Hi mr. Ceesay, I personally do not know u, but I do not think u should stop the good work u have started. Please stay. Macoub. >From: Ebrima Ceesay <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Another Ebou Taal's son reacts! >Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 12:03:22 GMT > >Ousman Ndow, Kebba Dampha: Thanks for the genuine comments. They are most >appreciated. By the way, do feel free to drop me a private e-mail if need >be. > >I have to say that Prince Obrien Coker whom I have great respect for, and >who can in fact be my Dad, did write to me and Fatou Taal privately, the >other day; and I did promise him that I was not going to reply to Salieu >Taal's e-mail. In fact, it even turned out that Ebou Taal was named after >the very person I was also named after. > >However, when I reached home and found these nasty/insulting messages on my >phone from a female member of the Taal family with what sounded like an >American accent, I had no option then, except to reply to Salieu Taal in >the >way I did. I hardly lose my control, but this was too much for me to bear. > >In fact, I have been a member of Gambia-L for two years now, and apart from >Matarr Njie, I have never had any bitter exchanges with any member. Yes, >there were disagreements here and there, but they were not ugly ones. I >have >always exercised restraints. Remember that Kenneth Best is my mentor. So >this quality was instilled in me from day one. > >But I've also observed that some (not MOST) members of Gambia-L want to >abuse this privilege. One late lesson I've learnt is that some of the >people >on the L, in my view, certainly do not deserve "masla". One has to be >direct, abrupt and even nasty, if need be, with them. > >Anyway, I am glad that Sal Taal got my message clear, and that is even >reflected in his second posting to me. And by the way, when I say "my day >will come", which sounded pompous to Essa and Matarr Sajaw, I was actually >making a statement which Sal Taal understood well. Unlike Essa Thomas and >Matarr, Salieu Taal did not read that statement out of context. He >understood what I meant. > >You see, Matarr, no one can change the facts of history: contrary to what >you are saying, I am actually a very humble guy who has come from a very >humble background. People who know me well will attest to that fact. > >Anyway, in conclusion, I have to say that I have always loved or adored >Gambia-L and, certainly, I am very grateful to all the managers of this >site >who have provided me with a JUST and FAIR medium to express myself for two >years now. > >I do not think I can even find the right choice of words to express >publicly, how grateful I am to all of them (the managers) for all their >support and advice/guidance over the period. But after long hours of sober >thinking and reflection, I have now come to the conclusion that I need to >call it a day! It is surely a very regretful decision, but an inevitable >one. > >So, I'll work on a sober/formal or a well-thought-out final posting >sometime >next week, and send it to the L which is, for sure, going to be my lasting >contribution to this forum. As for my sources in the Gambia, I hope they >can >identify someone on the L whom they can trust and work with. > >But I have to say at the onset, that given the rate with which my sources >do >send in their articles, one has to sacrifice some of his or her working >hours to be able to do the job very effectively. > >In my own case, I had to cut 11 hours from my working hours, in order to >give priority to my sources' e-mails. By the way, I still have some e-mails >from my sources on the latest in Banjul, in my other hotmail account, but >which account I still cannot access. Once I access my other hotmail >account, >I'll send these last e-mails to the L. > >Anyway, as I said earlier on, I'll work on a sober/formal final posting and >send it to the L some time next week, before signing off for good. > >Ebrima Ceesay, >Birmingham, UK. > >Aminata Lamin: Why didn't you join Gambia L until when I am about to leave? >(laugh) > >Ebou Janha: Coach or Oyster here! To you too, why didn't you subscribe to >Gambia L all these years - until now - when I am about to sign off for >good? >(laugh) Anyway, I hope both you and Aminata Lamin would find this medium >useful and informative. I for one have found it to be so. > > > > > > > > > > > >________________________________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------