My Dearest Sister Jabou, I will never expect any disrespect from you. You a well matured person, who is a model in the Gambia-L. Your contributions are always based on facts. I wish, if we had got a President like you in the Gambia. Everything will be straight forward. Happy Ramadan Elhajj. Jabou Joh skrev: > Elhadj, > > You can always count on me to agee to disagree with respect, and i hope that > you did not find my response to you disrespectful because that was definitely > not my intention. > I think that those who hold the notion that Ebou Jallow is being singled out > while others who have committed fraud and other atrocities against our people > are not being challenged in the same manner missing the point completely. > > Ebou Jallow just happens to be one who has made his identity known here on > the L, and is thus being challenged by Gambians and rightly so. I think there > is no one here who can say that if Yaya Jammeh or any others from his regime > or from the PPP regime who are alleged to have committed fraud against the > people were to make their identieis known here will go unchallenged for > similar or worse allegations. > > The people on the L are Gambians who know their rights and who make no secret > of demanding the best from our leaders, and we hope that our entire society > will one day be comprised of people who are far from being complacent and > easy tools and victims of unsavoury characters masquersding as respectable > leaders. > > Ordinary citizens taking people who have wronged us to task are the voices > that are crying out for justice, and which justice we hope will be served by > a court of law one day. The expression of our outrage as citizens on this > forum cannot possibly be mistaken as a substitute for due process in a court > of law one day, but it must also never be silenced simply because we just > cannot afford for that to happen. > > Jabou Joh > > In a message dated 11/24/2001 11:04:09 AM Central Standard Time, > [log in to unmask] writes: > > > Jabou, > > I fully agree with all what you said. " A thief is just a thief ". In my > > opinion, > > all thieves should be treated the same way. Some people has taken more than > > what > > Ebou has taken, and we want to put a blind eye on them. I want to see them > > attacked in any Gambian gathering, just as Ebou Jallow is being attacked. I > > made > > it clear that Ebou owe us explainations, and i am not defending his action, > > but i > > cannot digest that he is the only thief who owe us explainations. What > > about the > > others ? > > Jabou, you know that Ebou did not give me a penny on this amount. I > > repeatedly > > said that i sympathize with Ebou, because of the antagonisms he faces > > within the > > Gambian community. But let people understand that, one can only sympathize > > with a > > friend / relative / whatever / when they face difficulties, but you cannot > > change > > the process of the truth. The truth will always be the truth! I hope my > > fellow > > G-Lers will understand my positon not to misjudge me. Frankly, I did not > > regret > > joining the L, because i met with old friends, met with new friends and > > usually > > get a lot of fun here. So, I highly appreciate this gathering, and also > > respect > > their views on our debates. It is not always that we will see eye to eye on > > issues, but it does make us to be enemies. Let us just disagree with > > respect, not > > to creat enemity between us. > > > > Happy Ramadan > > Elhajj. > > <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> > > 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] > > <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> 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] <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>