Hamjatta: It is fruitless to argue with you. I have more far pressing things to do than stoop so low. Time will tell whenever you enter Gambian politics, your attitude and arrogance will make people run away from you. Please turn down your words and use simple grammar to define your position. Naphiyo, Comrade ML Jassey-Conteh Original Message: ----------------- From: Hamjatta Kanteh [log in to unmask] Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 13:03:53 EDT To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: World Bank President Praises Cuba Saiks, With respect to changing your uninformed, rabid and sentimental opposition to capitalism and the liberal order, it would be akin to preaching to the deaf if i go any further than i have gone in initiating you into the virtues of capitalism. You are so stiffly and sentimentally opposed to capitalism that it will definitely beat me when it turns out that you have not clogged your brain with left-wing interpretations of and prejudices on the essence of capitalist texts and on the basic tenets of capitalism as a system of economic management. In any event, i strongly recommend you to go and read the ACTUAL and CLASSICAL texts written by the likes of Smith, Cobden, Dicey, Friedman, Hayek, Mises et al if you are really interested in understanding what capitalists are saying and actually believe in. Merely rehearsing each time that capitalism as a system of economic management is intended solely for human exploitation is grossly uninformed and the high tide of ignorance. Which takes me to your rabid denunciation of everything American. When quizzed about the undemocratic nature of America, all you keep repeating is that blacks in America are denied the vote on the specious premise of the fiasco that engulfed the Florida vote count of America's 2000 presidential elections. You cling on to this inconclusive argument inspite of the fact that i have enumerated elective offices in the US that blacks democratically occupy by virtue of being voted in office in democratic elections. If you can't retract your statement that blacks are currently being the denied the vote in America in lieu of the aforesaid, it would be a total waste of time for us to continue to discourse America's political institutions and develoments. As i said in my last correspondence, when it comes to rabid allegiances to a doctrine, you are a tough act to follow. Let me take this opportune moment and emphatically state that that i'm no defender of everything and anything American; indeed, i'm as critical as you on the shortcomings of America. The difference between us is that whilst you will rabidly condemn everything and anything American, i have an open-minded approach to everything and anything American. America, like any nation, has only lessons to teach us in some of the ideals she has since her birth embodied. Where these ideals can help our situations we should help ourselves and tailor them to our circumstances. This is the point i consistently proseltize about the American experience. If you are only interested in exposing the hypocrisies of the American system, be my guest. I will gladly listen to you. But if you can't bring yourself to even acknowledge that America does have and meets the basic tenets of liberal democracy, then i shall stop taking you seriously. Furthermore, if you can't bring yourself to equally condemn the repugnant dictatorship of Castro and how it had and continues to stifle individual liberty, you will only end up confirming my worst fears about you: your ideological allegiance takes precedence over your sense of fairness and justice. This is not the first time you showed signs of one rabidly wedded to a doctrine at the expense of fairness. When Gbago stole the Ivorian elections, you came out in full support of his corrupt ascension to power. Interestingly enough, you were full of condemnation Alassane Ouattara and even alleged that he was part of what made Ivory Coast a mess. Never mind the fact that Ouattara rights as a citizen of Ivory Coast had been seized by General Guei and confirmed by Gbago; which any fair minded person would never have forgotten to highlight as grossly unfair and a potent for future troubles. Yet, you never brought yourself to the point of condemning this or even asking the powers that be - Gbago and his corrupt socialist outfit - that Ouattara's rights as a citizen of Ivory Coast ought to be respected. Your vacillating stance here is open to speculation. I propose that because Ouattara has over the years shown beyond doubt his solid market liberal credentials, you saw it fit to overlook the inherent discriminations this gentleman has suffered at the hands of both Guei and Gbago and went on to endorse Gbago perhaps on the premise that he [Gbago] is or claims to be a socialist. Rabid allegiance to doctrine at the expense of your sense of fairness and justice, if you ask me! Saiks, unlike you, i do not stay wedded to a philosophy at the expense of fairness and or evidence. When evidence decisively repudiates a philosophical position, i adjust appropriately and according to evidence. I strongly counsel you to reconsider your approach to phenomena and incorporate as much objectivity into it as you possibly can. This is the only way you can help yourself clear the misinformation and propaganda on capitalism your brain is currently clogged with. All the best, Hamjatta Kanteh ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mail2Web - Check your email from the web at http://www.mail2web.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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------