>From: Amadu Kabir Njie <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: the painful truth/Sidibeh >Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 14:52:04 +0100 > >[log in to unmask] wrote: > >"Alas! brother Momodou Sidibeh, this is our undoing as a society, and if we do >not desist from this practice, we will always smooth over everything, and >never get anywhere. This is the very reason why when one is critical of >anyone in our society, including our leaders whom it is our duty to >scrutinize and hold accountable, one is automatically assumed to be full of >hate with ulterior motives. > >It is also the reason that those who come forward to fight on our behalf soon >find themselves the enemy instead. It is a bizarre trait that guarantees that >any sort of progress will just be a matter of discussion and wishful >thinking, never material..." > >Jabou, to the above statement I can only add: Amen! > >Regards, > >Kabir. > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~