Kalilu: I like your piece and it reminds me of a poem I read a few years ago. Can you polish the edges (show the actual stanzas etc) and resend it? Do you remeber the title? Thanks! Essa >From: kalilu camara <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: RE (There is beauty in diversity) >Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 16:54:29 GMT > >My Dear Brother, >Can i agree with you more, no ,noway.There is beauty in diversity, >both in look and deed!What seem to be the missing link here is trust. >My dear sister wants to learn? Well this is how you can tell. >You can tell the tree by the fruit that it bears. We need a system so that >no body will mess us up either my thwist or sear ignorance.We need armed >forces that will not tolerate being molded by false decrees >and everchanging constitutions.We want to protect you my sister.We are so >far away in abroad we could sit still and say nothing and let young >flesh bake in the oven. But we can imagine and our conscience will >not allow us to be silennt anymore! This is not always of our free will >all the time to scream and shout from a distance.My dear sister i suggest >this song (From a distance God is Watching Us)? I dont know the singer but >someone up in here knows.My sister if we want to dance the dance we have to >work the work.Work has we have discovered is not >a muscular strain alone even Donkeys do that!What we need is a collective >application of our God given presence to make an urgent >difference we need you and your kind to trust in our endeavour. >Nothing is going to come without our collective spirit.Many more are on >death row!Its so apparent and yet still so invisible like the infamous >statue! If the fruit is testated stinky and offensive then the time to >remove the tree is now.How many more Young Gambians lives >do u want us to sacrifice in silence; now dont shake your head tell me! >How many 12 !00,?100? the oven is bought and portable! It is new and never >been used the fingers are itching and uncertain!The natural >course of action is to find the sense inwards and say forgive me for i know >not the pain i cause you,the natural response is yes you are forgiven for >the sake of God! And wisedom of time you a free to leave! >Now away go and find the soldier within u! Give him that.God is the >council. >NO one is going to reduce me to their level!I have seen big >lights deem in the distance, i have seen stars die young, riches >reduced to same and anger, I have nothing to proof to no one including >myself! I have a painful conscience that is dogging my souls, while statues >of fools swallow the young, can you imagine that!!!None is made of wood >everyone hurt all the same.Let Yaya do his own laudary and leave us alone >there are much more things in life more fulfilling than being >the"President" >that he is, he keep saying i dont want that title. Then resign! dont you >have the guts to face the uncertainty!This is the uncertainty you are >unknowingly subjecting more than a million others like yourself to!Dont >deny >our emotins because u dont live in us we do! >And dont dare talk about you understand us better than bla bla bla.... > > > > > >>From: saiks samateh <[log in to unmask]> >>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list >><[log in to unmask]> >>To: [log in to unmask] >>Subject: RE (There is beauty in diversity) >>Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 06:24:14 PDT >> >>Dear Sister, >> >>Your mail was brought to my attention yesterday almost at the same time >>when I >>was informed of the arrest and detention of the General(Momodou Domo >>Saho)who >>could have also been another SOS or another commissioner if he wanted,but >>will >>never identify himself with a regime that goes on murdering defenceless >>students,he spent must of his time and energy giving support to students >>who >>have been drop-outs from school because they either did not have money to >>pay >>their fees or something else,such people will never be spear by a fascist >>regime. >>To your points,at one moment I decided not even to reply since it was too >>personal,nothing political,nothing objective. >>See here, you said; >>Being anxious like Pa Dacosta I want to know who gave the orders... >> >>Hmm ,is it not ridiculous if we have an army that can shot and kill >>innocent >>students and yet we do not know "who gave the Orders"what type of army is >>this?should such and army not be dissolved immediately before it happens >>again since the order of command could come from no where,lets call for it >>now >>before some else close to us becomes a victim,my dear sister. >> >>You wrote; >>You believe in your self.You believe that you are incorruptible.Why are >>you >>not able to recognize the fact that somebody else might be in possession >>of >>a >>similar positive trait.... >> >>Sister,I have gone again through what I wrote and I found nothing there of >>such statement,this is your own story.I have many friends and political >>friends,it is a question of being a schizophrenic to believe that one is >>the >>only "incorruptible"person in the Gambian with a population of more than >>one >>million people.I have no personality problem to the extend of seeing my >>person >>in this light. >>You wrote: >>I can contribute some crowns to the funds,order Soffie Ceesays Gamsu >>T-shirt >>to name a few.At the same time allowing others too to do their duty.Saiks >>where is your collective spirit. >> >>Sister,history could sometime be very short,believe me but it is only life >>human beings who make history !!!Sofie is part of a collective,it is a >>collective spirit that produce those T-Shirts and not Soffie as an >>individual,there are no "Soffie Ceesays Gamsu shirt" but Gamsu T-shirts >>produce by the labour of a collective spirit and for the collective >>struggle >>against this fascist regime.I am also a member of that collective. >>You see the struggle is not a struggle for collection of charities,it a >>struggle to bring about social change in the interest of our people.Sister >>this is an issue concerning among other things the brutal murder of >>innocent >>children,the torture and illegal arrest and detention of ordinary people. >> >>You wrote again, >> >>During your stay abroad what in the name of the struggle you doing in >>London-Oslo?During your stay abroad what contacts have you made during >>your >>studies to be able to channel medical resources Home? >> >>If perhaps you dont know I leave in Oslo and not in London.We perhaps have >>agree here that we have a different interpretation of what the struggle is >>all >>about.If you have the liberty to ask me what I have done to better the >>condition of that dirty and poor RVH and yet still demand from me not to >>question those who collect tax monies,go the world round taking loans in >>the >>name of the Gambian ,only to use that money to buy bullets and murder >>children >>instead of incubators,or x-ray machines, build bunkers and palacess or buy >>an >>airplane instead of creating jobs,by bandage and medicines for the >>hospitals,give our children a better education,then my dear sister the >>intention of your response have a hidden agenda. >>One of my boss received this letter from the RVH,reference >>nr.RVH/36VOL.II,dated16 july 1998, >> >>......On behalf of the Hospital management board,I seize this opportunity >>to >>extend my sincere gratitude for the generous donations....... >> >>Sister even though these things were sent to the Gambia,they never changed >>the >>condition of the people,in fact in the same letter there was the demand >>for >>more.Who should you bring to accountability ,me ? because I am speaking >>against the brutality of this fascist regime ? >> >>You wrote again: >> >>You were home guess during the crisis,where you at the hospital to render >>your >>service ? >> >>Yes my dear Sister I was home then.No I was not at the hospital but right >>there where does children were brutally murdered under my very eyes,one of >>them was even dying in my own hands,I hope you get this because I have >>said >>this before.And I will tell you if not good luck who knows I might have >>been >>another victim,that does not concern this forum and I will not go into >>details >>here,but I wash my hands and feet from blood stain of the innocent >>children >>at >>the Red Cross ground. >> >>To conclude my dear sister,the struggle is something permanent,there are >>no >>short cuts to victory,the masses them selves must come to that end,to >>believe >>that one can make a revolution through military coups is wrong.Why did we >>not >>learn from Burkina Fasso,from Liberia,from Chana,fron Grenada etc.The >>consequences are the very one we are having,the murder of Ousman Koro >>Ceesay,the murder of innocent students,the farmers ground-nuts,the >>bunker,the >>zoo,the palace,the roots coming home festival,the lack of jobs,the >>unlawful >>arrest and detention,how can we defend all these things.Or do we have to >>conclude with what C.L R James said,that "The question of men who carry >>out >>certain progressive agitation and then betray the cause is a commonplace >>of >>history" The struggle continues. >> >>For freedom >>Saiks >> >>____________________________________________________________________ >>Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at >>http://webmail.netscape.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 > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________________________________________ 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------