Yus, come clean and tell us the real reason. I suspect you are planning on watching lots of soccer the next two months. Bro your contributions will be missed. I hope I will be able to persuade you to continue your good and uplifting contributions. I hope you feel different after the games. Keep in touch. Momodou Billo Krubally "Yusupha C. Jow" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Hi everyone: I just received permission to re-subscribe to the Gambia-L list. After the 'ordeal' of last week, I feel as if I've been to hell and back. I have never been used to being muzzled; not since I left home at the age of 18 anyway. My one week absence from this list has made me realize that there is a divide between some older Gambians who think times don't change and that expressing one's ideas strongly or belligerently is rude and 'un-Gambian.' I even read an email where one of our moralizers questioned our upbringing because of what transpired on this list. These statements IMO, should not be expected from truly conscious folks because we all know no one is perfect in this life. We all make mistakes. This makes the attempt to cast an ill-light on some folks because of behavioral failings all the more baffling. Are we not a society that is forgiving? Don't people use 'Jankading'' in the Bantaba without being cast out like lepers, or having their upbringing questioned! On the other hand, I totally believe that with the changes that time brings, the youth of the country will become more aggressive about what they want and their feelings. Cultural norms cannot remain in a state of paralysis, yet some on this list seem to think that this is the case and that anyone who deviates from what they deem as correct behavior should be treated like an outcast. But obviously folks like myself and others are simply a bit too aggressive for the peaceful and non-confrontational nature of some moralizers who think their virtues should be emulated by the youth, the same 'laissez-faire' attitude which brought us Yahya Jammeh. Therefore, while I will remain a subscriber to this List, this shall be my last posting ever here. I wish you all the best in all your endeavors, and to the many I have clashed heads with over the years and consequently insulted harshly, as a human being who has many flaws - I ask for your forgiveness. Regards, Yusupha ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _________________________________________________________ GROWING OLD IS MANDATORY; BECOMING WISE IS OPTIONAL. __________________________________________________________ --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~