R u the same Baba Jobe working with Yaya Jammeh?


>From: baba jobe <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
><[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: CIVIL SERVANTS FORCED TO BUY APRC MEMBERSHIP CARDS/INDEPENDEN
>             T
>Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 14:17:43 GMT
>
>Thank you very much Sariang. I totally agree with the end results that we
>all so much desire. But at what cost? What i was saying here is that we
>ought to be a little bit cautious and sceptical if you like, with certain
>information being received from the Gambia.
>
>Let the anger and maybe  hatred of the system in the Gambia not cloud our
>judgement. There are a lot of things wrong with the administration in place
>in the Gambia. That my dear friend, is a fact.
>
>But i beg to disaggree that everything  done by the government in the
>Gambia
>is wrong. The government is bound to get it right sometimes, no matter how
>small a percentage compared to the whole picture.
>
>Have it ever occured to you that Yaya might not be as bad as we are all
>being made to believe? Maybe the guy is making a lot of mistakes (trusting
>wrong advisers)? Just a thought which i think will be expanded for all the
>wrong reasons. Just think about.
>
>But what is surprising is that  the majority on this forum tend to ignore
>the fact that the Government gets it right sometimes. But choose to ignore
>that fact and refuse to believe that this government can get anything
>right.
>This is not conducive to democracy that we all so much desire, or should i
>say claim to desire.
>
>Let not our anger and hatred cloud our perspective and thinking.
>
>And Sariang, what makes you so sure that i am on the ground in the gambia,
>are you not assuming. You see this is got to  stop. When you are dealing
>with issues that concern a whole nation, you have got to be sure of your
>facts, and there should be no room for assumptions.
>Thus all information coming from, or about events in the Gambia should not
>always be taken as the Gospel truth, but scrutinsed objectively.
>
>For your information i do not support any political party in the Gambia.
>
>But i used to read the L when i was in the Gambia (a long time ago), and
>sometimes the information on the L would be so much at variance with what
>was actually hapenning/happened on the ground that it was unbelievable, to
>the extend of being laughable.
>
>If the people using this forum are not careful, they risk loosing the crust
>of what this forum is supposed to provide. This forum used to be an
>accurate
>source of information. That is why we all need to be focussed on the real
>end result desired in the Gambia, and let not our emotions guide us.
>
>Thanks for your time.
>
>baba
>
>_________________________________________________________________________
>Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
>
>Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at
>http://profiles.msn.com.
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L
>Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html
>You may also send subscription requests to
>[log in to unmask]
>if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your
>full name and e-mail address.
>----------------------------------------------------------------------------

_________________________________________________________________________
Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at
http://profiles.msn.com.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L
Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html
You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask]
if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your full name and e-mail address.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------