Karamba, You are spot on. It is time we realise we are dealing with something that doesn't understand the language of reason and decency. And that whilst in the past the dictator unleashes terror by stealth, now he unasbashedly goes about it in broad-daylight without any dint of remorse. It is about time we ask ourselves the extent we will take it from him lying down? How much longer can conscientious, peace loving and law-abiding citizenry accept the immoral authority of an immoral regime whose intense paroxsym of brutality has now reached fever pitch? How much longer would we seek to a peace-ful end to the current political stalemate only to be slapped hard on the face? Government is a social contract between the governed and governors. When the governed become mere appendages to be used and abused, then we must ask ourselves is it not about time to morally, politically and by any other means necessary to challenge this ill-gotten and immoral authority to free ourselves of its bondage? This is such time when assaulting the central authority of gov't is prudent and moral. To set the ball rolling, i have in mind Mr Darbo and the rest of the opposition leadership to openly call for civil disobedience through sit-ins, refusal to pay taxes and whatever is conceivably going to weaken the central authority of this immoral government should they be refused a permit to hold meetings. If i rightly recall, Mr Darbo did intimate such views in a newspaper interview sometime ago. He should now take the initiative to its next logical progression. If he is refused a permit to hold meetings, then he should call on all peace loving, law-abiding and conscientious Gambians to refuse paying taxes, refuse obeying central gov't directives and anything that can conceivably weaken Jammeh's immoral authority. Mr Darbo must make this declaration by stating that he will be the first to disobey this immoral regime by refusing to pay a dime to its coffers and even disobey its orders not to hold meetings. The underlying principle should be no more softie approaches to what calls for a hardened stance. The Basse incident, if anything, has taught us a fundamental moral truth about Jammeh and his thugs: that when pull comes to push, they are just cowards parading bravery. This immoral and illegal regime needs to be challenged NOW! JAMMEH MUST BE TOLD IN NO UNCOMPROMISING LANGUAGE THAT WE ARE ALSO GAMBIANS! Hamjatta Kanteh ________________________________________________________________________ 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------