Harona:

After reading your response to HAMJATTA, I became even more puzzled as to
what direction the DRY HAMATTAN WIND from the SAHARA is blowing you to
deposit you as a sediment. At one point the Hamattan tends to deposit you on
top of a CESSPOOL, and in another point it flips you on a Mountain top or in
some instances the wind tends to form you as a debris in the bottom of the
Atlantic Ocean, and yet you seem not able to use your human gravity to come
to a standstill. No wonder why you are flip-flopping on important issues.

Harona, you must stop LINGERING over the choice if you want to contribute
effectively on neutral grounds. When ever I read your writings, I always
come to a conclusion that you are always faced with what psychologists
called AVOIDANCE-AVOIDANCE conflict. You are confronted with a situation in
which your occupation as a PROFESSIONAL JOURNALIST conflicts with your
DESIRE as a PRIVATE CITIZEN. A man of your caliber who is very conversant
with the principles of professional Journalism, your hearth is for TRUTH
TELLING, whiles your SOUL is for DEVIL. Supporting the DEVIL is your DESIRE
as a PRIVATE CITIZEN, since each and every citizen has the right to support
a particular course. Whiles doing the former in terms of OBJECTIVITY and
PROFESSIONALISM, it always conflicts with the later. Consequently, this
conflicting situation leads to your AVOIDANCE-AVOIDANCE conflict
situation(ie avoiding here and avoiding there).

The reason for this situation is only known by you alone; may be at some
point in your life, the DEVIL did a great favor for either you or a
particular member of your family, and you opted to ignore your occupation as
a professional journalist. And this means that your contributions will
remain neutral in your own context of neutrality. But I do not agree with
you on that.

Ansumana kujabi


>From: Harona S Drammeh <[log in to unmask]>
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>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: To Harona Drammeh
>Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 13:42:17 -0500
>
>Hamza:
>
>Again you have displayed maturity, this i like about you. By the same token
>i intent not to start petty talk with you or anyother. My issue has always
>been not to beat the enemy with the same wrath he used to beat you with.
>
>I see myself as a broadcast journalist, whose responsibilty goes beyond
>serving one person, but an entire nation. By so doing, there comes into
>play
>the perception of serving each and every sigment of that society without
>bias. My neurality should therefore be unquestionable to those to whom i
>broadcast. I still remain neutral.
>
>To my person, i have a party i sympathise with, publicly however, i'm a
>neutral person. Like you right said;
>
>" I'm surprised you brought in the analogy of the referee in a soccer game
>to argue your point
>>about neutrality. Simply this is so easy to debunk. Consider this very
>>hypothetical scenario: Manchester is playing Arsenal and Keane [the
>>hotheaded
>>skipper] fouls Bergkamp, what do you think the referee would do? Stay mute
>>because he is neutral? See, neutrality, especially in adjudication, is in
>>perception. Everyone knows that in reality adjudicators do take sides -
>>the
>>right side by awarding penalties/freekicks to those wronged and
>>cautioning/booking those who violated the rules of the game."
>
>Ofcourse, i award penalties where due. I did write to you last year when
>you
>were having the never ending debate with Halifa, and told you i thought you
>were treating the old guy unfairly. Now, if i were a Jammeh die hard, i
>would rejoiced in you giving the opposition a hard time. Another time, i
>joined everyone in condenming the April massacre, in asking for justice.
>And, like you wrote, i congratulated you for your take on the Budget
>speech.
>Endlessly i have congratulated Ebrima Ceesay and others for their posting,
>which in many instances were critical to the Government. A short while ago,
>i agreed with Kebba Dampha, that GRTS should be better neutral and report
>without bias. My dear Hamza, what more can i do?
>
>I must admit, i do admire your energy and zeal in flushing out a government
>you so dearly despise. It takes some balls to do so, and you and many like
>you have taken that bold step.
>
>I have a class right now. Will write to you in private later.
>Hold tight.
>Harona.
>
>
>
>ity in human conduct and in real life practice is a figment of our
>>imagination. Another disclaimer: I've never attacked civil servants for
>>their
>>supposed neutrality. I only attack those who engage in opportunistic
>>shenanigans. Period.
>>Brother, i hope i've put things in perspective and you read things
>>properly
>>withou resorting to any kneejerk reaction to my general comments in the
>>future. In any case, i have a private mail box and decency dictates that
>>old
>>mates settle differences in private rather than engage in petty cat fights
>>in
>>public.
>>Ron, i joined Gambia-L for a very selfish reason: To wage a very big
>>propaganda war against those who are plotting the death of decency in the
>>country i love, the Gambia. Aside, most of the stuff and characters i see
>>chancing and surfacing here just don't click with me. I didn't join
>>Gambia-L
>>to exchange diplomatic niceties/pleasantries with people who think all is
>>well with a gov't that sanctions the murder of school children and refuses
>>to
>>repent its heinous act or even prosecute those indicted in the murders. If
>>you interpret that as intolerance, then so be it.
>>And finally, i've got no ulterior motive in what i do online; i have no
>>ambition for anything public in the Gambia or elsewhere - i hope you jot
>>that
>>down somewhere so you can hold me on to that when ever i do an about turn.
>>Soon as Jammeh is history, i will be doing other stuff i know i'm best
>>suited
>>for. Now, can we please move on to the things that really matter?
>>Best wishes,
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Hamjatta - Kanteh
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