I found Charle's Sam's diatribe to be silly and untrue on it's face. Additionally, coming from him made it all the more incredible and fallacious because he has demonstrated a dubious affinity for cuddling and posturing for the same gov't that has precitipated the rancor and polarization he pretends to be complaining about. His pronouncements are not the laments of an observer who gives a hoot about what happens to Gambian society. On the contrary he is a shallow and selfish man who would auction off the last vestiges of dignity left in him if he can make a buck or put himself on a pedestal.To be sure we are not a nation or a people without inherent flaws. But to have a certified hustler who peddles nothing but an agenda concocted around sycophancy and outright lies pretend that he can lecture a people he is doing his best to harm is beyond contemptious. All he does is wrap himself in the guise of an honest Pan Africanist when his real objective is to advance some kooky Jamahiriya type tyranny in which he can live comfortably and jerk the chains of the murderers that typically run these kinds of regimes. He is not the least interested in having a vibrant democracy anywhere on our continent and you will not find anything in his record to suggest otherwise. Consequently I reject his characterisations outright. I am interested in hearing what Pa Dacosta has to say about what ails Gambia because he has the credibility and would be honest and dispassionate in his observations. Charles Sam belongs to the discredited list of liars and sychophants who incessantly and shamelessly try to pull cruel jokes on the Gambian people by making sanctimonious and immoral pronouncements. Karamba <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> 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] <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>