My sentiments, Brother Sallah. I think that folks should avoid treating
others with supposedly different views with abject contempt and bitterness
as is status quo.(Harona vs. Saul vs. Makavelli vs.....) Can we find a
gentler way in communicating with people with different views, especially
when they take supposedly different stances from popular opinion. Excuse me
for butting in.

Ous Ngum

On Wed, 23 May 2001 00:48:43 -0000, The Gambia and related-issues mailing
list wrote:

>  LERS ,
>
>  The level at which some members of the Gambia L are treating some of our
>  compatriots who seems to profess a divergent view on our varied political
>  tapestry is to say the least, very disgusting and intolerant.
>
>  I cannot imagine in my mind's eye, how come some participants in our
search
>  for proper and appropriate solutions to our political ills as nation,
have
>  come to appoint themselves as the custodians of fine political thoughts.
>
>  The unsubstantiated/fabricated statements and vindicative manners with
which
>  our brother Saul and etal have mop- handled our brother Harona is one
>  example that comes to mind.
>
>  I am  a living witness to the fine and almost enviable journalistic
>  characteristics that Harona has demonstrated during his stint with the
GRTS
>  and any claim by anyone that he is something otherwise is very, very
untrue
>  and unpatriotic.
>
>  As we move forward in our struggle to shape a better nation, we must be
>  prepared to suppress our emotional sentiments and also not to mixed
personal
>  sentiments with national politics. National politics is not a personality
>  matter, it is more than that. It embraces everything within the
>  geo-political classification of a given political territory and cannot
>  therefore be personalised or sentimentalised. To attack Harona for his
>  political neutrality is to me, prejudicial in that political neutrality
is
>  one positive step that could ultimately lead to belonging to an organised
>  political entity/party. It cannot be dismissed as lack of concern for the
>  nation's health and well-being. His expressed announcement of neutrality
has
>  for all intents and purposes severed him from any claim in any circles
that
>  he is politically affiliated with either the APRC, PDOIS, NRP and UDP and
>  for that matter cannot therefore be associated with belonging to any
party
>  because of his previous work with the GRTS.
>
>  Harona has every right to sit on the fence and to sit there comfortably
for
>  that matter. If anyone on the L want to be respected and recognised for
>  their contribution he/she must desist from engaging in the type of
>  aggressive- sentimental lack of substance attacks and or baseless
dismissals
>  of the political entitlements of fellow members.
>
>  Assalamu Alaikum !
>
>  Sallah
>
>
>  >From: saul khan <[log in to unmask]>
>  >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
>  ><[log in to unmask]>
>  >To: [log in to unmask]
>  >Subject: Re: To Be Or Not To Be? Saul.
>  >Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 12:47:44 -0000
>  >
>  >Alagi,
>  >
>  >Thanks a lot for your advice. I simply have no intention of satisfying
this
>  >boy's desire to demonstrate to the Jammeh people that he's still one of
>  >them. Just for the record, what you said checks EXACTLY with what a
>  >journalist who knows this boy well told me this morning. The fellow
>  >actually
>  >thought he Harona is my boy, because as soon as I mentioned his name,
the
>  >guy told me "What are you doing with that clown? Don't tell me he's your
>  >boy? He's a big 'Falseor' (phoney.) Oh yes, a big extrovert. A real
Jammeh
>  >sycophant. He loves suits! Big ties! Foral. Kibiri..." This was EXACTLY
>  >what
>  >the guy said. I had to tell him to slow down. Also that he Harona only
>  >likes
>  >to be the center of attention, no matter where. "He was here running
after
>  >Fat Sanneh all over the place. He even had a problem with Tombong like
>  >little school boys, etc, etc" I am quoting verbatim what a reporter told
me
>  >this morning. I felt sad for the boy because he's so young. But if the
mere
>  >mention of your name evokes such characterization from people you've
worked
>  >with in a professional environment, there's something terribly wrong.
Sad.
>  >That's our Mr. Neutral though, a nationally notorious Yaya Jammeh
sycophant
>  >and extrovert. So, no sweat here Alagi, I'm through with this boy,
because
>  >I
>  >know exactly what I'm dealing with.
>  >Good morning.
>  >
>  >Saul.
>  >
>  >
>  >I am kindly requesting you to quit this issue with Harona for now and
focus
>  >on more pressing ones. There is time for almost everything and when the
>  >actual time comes, surely we will be able to identify/ know who is who.
>  >
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