Mr Sanyang,

Thanks for the free lectures and, by the way, always feel free, to call me a
prevaricator, or an "opportunist", as you did in your commentary.

Anyway, I, personally, don't know who you are, but I would never, especially
in the open, doubt, or question, your integrity, even though we may have
different political viewpoints.

If I am an "opportunist", or a prevaricator, time will tell! They say the
truth, buried to the ground, will rise again!!

I hate to say this, but, in passing, one thing I would make abundantly clear
to you, Mr Sanyang, is that if I were "an opportunist", as you alleged, I
shouldn't even be thinking about the Gambia, or returning home at some stage
, because there are more doors open for me here, than in the Gambia.

In fact, friends and colleagues here think that something is "wrong" with
me, for continuing, as they would often say, to waist my precious time and
energy, with Gambian politics, always making unnecessary and expensive phone
calls to the Gambia, when I could be doing other productive things.

Anyway, Mr Sanyang, regardless of your harsh comments, I still believe that
you are a good, righteous and decent person, and I am looking forward to
meeting you, in person, one fine day. May be, if we meet in person, we can
understand each other's position better.

Let me tell you a story. One day, I went to interview the late Charles Jow
of the Exams Council and, at some point during the interview, he didn't
think he was being interviewed by me, Ebrima Ceesay.

Why? Because I was often referring to him as, "Sir, Sir, Sir". He said based
on my "controversial" writings and my tough talking radio interviews, he
would never have expected me to refer to him, "Sir; Yes Sir; Yes Sir".

Mr Sanyang, may be, if, by chance, we meet in person one fine day, you might
have a change of heart and say: "Wow, after all, Ebrima is not the fake
person I thought he was!"

Anyway, I don't blame you for your remarks, because communications, or
correspondence, via cyberspace, as Halifa Sallah once wrote to me, on this
from, (and I hope I am quoting him correctly), could be difficult sometimes.

But, as I said to Musa Jeng, in an earlier posting, I did, in fact, learn
some valuable lessons, as a result of what happened, on the L, these past
few days, and I hope to put these useful lessons into good use.

Hope to meet you one fine day, Mr Sanyang, and do have a good week. Also,
good luck in your endeavours!

Ebrima Ceesay,
Birmingham, UK.


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