to
the values worthy of it's people. Members of Mr. Peters Party, the UDP
have been murdered, tortured, disappeared, exiled, unjustly imprisoned over
the years, but they have persevered because of the righteousness of the
cause they have embarked on. Political parties and individuals with
demonstrable records of fighting for the Gambian people deserve our ongoing support.
I appeal to all of you good folks out there to consider assigning
yourself some responsibility in the national endeavor to build a just and
democratic nation. It wouldn't take much but it would surely make a huge
difference if most of us choose to participate in our own limited way in the
political process. We can't choose to consistently make it the sole responsibility
of frontline politicians to build our democracy for us. It’s us who have
to shape our democracy and in the process retain control of the politics
and the politicians. Turn your justified anger at the current terrible
regime and its excesses into an opportunity to shape a better future by
mobilizing your family friends and making them an instrument of change.
Urge them to register and ensure that they vote. It is simple and for
those of you for whom under stably fear is of some concern to you, organising
your family and friends will attract no attention to you or them. It is
simple and effective. What is also simple but ineffective is to the make
calamitous democratic dispensation of Gambia someone else’s problem on the
grounds that it hasn't affected you so far. All available evidence suggests all
Gambians face the same dangers to their lives and liberties under Yahya
Jammeh.
For those of you who wish to help Mr. Peters and his family in addition
to your much appreciated expressions of solidarity, we have set up an adhoc
arrangement here in the United States .To help coordinate all direct
financial aid to Mr. Peters and his family ,Ms Maimuna Ceesay has volunteered to
collect and remit all donations directly to the Peters family. Maimuna
can be reached at
917-519-9835 917-519-9835 .
Thank you all for standing with Femi. Keep him and all
those who are fighting on our behalf in your thoughts and prayers.
Sincerely,
Karamba Touray
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