In a message dated 2/15/2002 8:26:01 AM Central Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > Why should one be labelled unpatriotic > just because he/she hate a murderous, thieving regime? > > Are you people (the attempted gaggers ) really honest with yourselves, or > are > you just morally and physically blinded by political immaturity (if i may > borrow some of your very own pathetic epithets)? > Ditto. It is a tactic and they can cry it out until the cows come home, but as far as I am concerned, there is no confusion as to the difference betwen right and wrong no matter how much window dressing and mob mentality is applied to musszle the voices of reason. Time will tell whether trying to substitute right for wrong will last. Let those who want to label some of us as unpatriotic examine themselves closely, and tell us what is patriotic about blindly supporting a regime that has the blood of Gambians all over their hands, and that continues to use gorilla tactics on the people. With all of the public relations peddling done on behalf of this regime by those who are clearly the worse in our midst, none of them have come here to report a plan by the Jammeh regime to pursue justice on behlaf of those whose loved onoes have been murdered or imprisoned by this regime without just cause. So the question remains, is this reconciliation or just a new strategy to buy out those who can be bought as part of a wider and more sinister plan to present a new image to the outside World as well as to lay the foundation for another 30 year illegal reign in a supposedly democratic country? Only those who want to self medicate in the face of the blatant realities will buy that . As I said before, a few shiny building will not bring justice to the many who have been murdered in cold blood, and those who are being muzzled and their rights violated daily by a regime that thinks that being cunning will prevail. Yaya Jammeh is perfecting his art at manipulating the minds of those of us who are prone to manipulation or just plain selfish, caring only about themselves and their own, but that does not mean that he has succeeded or will succeed at fooling all of us. All one has to do is weigh right versus wrong, and the choices are clear.It isn't rocket science; this methodology of keeping your eye on the truth in every situation and pursuing it no matter what. it is relatively simple and fool proof. On the other hand, lying and self deceit leaves one always scrambling to make sure you cover one falsehood with another. Jabou N.Joh, <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> 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] <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>