M B Krubally,
I agree the personal attacks and character assasinations have to go. The Independent though seem to forget that this "house" is comprised of decendants of the Burba Jollof, Mansa Musa, Sundiatta, Foday Sillah, Musa Molloh, Maba Jahou etc, who still harbour the traits of their ancestors. Putting all this together, we`re bound to disagree , but that wouldn`t justify the use of foul language. The managers of the forum should sometimes step in, because that is what a shepheard does if the flock is about to go astray.
The Independent however, goes off-beat if it should downplay the achievements of this forum. The Gambia-L is another "institute" of higher learning.
Regards,
Omar.
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Fra: Jabou Joh <[log in to unmask]>
Til: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Dato: 2. februar 2000 00:05
Emne: Re: Independent View
>Abdoulaye,
>
>The Independent has a point, and supporting their view does not for one
>minute assume that the majority of folks on this forum engage in such
>immaturity, even in the face of having these personal attacks directed at
>us.You are quite right in pointing this out, and some of us who commended the
>Indepedent should definitely have also made this clarification, instead of
>just asuming that it was understood without saying. Thank you for making this
>statement.
>
>Jabou Joh
>
>In a message dated 2/1/00 3:44:18 PM Central Standard Time, [log in to unmask]
>writes:
>
><< To The Editor, The Independent:
>
> Well Said! The criticisms leveled against Gambia-L by The Independent
> are appropriate and well taken. It is always good to have both
> internal/external criticism. It should also be said, however, that many
> members of Gambia-L have raised the same issue over and over again. And
> that, it is a very small minority on Gambia-L that engage in such abuse.
> For The Independent or the author to give the impression that Gambia-L
> is a forum for emotional outbursts and insults, without looking at the
> healthy debates and in particular,the GAMBIA-L POSITION PAPER to
> President Jammeh and others, is to blow the "insults" out of proportion.
>
> While The Independent can make room for an article on "insults" in
> GAMBIA-L, it has not to my knowledge, made room to cover the Gambia-L
> Position Paper or to interview President Jammeh and other political
> leaders on their reactions to the recommendations. I believe Gambians
> would be better served by a serious discussion of national issues( which
> I am sure you do) on The Independent, than the "insults" a minority of
> us are engaged in. Gambia-L, in spite of the "insults," remains a forum
> of free speech and an exercise in democracy. More important, it is a
> microcosm of The Gambia in both its positive and contradictory
> attributes. Surely, the maturity of a minority who engage in "insults"
> is disturbing to all those who know better. Yet, to focus on the
> "insults" as if this was the dominant feature on GAMBIA-L, is to
> misrepresent what the L is all about.
>
> In conclusion, GAMBIA-L, in my humble opinion, is an effective and
> valuable forum whose members include intelligent, thoughtful and mature
> individuals, not the loud and foul-mouthed individuals your article
> purports. Thank You.
>
> (I hope you publish this as a follow-up to your article).
>
> Abdoulaye Saine
> Oxford, Ohio, USA.
>
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