King George,
I hope you wouldn’t mind since you knighted me before as Sir Ebou...:) 
I like the new spirit in which you presented your case, and I sincerely 
hope that you will habituate this disposition in the future.  I would 
like to state my opinion on this issue if you don’t mind.  
I do not think Mr. Sidibeh insulted Y.C. Jow in any way.  His tone may 
sound somewhat confrontational but was never profane in any fashion; 
and of course provided we all consent to the definition of an insult 
according to the Webster’s Dictionary:  an act that offends a person’s 
dignity.  The word “imbecile” or stupid as you mentioned does not bear 
any graphic connotation that violates public decorum as the 
phrase “D**k-head”.  I believe if this was the case then the words “it 
is the economy, STUPID” would never have been a mantra in any 
presidential campaign.   

Now I do not know what your definition of “smart” means but I know for 
a fact that matriculating into a prestigious institution, although a 
great achievement, is a function of a multitude factors that have very 
little to do with IQ.  Recent studies have established that Albert 
Einstein, arguably the greatest scientist so far, did not have a very 
superior IQ...in fact he is an intellectual Lilliput compared to 
Goethe, Leibniz, Wittgenstein, Hawkings and many others.  The point is 
there is a sharp distinction between IQ and academic achievement.  Yet 
still modern research in psychology has revealed that IQ comes in a 
multitude of forms.  Emotional intelligence i.e. the ability to use 
reason to check unbridled passions in social discourse can only be 
achieved through the habituation of virtues- which most Gambians 
receive from their homes in early childhood.  The ancient Romans call 
this “adequatio” or YARR ACK TEGGIN in wollof. 
Now King George you be the judge. 



Ebou

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