Yusupha, I strongly believe that between your good self and Allahu Subhana Wata'Alla, you know very well that addressing me as 'Madame' was no accident! On three occasions before i've come to your defense. Not for once did you mistake me for a 'Madame'. About your homosexuality; i really care less! I have made my position on that very clear when you had your fight with Ebou Jallow. In fact you are quoting my lines here: "What a person does in the privacy of their bedrooms is their business and no one else's." Yusupha, why do you have to throw sand in the soup?? Is it because you were not quoted? Allow me to explain! These samples of quotes were chosen from 21(twenty-one)people. You and others were among. I randomly selected the names according to the frequency of each individual's contribution within a time period. Some people i truly wanted to quote did not appear on the list due to the simple fact that i wanted to avoid bias reporting! The lowest common denominator here is, one time or another i have been inspired by each and every quoted person. My personal/political differences(or none) with them was never the issue! An example: one person i really wanted to quote was Mr.. Momodou Sidibeh....I would have chosen to make it fifty-fifty between the genders, but what the result showed was a 1:6. Yusupha it was a random sample, and apart from being inspiring quotes sending them was a test of my own consciensce and integrity! I am appealing to you, let us not make this a big issue! If you want me to make you a profile and a quotation...i will! No qualms there! You do not have to start a fight! Brother continue to stand firm, but please grow up! Be rest assured that i am not carrying a chip on my shoulder. I am in for inspiration! No hard feelings!!! Lamin Sanyang NB: If that was a genuine mistake, then i accept your clarification...('Tunkah'! (as my Serahule friend would say) addressing the name Lamin Sanyang as Madame???) "God grant me the serenity to accept the things i cannot change, the courage to change the things i can, and the wisdom to know the difference." -Reinhold Niebuhr >From: "Yusupha C. Jow" <[log in to unmask]> >In a message dated 3/29/2002 2:29:42 PM US Mountain Standard Time, >[log in to unmask] writes: > ><< > Yusupha, > In my introduction i stated that these quotes were to be sent within a >week. > Even though i have no homophobia in me, i'd prefer arousing your > intellect!!!. >> > >Lamin: >What does homophobia have to do with the question at hand? I accidentally >addressed you as a Madame, but I realized my typo and apologized >accordingly. > >Yet you would want to turn around and perpetrate ill-truths which have been >spread here by less than questionable characters. Lest you have a germ of >misunderstanding about my sexuality, I do am not gay and never have been. >That said, I don't believe the subject of one's sexuality should ever be an >issue in a discussion or exchange on this list. What a person does in the >privacy of their bedrooms is their business and no one else's. > >I hope you do not stoop to the level of detractors who have come and tried >to >tarnish my image by spreading evil untruths, but only to turn around with >their tails between their legs after failing in their dastardly deeds. >They >have come and gone, yet I am still standing firm. > >-Yus > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or 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] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe/subscribe or 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~