R u the same Baba Jobe working with Yaya Jammeh? >From: baba jobe <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: CIVIL SERVANTS FORCED TO BUY APRC MEMBERSHIP CARDS/INDEPENDEN > T >Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 14:17:43 GMT > >Thank you very much Sariang. I totally agree with the end results that we >all so much desire. But at what cost? What i was saying here is that we >ought to be a little bit cautious and sceptical if you like, with certain >information being received from the Gambia. > >Let the anger and maybe hatred of the system in the Gambia not cloud our >judgement. There are a lot of things wrong with the administration in place >in the Gambia. That my dear friend, is a fact. > >But i beg to disaggree that everything done by the government in the >Gambia >is wrong. The government is bound to get it right sometimes, no matter how >small a percentage compared to the whole picture. > >Have it ever occured to you that Yaya might not be as bad as we are all >being made to believe? Maybe the guy is making a lot of mistakes (trusting >wrong advisers)? Just a thought which i think will be expanded for all the >wrong reasons. Just think about. > >But what is surprising is that the majority on this forum tend to ignore >the fact that the Government gets it right sometimes. But choose to ignore >that fact and refuse to believe that this government can get anything >right. >This is not conducive to democracy that we all so much desire, or should i >say claim to desire. > >Let not our anger and hatred cloud our perspective and thinking. > >And Sariang, what makes you so sure that i am on the ground in the gambia, >are you not assuming. You see this is got to stop. When you are dealing >with issues that concern a whole nation, you have got to be sure of your >facts, and there should be no room for assumptions. >Thus all information coming from, or about events in the Gambia should not >always be taken as the Gospel truth, but scrutinsed objectively. > >For your information i do not support any political party in the Gambia. > >But i used to read the L when i was in the Gambia (a long time ago), and >sometimes the information on the L would be so much at variance with what >was actually hapenning/happened on the ground that it was unbelievable, to >the extend of being laughable. > >If the people using this forum are not careful, they risk loosing the crust >of what this forum is supposed to provide. This forum used to be an >accurate >source of information. That is why we all need to be focussed on the real >end result desired in the Gambia, and let not our emotions guide us. > >Thanks for your time. > >baba > >_________________________________________________________________________ >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 and remember to write your >full name and e-mail address. >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________________ 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 and remember to write your full name and e-mail address. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------