>Please Saul, forward this to the L for me > >I have to commend saul,Dampha and all other comrades of the L for their >concern about the situation in our dear country, here in the Gambia. All >the members of the L that put their own interest second to the interest of >the whole country should be commended. I cannot mention all the names but >you people are doing great and all of you need a tap on the back. Please >know that people of the Gambia are very much proud of you all. Ebrima >Ceesa is an outstanding fellow and I like his articles so much. I have my >reason for mentioning Saul and Dampha: > >Saul said somebody called him and advise him to stop criticizing the >government because they haven't done anything to him. For this to come from >a morden man particularly somebody living in the USA (I guess because I >don't know from where he made his call). Didn't he read some books about >the opression and all the associated evils black people in the United >States underwent before getting the freedom they and the caller are >enjoying today? Didn't he read that a lot of people sacrified thier lives >for people like him/her to enjoy today. If each of the people that sticked >their necks out had a mentality like him/her, the caller would he/she like >all other blacks be in such a condition as they are today? > >I will give you one tipical example that happen right here in the Gambia >during the April 10 - 11th student saga. One man from Kerewan Samba Sira, >a teacher, on hearing that some students died in the kombos on the 10th of >April during the student demonstration (the kombo demonstration happened a >day before that of Brikamaba), he said "they should be killed because they >are not disciplined by their parents". The next day around about 11 >o'clock in the morning of April 11th he was informed that his born son, >Ousman Sabally, was gunned down at Brikamaba. So the man turned crazy in >disblieve and hatred for whoever must have been responsible of the killing. > >Your caller is a kind of person who believes in revenge which is the worst >of all. If every one should stand by his believe (the caller), the fact >that as long as the government does not do any thing bad to you you should >not say any critical thing about them, then which kind of generation will >we be and where on earth will we hail to? A patriotic citizen does not >think like that. Even for dogs if you stoned one in a group the others show >their solidarity to their fellow dog by barking at you and baboons are the >most aggrasive in assisting their comorade when in danger. Saul is a >positive minded somebody that is why he cannot stand and look at what is >happening to his countrymen. > >Did your caller heard what the dictator was saying on the National TV on >the night of the 24th of July. He said people should start informing their >superiors/line managers about all those who oppose his government and are >working in a govenment departments. He said however is working in a >government department and opposes the government should be dismissed by >their superiors emmediately or his/her linemanager or superior will be >dismissed together with him/her. He also said that the government from now >on will not hesitate to kill and bury six metres deep below the surface of >the earth of any one who offend the government. Please tell your caller >that we on the groung know that nobody is immuned from the opression of >this dictator. Where on earth will a head of state say on the national TV >that he will kill anybody that offend the government for being opposition. >Where will you see a government dismissing people from their job because >they oppose the government. Everyone in the Gambia know this was happening >but it used to be under cover but he had confirmed it now in public (on the >TV). > >For the guy who was telling Dampha (Maneh) he is not interested in >politics. Did he realy meant what he was saying when he said he is not >interested in politics? Didn't he know that if it were not for politics he >would not have left the Gambia for where he is today for greener pasture. >He should know that some people somewhere worked through political means to >make the place where he was writing from suitable for people like him to >live freely without intimidation and the like. Is this man another Yaya >Jammeh in the making? Yaya was the one who said he does not like politics >in the beginning and now he is advocating for one party state because he >thinks he likes politics more than any body else. Majority of the people in >the Gambia here believe that his father (Tabora Manneh)is a terrible evil >and he ramains so as long as he is eating from the same basin with the >devil. If he wants to live a decent live, he should distance himself from >the evil government that is out to kill its opponents. > >People like Manneh and saul's caller should stop being selfish and start >thinking positively like any reasonable person. Please lets make the best >use of the L to achieve our objective. All of us should be objective in >what ever we post to the L for the benefit of our audience. To be selfish >is serious disease. > >I once again thank saul and Dampha for their regular postings. > >Thanks comrades. > >An insider in the Gambia. > > > ________________________________________________________________________ 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------