Ndey:
Nice to hear from you. Its always refereshing to read your stuff.
My regards to Saiks, Amadou Kabir and all the gang in Scandinavia.
Unfortunately, I can't join-in the countdown cause I'm stuck at work for the
next 6 hours. You folks have fun.
Indeed you are right that you guys will celebrate before us in the States.
Till then...Wishing you a Happy Y2K.
Regards
baboucarr Sillah
>From: Ndey Jobarteh <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
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>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [Is Public life private]
>Date: Fri, 31 Dec 1999 09:41:40 PST
>
>Ous,
>
>It is very true, Hamjatta is entitle to his opinion but i must say that
>there
>is nothing like personal polical life, if one choose to be a public figure
>one
>has to take what comes with it. Also, Firstlady, second lady what ever they
>call it, is a political issues not a private one.
>
>It is unfornately that it has gone this way for the Independent, i don't
>think
>they should be blame for printing what is said to be a romour,this is not
>the
>first time that such arrest have been made,with the state house falling
>wall
>in mind. Since in a country where the press is suppressed and information
>is
>scared , such method of breaking news might always be the case. I remember
>the
>last time when i got the news in Zimbabwe that the President has married a
>second wife, there were so many arguments on the issue, some people denied
>that the presedent never got married to a second lady ,so why i will not be
>surpirsed if this comes out to be the truth.
>
>Is it a front page issues? Is it about how much one sell? I believe we have
>to
>go beyond these boundaries because the taste for information and the
>struggle
>to find out the truth as said is the most difficult thing journalists are
>facing . What lessons do we learn from this case ?These are symptoms of a
>suppressed free press and information.
>
>
>Is is not funny that that Jammeh is taking a libel suit.
>
>For a free press.
>
>
>The Struggle Continues!!!
>Ndey Jobarteh
>
>
>
>Ousman Bojang <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Hamjatta,
>You made a very good point. However, it is arguable and unacceptable to
>some.
>differentiating a public figure and his private life in the public is not
>possible. Of course even if he is running a private company in the public,
>there are certain things that becomes public about his privacy. I will
>never
>accept that a presidents' private life is not for public consumption. If
>anyone here is laying a foundation for future public more over political
>life, they better get that point right.
>Keep up the good work. One might not agree with a lot of what you write,
>but
>you are certainly doing a good work
>
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