All concerned,
        Here we go again. Round and round we go with personal attacks and
insults.
Personalizing issues (no matter how important) only trivializes them.

Please write private emails to each other and call each other all the names
under the sun
 if you so wish, but please keep it away from the list. Most members have become
sick of this nonsense.

If anyone has anything to prove, (thinking they are either intellectuals or
intellectuals in the making) please
I'll invite you to come to London, and go to Hyde Park's speakers corners and
put  all your finery on
display for the London masses to see and  hear. If there is a similar place in
the US, maybe it's about time
someone points out to you guys!!

Something really touching, is happening on this list. People who left The Gambia
for over thirty years ago
to study or live in the west, especially the USA, have found each other,
probably after thinking that they shall
never see or hear from each other again. Thanks to  this medium, after so long,
they have found each other. That  is so touching.

I follow all their exchanges, (though nostalgic), for there is a message in it
for us young ones. These guys (most of whom are my parents' age) have helped
each other out, and most of all, have RESPECT for each other. We
should follow in their footsteps, so that 20,30 or a 40 years later, another
generation of Gambians will see our
postings on the list( or a similar medium) and  our exchanges  shall bring tears
to their eyes.

Whatever, or whoever we think we are, these old folks (excuse me guys, am sure
you are still young in spirit) have been there before us. We should listen and
learn from them. We can disagree, but lets be mature with our choice of words.

NB. How many times does a person have to say, that they've made a mistake in
saying something, and that they are sorry and take it back, before they are
stopped being called liars? Does it mean that anytime that person disagrees with
someone on the list, that tag will come flying out again? For christ's sake, let
go!

All the best

Manneh





saul khan wrote:

> Jabou,
>
> I'll take my "immaturity," bad judgment, unclear thinking, etc over your
> propensity to lie at every turn - any day. I don't need your sympathy any
> way. If anyone needs to be felt for, it's yourself! Telling this forum that
> I was sending you private email isn't the only lie you've told here. You
> called us "cronies of ..." which is simply not true. After repeated
> challenges, you've failed to produce any evidence to back your accusations.
> A good muslim, ah?
>
> I told you I was sickened by the contradiction between the spirit of your
> religious postings, and your behavior. You took that whole statement to
> portray me as someone who is offended by your religious postings. I had to
> repeat myself for you to stop painting me in  an ugly light.
>
> And this latest shameful behavior. You said clearly what you thought was
> Halifa Sallah's mind set regarding the issues under contention. Hamjatta
> quoted you verbatim. First, you deny saying what he attributed to you. Then
> realizing that he can prove his quotation, you flip around to give a totally
> new meaning to what you've said very clearly in your original posting! What
> type of person does that? Why is some childish point-scoring more important
> than your relationship with Allah? Just because you're sixty isn't a licence
> to lie in public! You better go back and read the Quaran. Try Suratul
> Yassin! I'm just sick of your hypocrisy Jabou!
>
> Just a final message: I don't give a damn what people like you think of me.
> I'll listen to your criticism when you are able to tell the truth without
> checking how popular/unpopular it is.
>
> Good night.
>
> Saul.
>
> >From: Jabou Joh <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
> ><[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: Hamjatta: Re: To Jabou
> >Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 17:48:50 EST
> >
> >Saul,
> >
> >I think that the fact that you have continued to wave this "liar" banner
> >even
> >
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