You. I save you the trip. I should have known you were a stingy accountant.
What is wrong with taking a trip to far-flung lands once in a while? Or do
you prefer Makumbaya and Sintet?? Its all the same you know. As long as
you deplacement!!! I love Olfactor. Next time I'm going Laye, I'm taking you.
Kicking and screaming and all.
Now then Laye; How are you? Hope great as ever. I have now signed the
actual contract with the production team of the movie FIVE KILLERS starring the
indomitable Ashton Kutcher. Signed, sealed, and delivered. OBAMA. I have a
lot of work to do but I am never too busy for you my friend. Now about the
experiment:
1. Take a glob of putty and place it between two fingers.
2. Apply pressure from the fingers onto the putty.
3. You may now remove the putty from the grip.
Putty has a memory characteristic whereby it will keep the form toward the
least resistance when pressure is applied, all within the concept of
conservation of energy.
Now you have physically reduced (made thinner, or smaller) the size of the
putty at the point of application of pressure but you have also elongated
or enlarged the areas where less or no pressure is applied. The entire
process of reducing one area corresponding to a commensurate elongation of
another, I call attenuation. Don't worry about the dictionary. Tell them to call
me. Besides they are not aware of Halifa and his demarche.
The complex quality of the word "attenuation" lends it to being used for
exclusively diminutive demarche or a combination of attributes (diminution
and enlargement. It doesn't really describe an act. It describes a process.
Tell the dictionary people to call me or send me an email. The reason it is
difficult to give a dictionary definition of such compound words is that it
is difficult to convey all the in-situ contradictions of life. In gas
chromatography, attenuation is the rendering of peaks in the chromatograph to
present the sensitivity of the needle into readable form. At low
attenuation, sensitivity is increased and at high attenuation, sensitivity is reduced.
Attenuation helps you yield further appreciation for the sample data
you're reviewing.
Anyway Laye, to keep us focused, don't worry too much about the dictionary
meaning of attenuation. I say this because I generally use it to capture
nuanced appreciation. And when I used it in my notes, I meant Halifa using
his proprietorship of Foroyaa, his leadership of PDOIS, and his gravitasse
within and outside of Gambia (Pan-African stuff), to yield PDOIS added
fortune. And what was his method you may enquire? Bearing on lesser
"Fact-finding". AGAIN.
And when I used the word "attenuate", you had understood the context in
which I used the word as the montage I will share with you later will
indicate. It was much after when you wanted to portray me as deceitful, that you
consulted the infamous dictionary to yield the inadequate dictionary
definition of the word. SO for the purposes of our conversation and our mutual
understanding of the context in which I used attenuation, you didn't have any
need to consult the dictionary and yield yourself unnecessary confoundment.
You will realise that the most egregious default of mine will have been
ignorance of the global meaning of "attenuation". It will not have affected
my response to your query, if indeed you were interested in my view as you
feigned.
I will not even treat the other "apparent contradictions" you surmised from
my notes because that will be more difficult to explain to you, even for
me. Suffice it to say that "directly affect" was used in a legal context.
And Gambia, Gambia's good or bad, or Gambians taking an interest in a crime
does not necessarily mean they are directly affected by the crime in the
eyes of jurisdictional jurisprudence.
I must leave now. I will send the montage later to demonstrate how you
appreciated my context of attenuation but were determined to create the
illusion of ignorance or deceit by Haruna. And in so doing, you thoroughly
confused yourself. I will share with you for posterity, that it is generally
difficult to discern intent from expression of view. Discernment of intent is
triggered by an action. That is where innocent until proven guilty gets its
foundation. If you want to really know whether I love or hate Halifa, I
suggest you ask me. If you try to deduce that from my notes which are responses
to your cockamayme querries, you will frustrate yourself for nought. ANd
you will have been primed prey for future angst.
You know I love you that's why I went through this whole rigamarole. I
don't know about Halifa. But you I know I love. For Halifa I have think a bit
more on whether I love or hate the man. He is handsome. He has that going
for him. And I see he has jettisoned the Afro. And Yanks I don't want you
calling him Afroman again. Please. Like Pasamba, he has had a makeover. Does
any of you love Yahya's new dental work or what???? Haruna. MQJGDT. Darbo.
Al-whatever.
In a message dated 4/21/2009 4:38:49 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
[log in to unmask] writes:
Haruna:
I still love you and will be your BFF, but you need to quit the deceit
and cut to the chase. I don't care if you like to fly to Kullikoro and
Iceland to come back to Georgia then answer my questions, be my guest.
If you want to re-write the English dictionary, you're on your own on
that one. However, I will continue to call you up on your deceit as
long as I deem it necessary to do so Ins'Allah.
-Laye
On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 12:18 PM, A Jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Haruna said:
>
> "The spirit of democracy (Peace is not a consideration of mine at
> thiis time), requires all protagonists to NOT hold partisan
> gatherings, meetings, communion, or be present at any polling precinct
> unless they are themselves polling agents or return officers (which is
> highly unlikely) as the popular will is being discerned. So neither
> Yahya, nor Ousainou, nor Hamat, nor OJ, nor Halifa, nor Waa, nor
> Hassan Musa, nor Sherriff Dibba, ought to be holding partisan
> gatherings, meetings, communion, or be present at any polling precinct
> unless they are themselves polling agents or return officers (which is
> highly unlikely). Given the atmospherics of the election in 1996, all
> the protagonists are advised to attenuate calm and to act according to
> the needs of their welfare."[Haruna]
>
> I will pardon your selective amnesia to remind you, even if you are
> fully conscious, of the fact that no one is talking about why Ousainou
> did not go out in the streets when ballots were being counted. To
> suggest that would indicate gross ignorance on our part. Let me make
> it clear that I understand and appreciate the personal sacrifice of
> all opposition political leaders including Ousainou, Hamat, Waa, Sidia
> and Halifa. How much further sacrifice they will make of their freedom
> and be steadfast in their conscience in reaction to the trappings of
> indecent dehumanization of the Gambian folks is where the difference
> lies between Halifa and Ousainou notwithstanding shortcomings of
> either. For you to suggest that anyone expected Ousainou to venture
> out in the streets when it is ill-advised and illegal to do so is
> another example of your deliberate distortion and deceitful tactics.
>
> "The order of itemized thought has little or no bearing on precedence
> or emphasis. You will be found wanting were you to use this method in
> your school text books. The reason why I had that first was because
> the extant conversation and the strongarming of Suntou regarded a
> complex that presumes Suntou's intentions.
> I therefore consider both items equally emphasized, their order
> notwithstanding."[Haruna]
>
> I can only assume what you were thinking when you wrote what you wrote
> and will have to discern your intent in the order in which you present
> your ideas. This is a well proven method in analyzing written
> communications in my line of work. There is a reason why communication
> experts follow this same rule in discerning intent or hidden clues as
> to the presenter’s state of mind. I am not therefore surprised that
> you have instinctively resorted to dismiss my observation and further
> resorted into distorting my reaction to Suntou as “strong arming.”
> Again that is very typical of deceitful intent or deliberate
> misinformation.
>
> "Gambia was not directly affected by the threat to Ousainou's person
> just like Gambia was not directly affected by the arrest of Halifa."
> [Haruna]
>
> Are you serious about this statement?
>
> "Therefore, it is non-sequitur to presume Gambia's good or bad in the
> private demarche of political personalities.” [Haruna]
>
> This is yet another deliberate distortion of the facts surrounding
> this discussion. You can dismiss Halifa’s intent to find the truth
> about reports of witch-hunting as a “private demarche” but you fully
> understand there were social and political implications
> notwithstanding the deliberate abrogation of thousands of Gambians’
> human and civil rights. Likewise, Ousainou’s decision to seek refuge
> at the Senegalese embassy - let’s assume for a second - to avoid
> political mayhem in the heat of elections. To dismiss such exercise as
> a “private demarche of political personalities” shows yet another
> example of deliberate distortion of extant deceit. And you keep
> contradicting yourself even as you carefully maneuver your way into
> the delicate craft of deliberate and deceitful intent.
>
> First you said: “Gambia was not directly affected by the threat to
> Ousainou's person just like Gambia was not directly affected by the
> arrest of Halifa." [Haruna]
>
> Then turned around and said:
>
> “However, what is of interest to Gambia's good or bad or Gambians are
> the following:
> 1) the threat on Ousainou's person that warranted his cautionary
decision.
> 2) the illegal arrest of Halifa and denial of visitation of his family
> and friends.
> 3) The witch-hunting exercise against Gambian citizens of all the
> affected communities.
> 4) The forced consumption of concoctions which could be detrimental to
> their health and welfare.
> 5) The conduct of state officials in rendering aid and comfort to the
> witch-hunters.[Haruna]
>
> I wonder how “the threat on Ousainou’s person” or “the illegal arrest
> of Halifa” will be of “interest to Gambia’s good or bad” if “Gambia
> was not directly affected by the threat to Ousainou’s person….”
> How would you reconcile these conflicting positions if not for
> deliberate misinformation and or deceitful intent?
>
> ‘WHen Halifa decided to go on a "fact-finding" mission, it was both
> political and conscientious. The political became immaterial to me
> when the idiot Yahya decided to arrest Halifa. I still cannot fathom
> why Yahya made that value-less decision. If it were me myself and I, I
> will not have arrested Halifa. In fact I will have encouraged all
> Gambia to go on a fact-finding mission of their own. Because I would
> want to know if we have enemies of the state masquerading as
> witch-hunters and to what extent agents of the state security or
> enablers are involved.”[Haruna]
>
> What I can infer from the above is that you’re more upset about the
> mistakes Yahya made subsequent to the witch-hunting saga than you are
> of the deliberate abrogation of the innocent Gambian’s dignified right
> to exist, of which Halifa was more concerned hence his actions. You
> purposely present yourself herein as if you are not aware - like
> everyone in Gambia in and beyond – that Yahya himself sanctioned the
> whole witch-hunting exercise. Again, deliberate, intentional,
> malignant and purposeful deception! (too many adjectives..i know)
>
> “Attenuated fortunes for PDOIS imply fortune other than extant value.
> So Halifa's position in PDOIS is not part of PDOIS' attenuated
> fortunes. To attenuate is to enhance, amplify, accentuate.”[Haruna]
>
> No Haruna: You either honestly, unfortunately do not know the meaning
> of the word “attenuate” as you used it in your sarcasm of Halifa’s
> efforts or you are deliberately misrepresenting the actual meaning of
> the word to suit your deceitful intent. I purposely quoted your use of
> the word “attenuate” to highlight your deceitful intent in belittling
> Halifa’s effort vis-à-vis PDOIS political gains therein. To clarify
> what I am saying, here is the true and official meaning of the word
> “attenuate” and you tell me if you are being honest in your intent or
> not: To lessen the amount, force, or value of; to make less complex;
> to weaken.
>
> “Halifa's editorial responsibility is the purview of PDOIS party organ
> Foroyaa. And it would make sense to use a party organ to yield the
> party attenuated fortunes would it not Laye?”[Haruna]
>
> The above quote emphasizes your deliberate intent or apparent
> ignorance in the use of the word “attenuate.” Which is it Haruna? Are
> you ignorant or are you being deliberately deceitful?
>
> -Laye
>
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