Gassa,
Give them credit for accepting the responsibility. Other governments have
done
> much more terrible things that were calculated acts, not accidents, and have
> never accepted the responsibility. Yes, this will not bring back the dead,
> but what shall we do, hang the Senegalese government officials?
>
> So Gambia can learn from their tragedy and work to correct the situation ,
> but you claim the Senegalese are just talking? I wonder how you arrived at
> this comclusion. You are beginingto siund like George Bush who says the
> weapons inspectors will fail, so why bother to let them do their job. You
> sound a bit too eager to castigate Senegal, and what is that all about?
>
> This is a terrible tragedy, and no one can say that it was something that
> was done deliberately by anyone, so let us not try to get milage out of it.
> The government of Senegal have and continue to display that they are
> people of integrity and essense.
> I wish you would be as willing to hold the Gambia government responsible
> for some of the not so commendable and very obvious things they do, and I
> bet they would not be so willing to accept any responsibility if they can
> help it.
> Credibility is not earned through selective morality.
>
> Jabou Joh
>
>
> In a message dated 10/1/2002 1:52:42 PM , [log in to unmask] writes:
> >>
>>
>> "As they say, hind sight is always 20/20 and it took the disaster in The
>> Gambia to have the government there start separating passengers from cargo
>> as you pointed out. They had not done that before, and it took the
>> disaster
>> for that to happen. Now, yes, Senegal should have learned a lesson from
>> that, but they are accepting the responsibility for this tragedy, and I am
>> sure they will do something in this regard now."
>>
>> The government of Senegal accepting full responsibility is just a mere
>> statement. It will neither bring back the dead nor would it affect those I
>> hold 100% responsible for this tragedy in any significant way. you watch
>> and see. This tragedy has wiped out some entire families including
>> hundreds
>> of young school children returning home from holidays.
>>
>> Secondly, it is much cheaper to learn from other people's mistakes than
>> one's own.
>>
>> "I think that one of the unfortunate realities we are facing here is that
>> here are two African states that have more in common than any other on the
>> continent, and yet, we have these border and customs problems that lead
>> people from both sides to find other ways to get from point A to point B,
>> sometimes resulting in these tragedies."
>>
>> I agree with you entirely.
>>
>> Have a good day, Gassa.
>>
>>
>
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