In a message dated 12/3/99 8:26:36 AM Central Standard Time,
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<< G-L,
     I have been closely following the appeals from a number of members to
 lift the ban on Matarr Njie.  Mr Njie should only be reinstated on one
 codition, he immediately stops the personal attacks on list members.  It is
 both indecent and immoral to constantly shower people with insults.  The
 right to "Free Speech" does not protect inflammatory remarks.  Healing works
 best when it starts internally.  Mr Njie certainly can disagree with any or
 all opinions presented on this forum without being disrespectful.

 This is my opinion, what do you think.


 "Kala ko nedo, aforti andu ko mbata"

 HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

 Karamo

  >>
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Karamo,

That is precisely the point. Instead of the expulsion from the list serving
as a lesson, as well as a deterrant from heaping insults on people for
expressing their opinions, or for disagreeing with him,Matarr has now become
even more profain, and consistently, as can be attested to by all the people
on this list who have continued to receive these insults right up to
today.The only provocation for this being that he reads an opinion expressed
by the person at the G-L interface that differs from his own, period.
Even then, as bad as his reaction of insulting that person is, it does not
stop there. He actually copies that profain email to a lot of members of the
list. Now, can someone please explain to me how such a behaviour can be
defended?
l think that it is rather sad that each time we as a people try to accomplish
something positive, a few individuals will be bent on tarnishing it somehow.
How the issue of Matarr Njie has come to be a condition to what Dr Abdoulaye
Saine, katim and others  have  been advocating is beyond me. Granted it
certainly would have made sense to re-admit Matarr as part of this process,
but l think only if he had not continued this ugly behaviour all this while,
and very sneakily behind the scenes. It is good to be sober in what we
defend, otherwise it tends to reflect the rather poor judgement of the person
advocating it. There are good reasons here why l and others feel as we do
regarding Matarr. l cannot find a sane, reasonable reason why this brother
reacts the way he does when others' opinions differ from his, nor can l
understand the reason why he goes out of his way to copy very bad insults to
all these people.That, and pnly that is the basis of my objections.

And to all those pundits who use every occasion to utter the anti-Jammeh cry,
please give us a break. Get used to the fact that there are some of us who
believe in expressing our opinions as citizens, and who also realize that
this is the way it should be, and will be. If you have a problem with this,
then get ready for the long haul, and l wish you luck since this involvement
of the voice of the people in how we are governed is actually just begining,
and l for one hope and pray that this is the wave of the future in Africa.The
fact that people have a problem with this is one of the main reasons we have
the kinds of dictatorships we have.If you speka your mind, you are the enemy,
and you have set up camp to destroy those you criticize. How narrow-minded is
that? Please, let us show a little intelligence here.

Jabou Joh

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