"...but I share that commentary IS NOT OUR ONLY RELIANCE FOR HOPE." Haruna. Hi bro Haruna, Thank you always. I agree totally. I meant to say, we rely a lot on courageous comments because they revive us when the feelings are emotional. Have a nice weekend. Y... > Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 04:40:18 -0400 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Ma Yero / The Socrates bashing: Rejoinder to Galleh's debate > To: [log in to unmask] > > "Good mentor Haruna, > Good speed as always from your end. > For your commentaries, count me as a timelybeneficiary for the strong > opinions of yours that I dearly share." Yero. > > Thank you Yero for the kind words. It is the cumulative value of all our > commentaries that you infer. Thank you all the same. > > "Yourcommentaries matter a lot at a time when commentaries are our > onlyreliance for hope." Yero. > > I see your anxiety Yero, but I share that commentary IS NOT OUR ONLY > RELIANCE FOR HOPE. This is a lethargic and perpetually -victim disposition. Instead, > commentary is the pre-requisite for sober action for redress. Do not > underestimate yourself among sober citizens. > > "At least your words are inspiring others of courage, love and hope. Excuse > the parts where we have to disagree, time and again." Yero. > > I understand and I'm obliged. Oft disagreement is the multivitamin in the > life of courage and citizen action. The trick is to learn from error and > aversions to yield more formidable synergy. I thank you for your voice. > > Masoud. MQJGDT. Darbo. Abdallah! > > That is just normal. > With love & kind regards,Y… > > > > Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:20:11 -0400> From: [log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: The Socrates bashing: Rejoinder to Galleh's debate> To: > [log in to unmask]> > > Y,> > I admire your keen sense of appreciation and > discernment. I have come to > appreciate Galleh's commentaries as satire's omnibus. > He is the vrai ombudsman.> > Haruna. Thanks Y. > > In a message dated > 3/19/2008 6:55:44 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, > [log in to unmask] writes:> > > > The Socrates Bashing: rejoinder to Galleh’s debate.> > > Galleh’s recent > bashing on the teacher of old, Socrates is the tear-dripping > summary of Foroyaa’ > s interview with Madi Ceesay about the Independent > Newspaper. I happened > to read Galleh’s piece before reading Foroyaa’s interview, > and as soon as I > got done reading Madi’s points, I equally wiped my tears with > Galleh’s > nostalgic piece of Socrates. If at all to put it in ink, I am a > long time > fan to the Independent. Personally, I think the Independent > proprietors > should not loose hope about the leaflets of the Independent flying soon > again. > The closure of an institution like the Independent is a clear testimony > of > Jammeh’s wish to keep people in the dark. But like I jokingly tell my > > friends, you close one Independent, tens of others will emerge; you kill one > > Deyda, hundred Deydas will emerge. You then ask: Who is running a profit or > > loose? Isn’t it him…Jammeh? But candidly to say, all the good ideas have been > > put on line or in print. Papers like Foroyaa and the Point has truly proved > to > be great educators of time. We need to pick the pieces together and do > action > work. Words alone cannot do it. Words are meant to prepare the people > > mentally. That gives courage for action. We are stocked over > interpretation of > democracy. Yes, democracy means peaceful advocacy. But we have what is > called > self-defense and fighting for sovereignty. Or do we want to believe > that > democracy is to let someone keep poking your intestines with a lethal > injection > while you keep dreaming about democracy. You got it! What > democracy will stop you > poking a someone else’s intestine that is poking yours? > God damn him [a > dictator] and all his hims! > > > I tell you that some > Gambians show a tendency worst than Jammeh, as far as > aggression towards the > press is concerned or individuals. It is true that > press freedom would mean > good journalistic ethics. It would mean fair, balance, > accurate, well > investigated stories and carefully written with good choice of > words. The same > thing with societal freedom. I see no difference with those > associated with > newspapers and those associated with forums. The later has a > tendency to be > so irresponsible and exercise a lot of aggression without > accountability. > Let us call a spade a spade. Those in the media are doing a good > job. That > includes those in these forums as well. Now that doesn’t make them > heroes or > perfect. They are equally like those of us contributing in these > forums. > The same crimes they commit are the same crimes we daily commit, as far > as > character-assassination is concerned [TO THOSE OF THEM THAT DO.] But > > Professor Cummings once taught me, “They speak to you like angels and they behave > > like stupid human beings.” Take a break and learn about your surrounding with > > a mythical leader firing mythical bullets to eliminate us, one by one. > > > > Y...> > > > > _________________________________________________________________> Climb to the top of the charts! 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