I fully know where you are coming from and also know you are law abiding and respectful to all Gambians and care for peaceful co existence with our human/mankind . If one is pushed to the wall and cannot do anything he or she will kick back and that is the current situation in Palestine. Wole Soyinks piece yester has grusome details of the massacre of Jenin .What do you expect from folks that do not have any hope at all !.fight back as malcom X preached.
We call it temporary insanity as used by many defense lawyers in the real world.
Does it make it right ?.No of course but it could have been avoided if the whole world did not stand by and watch you being pushed to the wall and yet do nothing to stop the aggression.
Do not worry it is just a healthy exchange .
by the way I will be in Chicago on the 18 and 19 May 2002. I will give you my promised contribution then .My regards toyour family & our good bro Pa Joof and his family. See you then as you will not be in for the ALD in DC the following week
Habib Diab Ghanim
HDG
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>Habib, that is exactly my point. When your back is against the wall
>and
>your life is on the balance, you do not care about doing things the
>right
>way. Your first and foremost duty is to preserve your exixtence "by
>any
>means necessary". Malcolm X did not utter those words because
>blacks were
>content and treated with dignity. It was in response to an
>unbearable
>condition, which we see today in the name of high crime (murder)
>rate in the
>US. People around the world now realized that they cannot depend on
>the
>world conscience when they are oppressed. All who know me also know
>my
>beliefs for every individual's right to life and I would explore all
>possible means to a peaceful solution to any conflict. However,
>when all
>possible peaceful means to a solution are exhausted and my people
>are killed
>daily, and new borns are given no chance of survival, then, folks, I
>would
>do anything to change my our condition. I would care less how the
>world
>views my response, especially with their hypocritical stance toward
>my
>condition as an underdog for 35 years and counting. I am not one to
>just
>"suffer peacefully".
>
>Chi Jaama
>
>Joe Sambou
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