Hamjatta you wrote,

<<of course Jammeh arguably has uglier
>democratic credentials than Jawara and a more dastard violation of human
>rights. but how we counter this retrogressive and reactionary regime is
>something that has to be handled with maturity, facts, and objectivity. >>

Well, what shall i say, you've said it all. If after all these, you still
feel that this is about "knee jerk grapevine chit chats deep throatism,
rumour juggling and anti Jammehism " am sorry i have no comment.

Until then this episode is closed.

The STruggle Continues!!!
Ndey Jobarteh


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From: Hamjatta Kanteh <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 31 October 1999 22:32
Subject: Re: Jammeh's government seizing Gambian passports


>frankly there is too much of knee jerk grapevine chit chats, deep
throatism,
>rumour juggling and anti Jammehism by faceless wonders on this list. it is
>getting down to the point where objectivity is losing ground to a
subjective
>onslaught which is looking as biased as Jammeh is no doubt an authoritarian
>populist.
>if the likes of Ndey Jobarteh are really democrats they have to about as
much
>brandish their cloaks of objectivity as much as they continually
> deluge us with sentimental piffle about keeping some self conjured idiom
>that they brand as "the struggle continues" which in reality is some poor
>display intellectual pomp and ballistic.
>if we are gonna change the political landscape of Africa in the next
>millenium, then we have to be above this personality spats and endless
>unnecessary and biased bickering. of course Jammeh arguably has uglier
>democratic credentials than Jawara and a more dastard violation of human
>rights. but how we counter this retrogressive and reactionary regime is
>something that has to be handled with maturity, facts, and objectivity. by
>this i mean the least you could do is to live up to the democratic canon of
>giving credit where due and throw as much bucket load as the situation and
>issue warrants. can we be civic about this and drop the knee jerk smears
and
>unfounded deep throatism.
>Hamjatta Kanteh
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