Asbjørn, I am glad that you understood the essence of my message to our people. The sad thing is that I am not the only one who knows about what is going on with the system. I can assure you that majority of Gambians or those who live and do business in Gambia will not hesitate to allude to, in private, what I have written. Unfortunately, very few people are concerned enough to make their feelings known. What are we doing about it? Why are we not concerned? Do we want our kids to live in a mess we created? The status quo will prevail until such a time that we the people stand up to the truth and fight for a just society. It all starts with a word, a sentence, a paragraph and so on. I wish many more of us woul d see to it that we discuss more often about what is wrong our society and face the options to correct. It's about time we all take action in our own ways, small or big, one good thing at a time shall help us prevail. I wish I could convince some of the media chiefs at Radio 1 FM and other private radios, private news papers or even the Government to organize town hall meetings or symposia and invite ordinary Gambians and the general public (Gambian or non-Gambian alike) to discuss some of the things we feel are out of sync with sustainable development. For it is only when we recognize that there is a problem to be fixed can we take steps to fix them as a society. We need to start thinking beyond our range of feeling, smelling and hearing. An attitudinal change is much needed now than ever before. Have a good night/ morning. Abdoulie A. Jallow (BambaLaye) ========== D=================================== "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." -Martin Luther King Jr. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~