Saiks,

With respect to changing your uninformed, rabid and sentimental opposition to
capitalism and the liberal order, it would be akin to preaching to the deaf
if i go any further than i have gone in initiating you into the virtues of
capitalism. You are so stiffly and sentimentally opposed to capitalism that
it will definitely beat me when it turns out that you have not clogged your
brain with left-wing interpretations of and prejudices on the essence of
capitalist texts and on the basic tenets of capitalism as a system of
economic management. In any event, i strongly recommend you to go and read
the ACTUAL and CLASSICAL texts written by the likes of Smith, Cobden, Dicey,
Friedman, Hayek, Mises et al if you are really interested in understanding
what capitalists are saying and actually believe in. Merely rehearsing each
time that capitalism as a system of economic management is intended solely
for human exploitation is grossly uninformed and the high tide of ignorance.

Which takes me to your rabid denunciation of everything American. When
quizzed about the undemocratic nature of America, all you keep repeating is
that blacks in America are denied the vote on the specious premise of the
fiasco that engulfed the Florida vote count of America's 2000 presidential
elections. You cling on to this inconclusive argument inspite of the fact
that i have enumerated elective offices in the US that blacks democratically
occupy by virtue of being voted in office in democratic elections. If you
can't retract your statement that blacks are currently being the denied the
vote in America in lieu of the aforesaid, it would be a total waste of time
for us to continue to discourse America's political institutions and
develoments. As i said in my last correspondence, when it comes to rabid
allegiances to a doctrine, you are a tough act to follow.

Let me take this opportune moment and emphatically state that that i'm no
defender of everything and anything American; indeed, i'm as critical as you
on the shortcomings of America. The difference between us is that whilst you
will rabidly condemn everything and anything American, i have an open-minded
approach to everything and anything American. America, like any nation, has
only lessons to teach us in some of the ideals she has since her birth
embodied. Where these ideals can help our situations we should help ourselves
and tailor them to our circumstances. This is the point i consistently
proseltize about the American experience. If you are only interested in
exposing the hypocrisies of the American system, be my guest. I will gladly
listen to you. But if you can't bring yourself to even acknowledge that
America does have and meets the basic tenets of liberal democracy, then i
shall stop taking you seriously. Furthermore, if you can't bring yourself to
equally condemn the repugnant dictatorship of Castro and how it had and
continues to stifle individual liberty, you will only end up confirming my
worst fears about you: your ideological allegiance takes precedence over your
sense of fairness and justice.

This is not the first time you showed signs of one rabidly wedded to a
doctrine at the expense of fairness. When Gbago stole the Ivorian elections,
you came out in full support of his corrupt ascension to power. Interestingly
enough, you were full of condemnation Alassane Ouattara and even alleged that
he was part of what made Ivory Coast a mess. Never mind the fact that
Ouattara rights as a citizen of Ivory Coast had been seized by General Guei
and confirmed by Gbago; which any fair minded person would never have
forgotten to highlight as grossly unfair and a potent for future troubles.
Yet, you never brought yourself to the point of condemning this or even
asking the powers that be - Gbago and his corrupt socialist outfit - that
Ouattara's rights as a citizen of Ivory Coast ought to be respected. Your
vacillating stance here is open to speculation. I propose that because
Ouattara has over the years shown beyond doubt his solid market liberal
credentials, you saw it fit to overlook the inherent discriminations this
gentleman has suffered at the hands of both Guei and Gbago and went on to
endorse Gbago perhaps on the premise that he [Gbago] is or claims to be a
socialist. Rabid allegiance to doctrine at the expense of your sense of
fairness and justice, if you ask me!

Saiks, unlike you, i do not stay wedded to a philosophy at the expense of
fairness and or evidence. When evidence decisively repudiates a philosophical
position, i adjust appropriately and according to evidence. I strongly
counsel you to reconsider your approach to phenomena and incorporate as much
objectivity into it as you possibly can. This is the only way you can help
yourself clear the misinformation and propaganda on capitalism your brain is
currently clogged with.

All the best,

Hamjatta Kanteh

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