Dear Bro, I cant wait to lay this matter to rest either; my concern: if Sir Dawdas mistkes bring us this 'second coming' can you extrapulate our collective demise after YaYa! I suggest we begin to connect because i see a country speeding downhill in to misery. >From: Ousainou Ngum <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Letter to President Abdoulaye Wade >Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 22:28:37 -0700 > >Haruna and Kalilu: > > I guess you guys missed my point. I was not and am still not out to >get >President Jawara. What I'm saying is simply that, the juxtaposition of the >two regimes by Mr M. Ceesay and a whole lot of other people, as Hamadi >rightly asserted, just drives me nuts. This is because I am of the >conviction that both Administrations are bloody and therefore trying to >contrast one from the other isn't only illogical, but it goes further to >demean the victims of the Jawara era's criminal activities. What Mr. M. >Ceesay wrote about Pres. Jawara's rights record was illusory, however, his >overall objective in the letter was quite clear; trying hard to liberate >our >people. This is just another dark spot in an otherwise positive missive. > > Now Kalilu, are you telling me that the freedom of critizing a sitting >president should be a prvilege? You must be kidding me, Bro! And besides, >Haruna, I never said in any way that Jawara taught Yaya. What I meant is >that, the system under which the Jawara administration operated was very >conducive to bring about the likes of Yaya Jammeh or even worse (God >forbid). As a matter of fact, that same system was what brought us the >1000lb-monster that Yaya Jammeh has become. > > That's what I deeply believe to be the case as an independent >individual. I am now ready to lay this subject to rest and move on to some >other important burning issues. > >Ous Ngum. > > > > > >_______________________________________________________ >Say Bye to Slow Internet! >http://www.home.com/xinbox/signup.html > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >You may also send subscription requests to >[log in to unmask] >if you have problems accessing the web interface >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.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 You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask] if you have problems accessing the web interface ----------------------------------------------------------------------------