Gassa, Give them credit for accepting the responsibility. Other governments have done > much more terrible things that were calculated acts, not accidents, and have > never accepted the responsibility. Yes, this will not bring back the dead, > but what shall we do, hang the Senegalese government officials? > > So Gambia can learn from their tragedy and work to correct the situation , > but you claim the Senegalese are just talking? I wonder how you arrived at > this comclusion. You are beginingto siund like George Bush who says the > weapons inspectors will fail, so why bother to let them do their job. You > sound a bit too eager to castigate Senegal, and what is that all about? > > This is a terrible tragedy, and no one can say that it was something that > was done deliberately by anyone, so let us not try to get milage out of it. > The government of Senegal have and continue to display that they are > people of integrity and essense. > I wish you would be as willing to hold the Gambia government responsible > for some of the not so commendable and very obvious things they do, and I > bet they would not be so willing to accept any responsibility if they can > help it. > Credibility is not earned through selective morality. > > Jabou Joh > > > In a message dated 10/1/2002 1:52:42 PM , [log in to unmask] writes: > >> >> >> "As they say, hind sight is always 20/20 and it took the disaster in The >> Gambia to have the government there start separating passengers from cargo >> as you pointed out. They had not done that before, and it took the >> disaster >> for that to happen. Now, yes, Senegal should have learned a lesson from >> that, but they are accepting the responsibility for this tragedy, and I am >> sure they will do something in this regard now." >> >> The government of Senegal accepting full responsibility is just a mere >> statement. It will neither bring back the dead nor would it affect those I >> hold 100% responsible for this tragedy in any significant way. you watch >> and see. This tragedy has wiped out some entire families including >> hundreds >> of young school children returning home from holidays. >> >> Secondly, it is much cheaper to learn from other people's mistakes than >> one's own. >> >> "I think that one of the unfortunate realities we are facing here is that >> here are two African states that have more in common than any other on the >> continent, and yet, we have these border and customs problems that lead >> people from both sides to find other ways to get from point A to point B, >> sometimes resulting in these tragedies." >> >> I agree with you entirely. >> >> Have a good day, Gassa. >> >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~