Jabou, Alieu also copied me on this mail.I'm not familiar with circumstances around his delisting and i believe the managers will include him in their consideration. Beran >From: Jabou Joh <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: FWD: List Managers: What about Alieu Sesay?????? >Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2001 11:33:30 EDT > >In a message dated 10/14/2001 2:36:41 AM Central Daylight Time, >[log in to unmask] writes: > > > > > > > > Greetings GL'ers, > > > > I would like to bring to your attention that I was > > unduly delisted from the list, without warning of any > > sort, on the 25th of September, following my encounter > > with Yusupha Jow. As soon as I noticed that I wasn't > > getting any mail, I wrote privately to the list owner, > > Momodou Camara (with a Blind Copy to Ms. Jabou Jow), > > inquiring about the reason for my delisting from the > > list. As I had expected, Momodou Camara never > > responded to me because he thinks that he is either > > better than me or that he is above all list members. > > Well, for somebody who grew up in the same village as > > Momodou Camara, albeit much younger than him, I can > > vouch that he is dead wrong in both assumptions. In my > > opinion, a simple explanation would have sufficed and > > I would have lived with it since I am only an > > occassional contributor on the list. > > > > My reason for writing to you today is not to cry on > > your shoulders but to register my utmost disgust at > > the injustice and draconian laws of the list managers. > > Their appreciation of injustice is not shared by me, > > given their draconian laws and unpricipled decision to > > delist me. This kind of hypocrisy and heavy handedness > > is not approriate in any public forum where democracy > > is preached. My earlier question to Momodou Camara > > still remains to be: What have I done, to be so > > severely punished, especially at this critical time of > > our country's history, when everyone's voice needs to > > be heard? > > > > Over the past couple of weeks, I have read, through > > the web interface, the kind of garbage and motherly > > insults that were being thrown around the list for all > > to read, yet not a word from the list management was > > heard until the damage was already done. But as soon > > as I opened my mouth, they tried to shut it becasue it > > is the 'JOW' family. Is this not hypocrisy at its > > best? Different strokes for different folks? Where, in > > any of my exchanges with Yusupha Jow, did I use the > > kind of language that was totally disgusting and/or > > out of line? I suspect my deletion from the list to be > > the work of either Momodou Camara and/or Soffie > > Ceesay, simply becasue these two names were mentioned > > by Yusupha Jow in one of his postings. > > > > Momodou Camara and Soffie Cessay, I respect you both > > and, for this reason, hope that you will do the right > > thing and resubscribe me, or at least have the decency > > to tell me why I was delisted. If you can resubscribe > > Yusupha Jow, simply because of pressure from list > > members, then you can resusbcribe me becasue I did not > > use any undecent language on any list member or list > > member's family. Furthermore, the list rules that were > > announced on October 5th, came after my deletion. Why > > then am I to be punished for a crime that I didn't > > commit? Like I told Momodou Camara in my private email > > to him, I hope you will "do the right thing". > > > > This is my last email on this. > > > > Alieu Badara Sesay > > ---------------------------------- > > PS: > > For people like KB, Yus and Jaboh, it would be > > interesting to know your take on my plight, given that > > you are always online speaking about, and advocating > > for, democracy and fairness. I hope that you do > > practice what you are preaching on the L. > > > > > ><<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> > >To view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > ><<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> To view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>