Mr. Fye, As always, I read your mails with a lot of interest. I certainly share a lot of your points with you. I just cannot understand when some people try to label the Jawara regime as a model of democracy and human rights Of course what we have now is worse than what we had before, but calling it " ... human rights that earned them respect from other nations around the whole world" is an insult. The only reason why Gambia was viewed as a model was because the Jawara regime sat on our heads and brains literally whiles they corrupted, mentally tortured and deprived us. Therefore the outside world was blind to some of the human right abuses that prevailed. What ever the Gambia is going through today under this dictatorial regime was all seeded by Jawara. I hope the Gambia today can discuss constructively as you are calling for without bringing Jawara in the picture. It does open some deep old wounds. We could all join together and continue to fight against this regime and look forward to better solutions without using a stick to measure the difference between these two regimes. In that regard, I join all those who are really ready to fight for our country's betterment and prosperity. God bless the Gambia. Ousman Bojang. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------