Mr. Ceesay, I'm really not going to debate about this
issue with you, because I cannot believe that a fellow
Gambian can be so insensitive to its own people.

You need to know that all these people are
contributing way more than a lot of American-born
citizens in this country. They live here and pay taxes
that is developing this country. They are buying
things that is lifting the economy, and they are
definitely contributing to the reduction of violence
in this country.These people are contributing
positively to the development of this country on a
daily basis.

They are not out in the streets homeless, stealing or
shooting people. They are out there doing jobs that
most American citizens would not do for their own
country----trying to keep the airports secure and
helping handicapped people around the airports,
loading and unloading luggages on airlines and so
forth. These are jobs that most American people do not
want to do for their own people. Illegal foreigners
are doing it for them---Looking at it from that point
of view alone should make these people become legal.

What bad does it do to this country, if one lives here
illegally but using his presence in this country to do
something that is developing it? I do not see how it
will affect this country. I believe a 100% that this
country is gaining a whole lot more from the illegal
aliens than they are losing. This is absolutely
visible to the united states congress. You might not
see that because you have closed your eyes to not see
the good that your own people are doing in this
country and home.

Mr Ceesay, things might be going your way right now,
but you never know when they could go the other way.
So be very careful what you wish on others. Life can
be so sweet today, but the day it gets sour is when
you will be needing your neighbor. I know you will not
want them to be insensitive as you are today.

Anyway, there is a lot more people praying for them
than those who are not. I know God will protect them
and return them safely to their families...Amen

Gibby



--- Modou Ceesay <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> --- Gibby Cham <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > My Ceesay, I'm not going to sit here and make what
> is
> > illegal to be legal,
>
> Thank you for your rationality.  There are some who
> would still
> argue that the ends justifies the means: even
> "accidentally" or
> intentionally overstaying when they know what the
> rules are.
> That is the worst kind of sin because they know the
> truth but try
> to twist and rationalize the situation.  They say,
> "oh, when you
> look at it like this it is not really against the
> letter of the
> law I suppose" -- even though they know full well
> the spirit of the
> law.  Then hundreds and thousands of others get
> punished because
> Gambians earn the label of liars.  This is a
> terrible thing
> because their pride and self-centerdness gets in the
> way of them
> confessing that they were wrong.  I'm glad to see
> you are more
> smart than that.
>
> > but we have all at once did
> > something illegal in our life and never got
> caught.
>
> And sometimes we hide the fact.  That is the act of
> a boy.  A man
> admits it, turns himself in, makes re-payment on his
> honor.  Doesn't
> your beloved atlanta have a story about the first
> USA president as
> a boy saying "I cannot tell I lie" and admiting on
> his own free will
> that he cut down a neighbor's tree?  Isn't that a
> parable?  That is
> the act of a man.  People who don't develop that
> honor are still
> children, despite their age.
>
> > Mr Ceesay, today if you pick an apple for example
> that
> > is not yours but you were not given permission to
> take
> > it. May be it belong to a friend or roommate. What
> > would you call that? stealing I should believe
>
> Yes.  As a man I will not do it.  This is the most
> basic of
> laws.  If I find out later that I have possibly made
> an error I will
> immediately go and pay well for that Mango etc.
> People who cannot
> believe that are beyond hope.  Their bad nature does
> not let them belive
> that there are good people.  They assume that
> "everybody" takes bribes.
> That "everybody" has a price.  Then society pays for
> the sins of those
> few.  What is horrible becomes normal.
>
> > If you were in the situation that these people are
> in,
> > we would feel saddened by it.
>
> If I had done wrong I would say I had got what I
> deserved.  The
> wicked man will try to fight and argue and justify
> it, however.
>
> > So people,
> > let's ignore this negativeness ...
>
> When people call the commandments of the Koran or
> Bible negativeness
> then we are in trouble.  "Do not lie."  That is a
> simple absolute thing,
> and it doesn't matter the situation or what others
> have done to you.
> It brings an interesting question = are many people
> willing to lie
> and steal because their country/family is poor.  OR
> => are their
> countries and families poor BECAUSE they are wicked?
> The lucky and educatedt escape and never go back
> even if they have
> to lie and cheat to get away.  They then act
> concerned by sending a
> bit of their money home to mother, or writing on the
> internet.  ARen't
> they grand?  Then they act surprised when they get
> caught because they
> are in a land where "the rule of law" means
> something.  Then they
> turn to heaven and pray for themselves.  Too late
> now!  Yundum
> airport is in your future!
>
> This is all I will say.  I will reply no more.  I
> will read no more
> comments or respones on this subject.  It is an
> absolute matter.
> Read your Koran or Bible.  You overstayers just be
> sure to have your
> white-out ready when you get to the parts you don't
> like.
>
> MC
>
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