Justifying  wrongs  being  perpetuated  by  the  Gambia  Government  is
one  of  our  problems  as  Gambians. The  least  one  can  do  is  speak
out  against  injustice.  Evil  prevails  only  when  good men  and  women
stand  idly  by.  If  those  journalists  were  singing  Jammehs  praises,
they  will  not  labeled  "uncouth"  in  Gassama's  book.  Besides  all
that,  instead  of  the  NIA  taking  the  laws  into  their  own  hands,
dont  we  have  "courts"?  Is  intimidating  journalists  by  torturing
them  the  right  way  out?

People  do  not  care  what  happens  to  folks  they  have  no  interest
in  or  are  not  related  to.  The  pain  never  registers  until  it
hits  close  to  home.  There  is  nothing  in  what  the  gentle  man
wrote  in  his  article  that  warranted  the  torture  metted  out  to
him.

  For  people  like  Pa  Modou  Gassama,  I  am  not  the  least
surprised  by  his  stance.  If  one  of  your  family  members  was    at
the  receiving  end  of  torture,  you  shall  be   singing  a  different
song.  As  inconsciousnable  as  you  are,  if  Alhagi  Mbye  was  your
blood,  sycophancy  will  not have  blinded  you  from  the  truth.
Always  remember  though  that,  what  goes  around  comes  around.  No
condition  is  permanent   and  the  APRC  will  not  rule  The  Gambia
forever.  Try  speaking  the  truth,  for  that  alone  is  everlasting.
There  is  no  justification  whatsoever  for  torturing  your  fellow
human  beings.  But  if  one  is  not  human,  they  can  never  see  this.

Alagie  Barrow

Nashville  TN

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