Dr. Saine, the desire not to debate is mutual.  I do NOT wake up in the
morning looking forward to coming to G_L to debate with people.  I am glad
that you realized that ‘tolerance’ is the key here.  I am all for tolerance.
  I wished though that the real ‘powers’ on G_L recognized that tolerance is
the key and stop ‘de-listing’ people.  Me being perceived as intolerant is
neither here nor there.  All I can do is defend my point of view; albeit
vigorously.
KB



>From: Abdoulaye Saine <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: [log in to unmask]
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: A Recent Trip to Gambia
>Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 17:35:34 -0500
>
>Kebba Dampha:
>I have been wrong about many things in life, especially Politics in The
>Gambia.   And like you, to use your favorite phrase before the presidential
>elections, "Jammeh is finished."  Frankly, it does not matter to me whether
>I am
>right or wrong.  We all were in our prediction of Jammeh's impending
>demise.
>But  that is not the reason for joining these debates.  I learn a lot from
>the
>G-L.   I share my take on things and one is free to agree or disagree.  In
>my
>line of work, this is normal.  The perspectives expressed are valuable,
>however.  And we can learn from each other with tolerance.  The issues are
>more
>complex and can hardly be captured sufficiently by some of the simple
>arguments
>you make or I make for that matter.  Tolerance is the key.
>
>Also, to use conclusions I made about the Presidential election as a basis
>for
>evaluating the National Assembly elections is like mixing apples and
>oranges.
>The contexts are very different.  If the UDP/PPP/GPP Alliance were to
>contest
>the NA elections on a similar platform, the outcome would not have been
>different.  So, in the end, you have not "proved anything
>wrong."
>
>And KB, I do not want to debate you, not that I can not, but I do not
>believe it
>would be fruitful.  I understand your position well.
>
>Many thanks,
>Abdoulaye


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