Serious and educative humour touching on the fundamental fallacies passing for governance in the Gambia. It embodies what you refer to as "angry laughter". LJDarbo Baba Galleh Jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Thanks Haruna. Good to see your comments after a rather quite interlude. Glad you enjoy the pieces. Baba >From: "Haruna Darbo" >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: RE: John Yahavich Revisited >Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 19:13:04 -0500 > > > >Galleh, > >I have been missing these satirical but powerful essays from you. The >Yahavich series address a deeper misunderstanding of worth and value by >Yahavich. If the west does not have human rights and the rule of law, then >I will not accept such virtues for my people. The D5000.00 question then >arises; Who is doing as they are west tells them or dictates to >them???????? Can someone sign me up to Gambia-L? [log in to unmask] thanx >in advance > >Haruna. > > > > > > >From: Baba Galleh Jallow >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list > >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: John Yahavich Revisited >Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:06:23 +0000 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >X-Originating-IP: [75.48.30.175] >X-Originating-Email: [[log in to unmask]] >X-Sender: [log in to unmask] >Received: from lychee.ease.lsoft.com ([209.119.0.145]) by >bay0-mc2-f4.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Thu, 23 >Aug 2007 15:06:36 -0700 >Received: from ORANGE ([209.119.0.68]) by lychee.ease.lsoft.com >(StrongMail Enterprise 1.0-6(2.00.238)); Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:06:36 >-0400 >Received: by LISTSERV.ICORS.ORG (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 15.0) with spool >id 23655524 for [log in to unmask]; Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:06:34 >-0400 >Received: from [65.54.246.150] by ORANGE.HOSTING.LSOFT.COM (SMTPL release >1.0t) with TCP; Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:06:28 -0400 >Received: from hotmail.com ([65.55.152.110]) by >bay0-omc2-s14.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Thu, >23 Aug 2007 15:06:28 -0700 >Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; >Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:06:27 -0700 >Received: from 65.55.152.123 by by141fd.bay141.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; >Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:06:23 GMT > >John Yahavich Revisited > > > >By Baba Galleh Jallow > > > >Sometime ago I decided that I was not going to talk again. But over > > >the past few weeks I have heard so much nonsense being said about me > >that I have changed my mind and I will tell you what I think of all > >this stupid noise. When I decided not to attend a conference in > >another country, you all started shouted that John Yahavich is > >afraid, John Yahavich this, John Yahavich that. Let me tell you one > >thing: John Yahavich is not afraid of anyone or anything in this > >world. And if you think I am joking, come here and show me that you > >are brave. Belay, belay, belay you will never see the light of day > >again! > > > >If you say I am afraid to go to a so-called conference, then why are > >you afraid to come to my conference? Some of you say that I ran off > >into my palace when I heard that some men were coming to get me. You > >even say that I forgot my shoes when I ran >away. Were you there and > >did you see me running? If not, why do you go about telling such > >stinking lies and saying that John Yahavich is afraid? If people > >come to this country and try to put me down, they must be ready to > >face the music of their own drums. If you think you can be used by > >the West to come and destroy me, then you are the biggest fool in > >the world because neither you nor the so-called West can destroy > >John Yahavich. And both you and the West can go to hell because I > >don’t care what anybody says and I’m not afraid of anybody. > > > >Some of you open your big mouths and talk about things you don’t > >understand. Do you know how the west got involved in Africa or why > >they got involved in Africa? If you say you don’t know then I will > >tell you that you are the biggest fool on earth. The >West came here > >and carried our people into slavery. Then they came back and > >colonized us and said they were trying to civilize us. And when we > >drove them out of Africa, they now come and tell us about so-called > >human rights and the so-called rule of law. But if you go to their > >own countries there is no human rights and no rule of so-called law. > >Do you know what human rights stand for? Well let me tell you. The > >‘H’ stands for Hoodwink – You all know what hoodwink is, to > >blindfold people! The ‘U’ stands for the Universe! ‘M’ stands for > >Manipulate! ‘A’ stands for Africa, and ‘N’ stands for African > >Nations! > > > > > >They hoodwink the universe, manipulate the African nations! When > >they hoodwink the universe, manipulate African nations, the ‘R’ > >stands for – to rip you off, they rip you >off of your gold. After > >hoodwinking the universe and manipulating African nations, they rip > >you off of ideals, so that Africans will have no ideals but will > >follow their exported ideology that is meant to create wars in > >Africa, famine and starvation. We will never accept that! To turn > >some Africans into stooges so that they can always continue to > >manipulate us… I JohnYahavich, am saying that I will die but I will > >never let them suck our blood again! > > > >Tell me any country where there is so-called human rights and people > >are not executed – tell me! In most of the so-called western types > >of human rights, those who uphold the so-called principle of > >Democracy – When you go to their jails, Africans form the majority > >of all the inmates. What types of rights are >they talking about? > >So you see the fallacy in human rights? I will never accept it! > > > >And now when some of the so-called African leaders who are stooges > >of the West refuse to sign laws meant to discipline the media, you > >all jump up and sing their praises. And you say John Yahavich should > >be ashamed of himself because he has closed down some media houses > >and has jailed some journalists. And you take these Western stories > >and you send them to the Internet and you talk about so-called > >skeletons in cupboards. If you are brave, why do you talk about > >skeletons and cupboards? Why don’t you come here and try to tell me > >those kinds of things? I am not saying that other so-called African > >leaders will not do what they like in their own countries, but as > >long as this country is >mine, no so-called media or journalist will > >be allowed to cause trouble here. If you so-called journalists are > >interested in skeletons, you can go to the graveyard and dig them > >up. You have plenty of skeletons there. But you cannot come here and > >tell me about skeletons or try to tell me what to do. If you think I > >am playing, come. Belay, belay, belay, you will then know that John > >Yahavich does not joke. It’s a mad day. > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > >Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! 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