Mr Kujabi
I'm beginning to wonder whether you are really your professed democratic
self. Clearly, you are hell bent on discouraging Mr Baba Galleh from posting
his very interesting pieces on the L. Before going further, let me ask you a
few questions:
1. Did any member of the L ever tell you that they feel uncomfortable about
Mr Jallow's writings, as you insist they do?
2. If not, why and how did you come to that conclusion? Do you yourself feel
uncomfortable about the satires?
3. Why do you insist that these satires are a waste of time and energy?
Can't you see that they are so deadly serious?
4. Did you not follow Yusupha Jow's analysis of some of how some of the
scenes in these satires actually reflect what's going on back home?
5. Do you know that some of the greatest literary works of all time are
satires? A good example is George Orwell's 'Animal Farm' and '1984'. So is
'Gulliver's Travels'. I'm assuming you know these great works.

Satire is a literary genre that is hardly utilised in Africa. If we are
blessed to have one of our own budding writers developing his talents in
this rare field, why not give him a chance?

I would have thought that after Mr Jallow's polite answer to your first
criticism, and after the explanations by Bamba Laye, Saul Khan, Prince and
Ousman Bojang, you would desist for your personal attacks on Mr Jallow. What
you are doing, to my mind, is tantamount to the very kind of undemocratic
censorship you claim to be fighting in The Gambia.

Please Mr Kujabi, live and let live. Give Baba Galleh a break!!!
Pa Small

>From: Ansumana Kujabi <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: MR. KNOW-ALL LAYS A PLAN
>Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 01:42:13 -0000
>
>MR. BABA GALLEH JALLOW:
>
>You had described my earlier criticism of your SATIRE as brilliant and
>acceptable by you, and more importantly, your had not expressed any
>frustration about it. I have been very impressed by that, for you have
>exercised self restraint, which is the key to a forum discussion. But you
>did NOT deny the fact that you are guilty of a CRIME of INTELLECTUAL
>DISHONESTY. That is to say, you have been absolutely wasting your valuable
>time, energy and intellect in a sheer quest of providing a persistent
>source
>of ENTERTAINMENT(as you called) for all constant L forum contributors in
>the
>form of a SATIRE. But what you deliberately fail to realize, is that whiles
>you tirelessly proceed on  quest to fetch a persistent source of
>entertainment for some members of the L forum, you are simultaneously also
>providing a source of DISCOMFORT for other contributors on the forum; this
>is what I was criticizing you for. And to put it bluntly, the provision of
>DISCOMFORT and ENTERTAINMENT, respectively on the forum, is a vivid
>illustration of your UNFAIRNESS and UNDEMOCRATIC nature of SATIRIZING,
>period.
>
>Please, do not view my constant criticism of your writings as a PERSONAL
>ATTACK on you, or as a plot to tarnish all the very FINE JOB you have been
>doing constantly, but rather as a sheer CHALLENGE to you to effectively
>utilize your valuable and focused mind in a more efficient and effective
>manner in an attempt to redouble our efforts in our quest for the
>restoration of democracy back home. In addition, I have discovered TWO BABA
>GALLEH JALLOWS in you, which NEED to separate from each other if, we the
>OPPOSITION, would be able to recoup your profound potentials. And what are
>these two Baba Gallehs: (1) A Baba Galleh Jallow whose brilliance is
>undoubted, and has consolidated the ABC of Journalism, and furthermore, a
>Baba Galleh Jallow whose work is very neat and always pay attention to
>meticulous details in his presentations. (2) But despite, all the excellent
>qualities mentioned above, there is a second Baba Galleh Jallow who is also
>human and often err; and some times tends to drift into "Cafe
>Intellectualism" and Intellectual dishonesty, ie by engaging fruitlessly in
>mere SATIRIZING upon SATIRIZING, which is intended against innocent
>co-workers of the struggle.
>
>Not to dwell too much into your negatives, since no man is fallible, my
>CENTRAL THEME here is to re-focus your wonderful talents and efforts away
>from fruitless Satirizing of your own very good friends(as you have already
>said so), and instead focus on Satirizing about the lethal situation
>currently prevailing in The Gambia. My brother, this is my chief criticism
>of your Satires. On that note, Baba Galleh, If this is getting too much,
>then I SINCERELY EXTEND TO YOU MY SINCERE APOLOGY. But in any case, I do
>stand by my comments.
>
>Ansumana kujabi.
>Concerned Citizen
>
>
>>From: Omar Hatab <[log in to unmask]>
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>>Subject: MR. KNOW-ALL LAYS A PLAN
>>Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 22:48:38 -0000
>>
>>MR. KNOW-ALL LAYS A PLAN
>>By Baba Galleh Jallow
>>
>>
>>The more famous Mr. Know-All grew, the more ambitious and outspoken he
>>grew,
>>and the more hungry for more control over our common townsfolk,
>>particularly
>>the staff of Jahasay Enterprises he became. The desire to know what was
>>going on in every nook and cranny of our little town, in every shop and
>>store of our business world, and in every unit and department of Jahasay
>>Enterprises became a maddening obsession with Rhinehart Soberlook and sent
>>him hastening frantically to and fro, to and fro, seeking ways and means
>>of
>>knowing it all.
>>On many a night, Rhinehart Soberlook would stay awake, his head massively
>>wired with networks of thoughts of just how to make sure that he knew
>>everything that went on in our little town, in line with his Mr. Know-All
>>title. He imagined how he would surprise his enemies and opponents by
>>suddenly revealing some of their greatest secrets. How they would then
>>fear
>>and tremble and look at him with horror-filled eyes! How he would smile
>>and
>>nod and ask them how now then!
>>On one such sleepless night, as he stared into the empty darkness of his
>>room, a very brilliant idea struck Mr. Know-All’s mind: Set up a special
>>information unit at Jahasay Enterprises! Recruit and train staff in the
>>art
>>and science of general information collection, make them directly
>>answerable
>>to himself and just unleash them into our little town and within Jahasay
>>Enterprises itself. He would call it the Operation See All Unit and make
>>it
>>known that its job was to engage in market research and analysis so as to
>>enhance the business of Jahasay Enterprises.
>>In reality, Rhinehart Soberlook planned to have all the staff of this
>>special new unit swear their strongest oaths of secrecy and allegiance to
>>him. He would offer them a juicy combination of the fabled carrot and the
>>stick. Those who did well would be rewarded by rapid promotions and
>>nearness
>>to the great Mr. Know-All himself, which meant, among other special
>>privileges, a bigger and growing pay cheque and a greater opportunity to
>>listen to the classy lectures of the learned giant of our little town.
>>Alternately, those who failed to deliver would get the immediate sack.
>>They
>>would be dealt such a metaphorical blow as they would never recover from!
>>Such was Rhinehart Soberlook’s advanced plan! Such was his magnificent
>>vision on that fateful night! Such was the great depth of his wisdom and
>>the
>>amazing ingenuity of his clever innovation! No wonder our common townsfolk
>>always burst into tears when they thought just how clever our gentle Mr.
>>Know-All was! Hurray, hurray, they would wail. All hail the great Mr.
>>Know-All!
>>The very next day, Rhinehart Soberlook placed vacancy notices in all the
>>media outlets in our little town. Twenty positions available at the
>>reputable Jahasay Enterprises. All applicants must sit to an IQ test. No
>>current Jahasay employees were eligible to apply. By the three-day
>>deadline,
>>100 applications had come in. The following week, Mr. Know-All himself
>>conducted the test. Of the hundred applicants, 10 got above 50, 40 got
>>above
>>30, 30 got above 20, and 20 got below 20. Mr. Know-All, in line with his
>>special plans for this new unit, drafted the last 20 and told the
>>remaining
>>80 that they had not passed his test. What he needed was loyalty, not
>>intelligence. Step number one.
>>
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