Oops! I am sorry, but I think we will have to understand each other - that it is not an insult. It is not easy for me from another country to know which name belongs to men/women. Any way sorry sister, and don't be hurt if I continue to refer to you as brother again because your names are confusing to me in the sense that not many of you use the so-called christian names like we do in my country. Some of your names are almost the same - and think I am making fun here. I had to change mine when I became matured recently. Best regards, Nyar'Onyango ************* ----- Original Message ----- From: "Momodou S Sidibeh" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 11:04 AM Subject: Re: *** Re: Gambia On Swedish TV > Oops, Nyar'Onyango > ............Jabou Joh is our dear Sister, not Brother.......I will get back > to this story eventually. > > Sidibeh > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "uga479" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 10:30 AM > Subject: *** Re: Gambia On Swedish TV > > > > Brother, > > > > You surelly wouldn't call sex between a 60 yr old woman and a 20 yr old > boy > > paedophile when an 18 yr old is an adult? So many of them are respecting > > that part of the law - you won't pin them down legally. > > > > On the other hand, it is their men who go to places like Thailand to do > what > > the law here does not allow them. But even there - they are being watched > > these days by the Thailand government - although not to the best success. > > > > These shameless women also admitted that it is a bit difficult for them to > > do that kind of thing here - not because it is not allowed, but because it > > is still "traditionally" embarrassing besides. > > > > No young boy of that age would have anything to do with them - this is > where > > economy is playing a very big role. Everybody is almost economically > > indipendent - the problem is where to get the satsifying sex (especially > > when they reach 40) Here, even an age difference of 3 years is a > problem!! > > > > In general, I think they are treating each country differently - depending > > on the type of conditions that allow make it easy for them to do this - > and > > yes, I agree with you, our governments should be held responsible. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Nyar'Onyango > > ********** > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jabou Joh" <[log in to unmask]> > > To: <[log in to unmask]> > > Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 3:44 AM > > Subject: Re: Gambia On Swedish TV > > > > > > > Not sure if the Swedes are trying to impact our bottom line or promote > th > > > tourist trade as some allege, or if the global movement to expose > > paedophiles and > > > others sex consumers who take advantage of the lax laws in developing > > > countries is what is at work here. Whatever the case, we must realize > that > > with the > > > advent of AIDS, there is a risk that the proliferation of this disease > in > > > countries like ours can be devastating to say the least. > > > I believe it is high time that our government enacts laws to prevent the > > > place from being the playground of paedophiles and cheap sex seekers and > > works to > > > get the cooperation of Tourists' home countries to effectively punish > > anyone > > > who violates these laws in our country. > > > There is a growing and very powerful movement in the U.S, actually a > > > non-profit organization founded by women that has been very effective > in > > enacting > > > laws that will allow U.S citizens who violate anti-sex trade and related > > laws, > > > sex with minors etc to be tried and jailed right here for violations > > committed > > > in Thailand for example. They are adding many countries willing to > > cooperate on > > > their list. Economic benefits from Tourism are an important part of our > > > economy, but I hope we never loose sight of the fact that there are side > > effects to > > > tourism that can have far more devastating negative results if there are > > no > > > checks and balances to ensure that guests to our country do not see the > > place > > > as a free for all where they can practice what they cannot get away with > > in > > > their home countries. > > > > > > Jabou Joh > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > 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 > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > 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 > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 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 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~