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Gambia-l must be the only place where you can get your writing copy-
edited for free! Perhaps we should start posting our dissertations and
such....:)

On Sat, 6 Apr 2002, Haruna Darbo wrote:

>
> Mr. Krubally,
>
> You seem sincere in your call to withhold judgement in O.J's defense
> until we hear both sides and I want to thank you for that. I am going to
> try to speak with you interactively. I am sometimes amazed at the
> capacity of the human mind to reason. We are all endowed by rabbi'l
> aalameen to recognise the truth even when couched in blasphemy. So
> Indulge me.
>
> here goes.
>
> I enjoyed reading your fair stance. I could not help but make a few
> observation that will make for a better reading of your position.
>
> Peers not pears.
>
> travelled not traveled.
>
> I would (n't) caution you to get the fact straight before taking sides.
>
> Let us not allow our party affiliation (TO) affect our reasoning.
>
> I know these were unintentional mistakes on your part, but for the
> benefit of some of L-readership, I will offer the corrections. I hope you
> don't mind.
>
> Now, Mr. Krubally, back to the more important issue:
>
> Do you know my party affiliation? I brought this up first because you are
> right that party affiliation can cloud the judgement of the insincere. If
> you do know my party affiliation, please feel free to share it with the
> rest of the L-readership. That way they can consume my commentary with a
> tinge of salt.
>
> Every Gambian, including you and me, is entitled to a recognizable means
> of travel to access the right of free movement without let or hinderance.
> Pass-ports are not issued by parties and are not issued to felons or
> those citizens who are fugitives of law or flight-risks thereof. O.J.
> returned to Gambia, so evidently, he is not a flight risk, neither is he
> a fugitive of Gambian law. are you with me so far? stop me when I write
> too fast. ok? ok.
>
> Mr. Krubally, you informed us: "but most of O.J's colleagues have
> traveled out of the country on numerous occasions without their passports
> been (being) confiscated. Alh Omar Sey, Alh M.C. Cham, and Alh. Yahya
> Ceesay.
>
> Mr. Krubally, are you comparing O.J.'s stature and position in Gambian
> society to that of the personnages (not unimportant in their own rights)
> you mentioned here by virtue of collegiality?Was it wrong to kill some of
> the student demonstrators even though some were spared? You know the
> tanks did not raze all the demonstrators in Tiananmen square don't you?
> or is that sheer luck on the part of the survivors?
>
> Mr. Krubally, you continued: "In fact, it will be fair to say that he and
> most of his pears have misled us all our lives."
>
> Misled you about what Mr. Krubally? After O.J. and his peers misled you
> and your peers all your lives, you are yearning for more misleading from
> Jammeh and his peers? I'm sure your whole life and that of your peers is
> not meant to be misled, is it? If it is, I sense a case of Misledomylitis
> and a smidgen dose of quiet reading does the mind some good.
>
>  Mr. Krubally speaks: "From the way O.J came running to the list with his
> side of the story,..."
>
> Oh yeah? which way was the right honourable running to the list? I
> suppose you regard O.J.'s rights being trampled upon as payback time for
> all the misleading he and his peers did you? Or have you not made up your
> mind? Has your judgement been clouded by your perceptions of O.J and his
> peers' past conduct? You did inform us that the misleading was done by
> O.J. and his peers but none of the peers had their pass-ports
> confiscated. Why do you suppose that is? And if it were payback time,
> would it not have been sweeter if all your culprits paid for their crime
> of the misleading of Krubally and his peers? This is an opportunity to
> amend your allegation to just O.J. committing that crime. Are you still
> with me? remember, stop me when I dribble. Here, O.J.'s rights of free
> movement and association are infringed upon illegally. Share with us how
> that improves your misled life. Since O.J. and his peers are not in the
> habit of properly informing the citizenry, Jammeh and his peers must also
> mis-inform. I wonder if that makes sense. I know I will not knowingly
> submit to mis-information from any one or any quarter. How about you?
>
> Mr. Krubally, I take umbrage at your assertion that the defense of an
> impounded civil right is a game. I'm sure you were just trying to be
> cute. You did not really mean that did you? Remember, when you write an
> opinion, re-read it for sense, and then read it a third time for typo. I
> have enjoyed you and I'm sure I will have numerous other opportunities to
> do so in the future. I hope I have asked pertinent questions and if you
> are enlightened in the process, Allaahu bas A'alam.
>
> I look foreward to a clearer position from you. Hold your peace if you
> still claim you are a NEUTRALI. (lol).
>
> Les plus importants transformations sont les modifications
> "accidentelles".
>
> Amoebic movement is effectuated by the sum-total of cellular
> reconfigurations.
> Yours truly - Haruna.
>
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