Demba & Ousman

I liked the double punch!

Am 1 of Demba's characterization.

Am 1 of Ousman's those who see history a relevant subject for the present.
More importantly it bears lot on any future solution.

Good sharing!

Burama

On Wednesday, May 21, 2014, ousman ceesay <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Demba,
>
> History, someone opined, is prologue. Debates about the democratic
> credentials of a man who ruled Gambia for three decades, is not a waste of
> time. It has everything to do with the present struggle. You have people in
> the present struggle, who believe Jawara is a dictator, and Yaya  copied
> his modus operandi and improved upon it. You may not agree with the debate,
> but dismissing it as not serious, labeling people who engaged in it as
> empty barrels, a generation without ideas, is quite unfortunate.
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 10:53:18 -0700
> From: [log in to unmask]<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[log in to unmask]);>
> Subject: Re: Sidi Sanneh Says Bring the forth the Evidence
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> So the struggle have turned to Jawara being a dictator or not? Have we
> conceded that we no longer have ideas and or the will and courage to
> continue to fight the system that is threatening to extinct the basic
> freedom and democracy every country is fighting for?... have we lost hope
> on standing up for a better society and country for Gambia?
>
> I am sorry but discussing whether Jawara was a dictator or not is at best
> a waste of precious time and energy. I would rather focus on ideas about
> how to remove and or strengthen the fight against the people who think they
> can take all of us for granted. This is a fitting description of the saying
> "empty barrels make the most noise" A generation without ideas on how to
> better their society is a lost generation... so unfortunate...
>
> Demba
>
>
> On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 10:09 AM, ousman ceesay <[log in to unmask]
> > wrote:
>
>  Suntou wrote
>
> "*Mattarr, our challenge is to former top civil servants to call on the
> scholarship board in the PPP era, to produce the records of applicants and
> why, X was chosen over Y? And Why X went to an African University or
> college whilst Y went to U.K or U.S. **I am sure, the bundles of papers
> will be still be around, bar those dumped in bins amidst laughter's and
> snarling."*
>
> I hate to say this, but i was under the impression that, you already have
> access to that kind of data, before you made a categorical statement like:
>
> *"The evidences are so many and so pathetic that, one cannot make those
> sound Gambians relive their pains and agony"*
>
> For the record, I am not dismissive of the allegations that, some
> deserving Gambians didn't get scholarships they applied for. Thus, I take
> umbrage at Mr. Sanneh's categorization of the whole thing as an urban myth.
> However, I am also of the opinion that, the magnitude of the allegations
> will not stand evidentiary scrutiny either. Mr. Sanneh' take on the
> resource allocation aspect makes a lot of sense to me. Also since when, do
> we come to this notion that, sons and daughters of the elite are not
> deserving of scholarships, if they are performing at or in some cases
> better than students from poor families? I shared the same classroom with
> some of these guys and gals. And I gotta to tell you, they are no
> slackers.They are as competitive as the guy from badibou Saba.
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 16:55:07 +0100
> From: [log in to unmask]
>
> Subject: Re: Sidi Sanneh Says Bring the forth the Evidence
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
>
> Mattarr, for the sake of agreement, I mean, to brush it u
>
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