Hi Ebrima Sillah I agree with you that Mr Charles Sam cannot be right in his generalisations about the failure of Gambians to live by our national anthem AS NINE OUT OF TEN GENERALISATIONS ARE WRONG.On the other side of the coin,I am disappointed that you feel so hurt by the writings of the gentleman.Your response is at best a face saving effort.Every bit of Mr Sam's statements is true of a large number of Gambians.He is not even the first to remind us of the words of our National Anthem.One Besenty Gomez wrote similar views in one of our newspapers about a year ago. Before you wage an intellectual war on anybody, make sure you cultivate the mettle to accommodate scathing truths about yourself or your beloved GAMBIA.Patriotism should not be limited to praise singing of the Smiling Coast,Smiling People.If you will only be positive, you must be telling half-tories and half-truths which will not help GAMBIA KAIRA BANKU __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Find a job, post your resume. http://careers.yahoo.com <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> To view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>