Mr. Sallah,

I'm simply dumb-founded that even after several clarifications, you're still
latching on to the wrong vine! For the last time, get this: this controversy
has got ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with Harona's right to identify, or
otherwise with any particular political party. It's about INTEGRITY. There's
a difference between saying because of my job, or other connections, I can't
afford to identify publicly with any party, and saying that I'm "neutral"
when in fact that's not true. Mr. Sidi Sanneh who's elderly and works for
the ADB has professed such a position on this forum. How many people have
you seen questioning his integrity? What's special about Harona?

And for the record: I don't know Harona Drammeh from Adam. I've never met
the fellow. Neither do I know anything about some of the people he worked
with back home. Most definitely never heard of a Fat Sanneh. I may be many
things Mister, but I'M NOT a liar! I relayed EXACTLY what someone told me
yesterday. (Unless if you want to suggest that I made the story up. I
have'nt lived a single day under Yaya Jammeh's rule.) So, you can believe,
or think what you want. I have no problems there. But don't even try lying
about me. That's what got me started on Harona in the first place. Kebba
Jobe Daddy Nying was here these past two months spewing utter rubbish. Can
you look at yourself in the mirror and say that "Saul was intolerant of
Kebba Jobe's views?" Did you not see me consciously back-off to let the man
have his day -even though I believe with all my heart that him, and his
types are worse than Yaya Jammeh, and much of what he was saying was
garbage? So, if I can tolerate Kebba Jobe Daddy Nying, why would I have ANY
problems tolerating Harona Drammeh? So, for the sake of basic decency, LOOK
AT the issue in question NOT THE NAMES of the people involved. You'll see
the truth if you would do that. And one last thing Mr. Sallah, I'll let you
know when I need YOU to respect my opinion since you're the self-annointed
custodian of "opinions to respect."

Ousman: There's right, and there's wrong. There's honesty, and there's
dishonesty. There's integrity, and there's hypocrisy. We all make choices as
to where we'll be. I hope you'll make the right one. We are where we are as
a nation, not because we are intolerant per se, but because so many of us
close our eyes to the truth, and injustice. If most of our people were
truthful, we wouldn't -at this point- even be worrying about an opposition
victory at all. We'll be trying to guess the magnitude. Because the issues,
and the players are all VERY CLEAR. It's a clear-cut case of Good V. Evil,
Night V. Day. But we are in this present position because like I said to
Kebba JD Nying too many of us deem the pursuit of material things to be
exculpatory: As long as money is coming him, never mind the source, or the
means of getting it. Anything goes. With that kind of mentality, how can we
in good conscience fault the opposition for not carrying the day? What is
"good" suppose to do when so many "nice," and "decent" folks, are so very
willing to sell their integrity for money? Maybe what we need is a Standard
to guide us, something objective. As it is, the notion of what constitutes
"tolerance" and "intolerance" is blurred. To some, it's the description of
abuse meted to innocent opponents. To others, it has become a hypocritical
cloak to hide under, even if the label of such "intolerance" is precipitated
by others' expression of outrage at one's buttressing of a brutal and
degenerate autocracy. So Ousman, we need a National debate to set Standards,
just so we can all understand what terms like "tolerant" and "intolerant"
means. 'Cause I'm at a total loss...

Good morning and I'll talk to you soon.

Saul.


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.


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