On the contrary, I am sugessting nothing; except that common sense dictates
that we think very carefully of what we realy want and how we get it. One
criterium for the dispensation of justice is that it must be fair and
universal. I am very much against justice that is rushed and partial. What
is good for the goose should be good for the ganda. If a recent graduate of
history, wants me to forget about the past and concentrate on the present,
to determine what might be in the future, then I have a problem with that.

I also don't want to comment on the Koro Ceesay death or Dumo et al's
detention for the fact that I don't much about them. There are different
reasons being davanced and for reasons best known to me, I have decided to
wait and see. I have no plans to get involved in any debate concerning the
above until I have an idea of what the whole thing is about. It does not
mean that I don't care.

Have a good day, Gassa.
>
>
>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: My Take, Suma Kadu.- please let us move on
>Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 16:10:47 EDT
>
>In a message dated 7/18/01 2:52:41 PM Central Daylight Time,
>[log in to unmask] writes:
>
>"For someone who claims to be a man of justice and of democracy, your
>twsited
>logic is really baffling. Are you suggesting that, in trying to rectify the
>ills of our society we apply different rules for different people? Doesn't
>the families of others who were wronged also deserve that those wrongs be
>acknowledged and may be retribution administered equally? What sort of
>society are you advocating for Gambians? How can you say that the inocent
>murder of several dozen people don't matter any more? Get real. This sort
>of
>narrow mindedness and myopic bigotry is really annoying."
>
>
>Since you are lobbying for justice for those wronged in any way during the
>Jawara era, which is fair, then by all means, lobby your present president
>to
>launch an investigation into the murders of Korro Ceesay and others.
>
>I think to convince one and all that your logic is not one sided, which is
>what you accuse others of having,  and that you are striving for justive in
>our society and not just brown-nosing, by all means start writing letters
>to
>the powers that be at home with copies to the newspapers, demanding that
>they
>conduct these investigations and that they revisit the cover ups pertaining
>to the student massacres. Send these letters as vehemently as you pound on
>those keyboards to send messages to the L. Thi will definitley convince the
>rest of us that your intentions are genuine and unbiased.You are quite
>right,
>all the families whose loved ones have been murdered, tortured or have just
>plain dissappeared with no further explanation deserve justice, so how
>about
>your one sided messages that are directed to all except the ones whose
>noses
>you are right under. More cowardice and lip service for personal gain and
>to
>save yourself. What a shame that you have become even more of a  griot to
>save your neck. That is very sad indeed.
>
>Jabou Joh
>
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