Facuru, Its late in Bajul and am so busy right now doing some BBC late night jobs. I will make a detail reply to your mail. By the time am finished with this issue you understand why i had to take Charles to task. I am on the ground here so i know what am doing. But since you started the debate on this forum expect my reply. Thanks, E Sillah --- Facuru Sillah <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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] > > <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.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] <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>