Brother Hamjatta: I did not want Yusupha Jow (please note the spelling) to become the central point of this debate. Thus this title as opposed to the rather misleading one you chose to use. I also choose not to bite on the 'charlatanry and such' bait. Those are character accusations which simply create unnecessary strife. Let's discuss your theory. Dampha has already withdrawn from his original stance: The 'theory' being the number one reason for the loss in Kiang and close victory in Baddibou. This new stance, in my opinion, completely rubbishes his earlier support of it. Nevertheless, the colorful adjectives you have used to describe my arguments are to be expected in lieu of the 'overly thinking alike' mentality which I described in my original piece. It is not necessarily always a bad thing except that at times it tends to obscure or bias perfectly reasonable opposition to a generally accepted shaky theory (as in this case). But this is your prerogative which I shall accept except that I think it is perfectly reasonable for me to put your original buyout theory to the test since you have submitted it in it's entirety. Unfortunately, I have an appointment in another city this evening and a long drive awaits me. So closer scrutiny of your widely accepted voter buyout theory will have to wait till tomorrow perhaps. Have a nice evening! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------