Thank you brother AMS. It is interesting to see the extent to which some people will lower themselves in their attempt to defend that which cannot be defended. >From: Ams Jallow <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: [>-<] FW: Judging Colonial Crimes By Modern Standards >Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 20:43:46 EST > >In a message dated 1/9/2004 8:03:13 PM Eastern Standard Time, >[log in to unmask] writes: > >One person who has disavowed this concept as a legitimate criticism is > >renowned American historian Howard Zinn who, in a speech at Saint Mary's > >University in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 2003 referred to his academic > >brethren as "sheep" for giving way to this practice. >Oms, get hold of his best seller: Peoples History of the United States, to >the Clinton Years > > >"The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are >evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it." > - Albert Einstein >" >Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change >the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has." >- Margaret Mead > >"When the government fears the people, you have liberty. When the people >fear >the government, you have tyranny." >- Thomas Jefferson > >"All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing" >- Edmund Burke > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >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 > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/features&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.msn.com%2f%3fpage%3dmisc%2fspecialoffers%26pgmarket%3den-ca ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~