This is absolute rubbish! It has no connection whatsoever to the topic(s) being dicussed.Spinning will not save your day here; for the truth and only the truth shall set you free. Jobs. >From: Ebou Jallow <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Madness of Crowds >Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 12:02:03 -0800 > >"To every place of entertainment we go with expectation and desire of >being pleased; we meet others who are brought by the same motives; no >one will be the first to own the disappointment; one face reflects >the smile of another, till each believes the rest delighted, and >endeavours to catch and transmit the circulating rapture. In time, >all are deceived by the cheat to which all contribute. The fiction of >happiness is propagated by every tongue, and confirmed by every look, >till at last all profess the joy which they do not feel, consent to >yield to the general delusion, and, when the voluntary dream is at an >end, lament that bliss is of so short a duration." > >Samuel Johnson: Idler #18 (August 12, 1758) > > > > >===== >Ebou Jallow >Georgetown University >Washington, DC > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. >http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 > ><<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> > >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] > ><<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> _________________________________________________________________ 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 To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>