>From: Mohinder Bains <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Squeeze till the pips squeak >Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 21:35:18 +0000 > >Hi G-Lers > >The likes of Ebou Jallow will only respond to intimidation and fear >because >this what they perceived as the only way to persuade someone to >answer their >questions. Although I am not a fan Jemus, I know that he surely >knows how to >get at his man. > > >No matter how much he flatters or praise the Butcher would not >change his >circumstances in the least. It is such a pity to see a supposely >brave man >stooping down so low. > >However, If I was living anywhere near him, I would make sure Iwiil >squeeze >him so hard to get an answer on the whereabouts of the 3,000,000 >dollars he >so uncermoniously pilfered. > >peace >Mohin > > > >>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: Re: Not Ebou Jallow and Yaya Jammeh >>Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 13:16:15 -0800 >> >>Mr. Small, >> >>Thanks for the honest inquiry. However, I believe that I also need >>to deconstruct the gist of your questions in order to establish a >>level playing field. Your "principle of public accountability" is >>essentially a political process, and that means the fundamental >>issues of judicial objectivity and impartiality are subordinate to >>passioned interests and strategem. The teleological agenda of such >>a >>practice is not justice but political control through opprobrium. >>Politics cannot generate neither the truth nor justice, it helps >>only >>in establishing the preference of one discourse over another i.e. >>everything in politics is essentially relative, their is no >>objective >>standard of justice or truth. Now if the Gambian people had the >>same >>concerns that you apparently have, then they should have voted >>President Jammeh out of office in the last elections. After all, >>it >>was former President Jawara who use to say that "Vox Populi, Vox >>Dei". Now the people have spoken and entrusted the state in >>President Jammeh's hands. He is the sole authority to speak on >>behalf of the Gambians, and not me or the Gambia-L. I am not a >>public servant but a private individual like you living humbly >>overseas. >> >>Finally, I want to ask you Mr. Small who shall write the "history"- >>is it you, me or G-L? History, at least as the accretion of >>evolutionary facts, is the synthesis of our individual narratives >>and >>and the collective discourse as a people. The last time I check >>lately, history has been so far on President Jammeh's side. We can >>either choose to collaborate and ignore our differences for the >>sake >>of the Gambia, or tear each other apart like little children >>wrestling for toys. The choice is ours to make and write that >>history. >> >>Thank you Sir. >> >>===== >>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] > ><>//\\<>//\\<>//\\<>//\\<>