Here’s to an attempt in understanding the mind bugging behavior of some of our seemingly intelligent technocrats zooming into how they are being used, abused and refused by the fascist – Jammeh - only for them to turn around and declare their unflinching dedication to the perpetuation of his establishment. They call it patriotism. A tacit patriotism! That is to say a wordless, and consequentially a thoughtless and will-less patriotism, a revolting nonsense! An absurd dream and what is more, a wicked dream! An unworthy deception! For their patriotism assumes that while they are in a state of not being able to will, to think for themselves, they bound themselves and possibly all their descendents – only by virtue of having let themselves be abused and refused without raising a finger – into perpetual slavery. They all remain isolated in their newfound liberty or absolute right, paying no attention to the moral freedom and dignity of others except in those cases wherein such attention is dictated by their weakness and self-centeredness – in other words, by their own imprudence and personal interest. As we speak, egoism is the supreme law, unfortunately, the only extant right in the Gambia. The good is determined by success in their version of patriotism and largesse, the bad only by failure to join the club and become perpetual slaves and prostitutes, and justice is simply the political enthronement of Jammehs’ wishes, however horrible, cruel, or infamous it might be. Consequently, by good in this group of prostitutes is meant only the greatest satisfaction given to Jammehs’ ego, which, being accomplished upon the real sacrifice of the moral conscience of each member of the group. This excludes form its midst, the “threats to national security”, saboteurs, natural enemies, the vast majority of Gambians within and outside the country. The “dogo-dogo” goes on! The distinction between the patriot and the saboteur, according to their twisted logic, lies in how much of the degrading abuse one can take from Jammeh. All those who have been recognized as willing and interested in perpetuating the fascist, regardless of the humiliation and everything they do against a drop of moral and ethical conscience, are declared patriots and everything contrary to that, the bad, unpatriotic saboteurs - a “threat to national security”. Members of the seemingly elite group of Jammeh prostitutes who entered this compact having become what they are, having bound themselves by insatiable lust for pleasure, recognition and quick loot, assume thereby the duty of subordinating their moral obligations/conscience and their individual rights for the common weal. Their ultimate duty to the society they live in. The Gambian society. They have helped Jammeh become the most negation, the most callously calculated and complete negation of humanity. He rends apart the social solidarity, as we knew it, of all Gambians, and clustered some of the most vulnerable - the seemingly intelligent – in order to destroy, humiliate and enslave the rest in his own way. He takes under his protection, for his protection, only his tribesmen and he recognizes and gives respect and humanity only within the confines of his own boundary of special friends. Since he does not recognize any right outside of his confines, he quite logically arrogate to himself the right to treat with the most ferocious inhumanity all those he perceives as a threat to his established confines. When he displays generosity or humanity towards the rest, he does so in no case out of any sense of duty. That is because he has no sense of duty to those he is obliged to serve as a head of state. Think about it! Abdoulie A. Jallow (BambaLaye) <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> 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] <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>