HAMJATTA,
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY ADVICE IN STRIDE AND I AM HAPPY TO SAY THAT YOU DID IT WITH FEWER AND BETTER WORDS.
MINE WAS AN ADVICE, ALBEIT STRONG IN AREAS, BUT I WANT YOU TO TAKE YOUR TIME AND CONSIDER WHAT YOU HAVE GAINED FROM IT AND WHAT I STAND TO GAIN FROM READING YOUR FUTURE MAIL:
1. I WAS NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO WAS DISSAPPOINTED. I'M SURE OMAR AND SAMBA AND MANY MORE WILL RESUME ENJOYING YOUR WORK.
2. YOU DID SAY HALIFA ASKED YOU FOR A COMPREHENSIVE POLICY POSITION. IF YOU COULD NOT PRESENT IT IN A WAY FOR THE MAELSTROM AUDIENCE'S CONSUMPTION, I WOULD FAX IT TO HIM OR MAIL IT VIA THE POST OFFICE. THERE ARE CERTAIN DISCUSSIONS THAT CANNOT BE DISSEMINATED AS MASS COMMUNICATION MATERIAL.
3. I CAUTION YOU NOT TO TAKE MY DISGUST AS NON-COMPREHENSION, RATHER A WASTE OF MY TIME AND APPARENTLY THAT OF TWO OR THREE OTHERS. I AM TOTALLY AGAINST DUMBING-DOWN THE AUDIENCE'S INTELLECT. TECHNICAL PAPERS ARE USUALLY PRESENTED TO A SPECIALIZED GROUP OF PEOPLE. YOUR ULTIMATE GOAL IN PRESENTING MATERIAL HERE IS FIRST TO HAVE IT READ AND FOR YOUR READER TO WANT TO READ IT ALL. TO COMMUNICATE. I HOPE YOU WILL RESPOND ACCORDING TO YOUR AUDIENCE'S TASTE. YOU WOULD NOT WANT TO PRESENT SUCH IMPORTANT WORK AND HAVE IT LANGUISH UNREAD ON THE MAELSTROM WOULD YOU?
4. YOU HAVE ASKED FOR MY SOLUTIONS TO GAMBIA'S CURRENT PROBLEMS OR AT LEAST SUGGESTIONS TO MOVE US FORWARD POST-JAMMEH. I'M GLAD YOU UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS A WASTE OF VALUABLE TIME TO FOLD ONE'S ARMS IN WAIT FOR JAMMEH'S DEPARTURE. AS A MATTER OF FACT, ALL INDICATIONS ARE THAT WIN OR LOSE, JAMMEH WOULD STILL WISH TO STAY.
I BELIEVE THAT WE MUST HAVE VALID AND ENFORCEABLE CONTRACTS BETWEEN CITIZENS, BETWEEN STATE AND CITIZEN, BETWEEN PRODUCERS AND CONSUMERS. ECONOMICS HINGES ON THIS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND INDEX OF RELATIONSHIP IN ORDER TO FUNCTION-WHATEVER SORT IS DESIGNED. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THE JUDICIARY AND THE POLICE WILL BE MY PRIMARY FOCUS AND LET EVERYONE WHO WISHES TO ENGAGE IN INDUSTRY, DO SO WITHOUT FEAR OF PERSECUTION. THIS MEANS THAT WE MUST ACCOUNT FOR THE LIVES THAT HAVE DISSAPPEARED OR BEEN SUMMARILY TERMINATED EITHER BY PROSECUTION OR SURGICALLY WHERE THE JUDICIARY IS RENDERED PASSIVE. I AM OF THE STOCK OF SINN FEIN, ETA, AL-FATAH, ETC. AND THIS IS NOT THE PROPER AUDIENCE FOR MY SOLUTIONS. I ENJOY STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING.
THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT I WILL RESUME ENJOYING THE WORK OF POETS AND ROMANTICS WITH APPROPRIATE INVESTMENT IN TIME. AND FOR THAT I THANK YOU. JUST KIDDING BEFORE YOU TAKE IT PERSONAL AGAIN. HAPPY COMMUNICATIONS!!
SINCERELY, HARUNA.
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