Wow! I'm tearing up. But, please don't let the door hit you on your way out. Adiós Ms. Ginny. One down! -Abdoulie Sent from my iPhone On Apr 18, 2009, at 19:34, Ginny Quick <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hmmm.... I'm called a pathologically sick liar? And yet you > deliberately take my words out of context? > > I mean, deliberately! I did not say that Gambians were "different > than the rest of the human race". I reproduce my quote below. > > "The last time people told me I wasn't correct in my assertions, and > the last time that I asked for clarification, I never got any, just > another reassertion that I was wrong, and that even if I was told "the > truth" I'd never understand it anyway. Because for some reason, that > no one has yet explained to me, Gambians are somehow so much more > different than the rest of the human race. " > > What I've been told is that I'd not understand, because Gambians are > so "different", etc. And if you'd have read further you'd have seen > where I said, And I just simply don't believe that. > > So let me lay it out for you again. I said that, when I have asked > questions, as I alluded to before, I've been told that "Gambians are > ... " insert whatever you want, tribalist, politically immature, etc., > and that no matter how hard I tried, I'd not be able to understand > them. And I'm saying, that Gambians are much different from the rest > of humanity are they? And I say, no I don't believe that! > > You deliberately made it look like I said that "Gambians are somehow > different from the rest of the human race". Which obviously I don't > think they are, but you were also the same person who said that I > thought my opinion was superior to that of Gambians because I used the > phrase "vantage point". > > This is really unbelievable! And we're talking about pathologically > sick people? > > I don't think I'm the only one that fits into that character. > > Anyway... I do offer my apologies to all Gambians, if anyone > misunderstood what I said. And I'm sorry that my opinions offended > anyone. I'm sorry for being a nuissance, I'm sorry that being > outspoken offends anyone. And I'm sorry that I don't hold Mr. Sallah > up to the standard that many think he deserves to be held up to. > > And though I was trying to be conciliatory, my statements are taken to > mean that I'm once again attempting to derail the process of uniting > the opposition, and even if I may not have been the sole cause of > disuniting the opposition before, I don't want to be the cause of that > now. > > So if it means that I need to keep silent, or disengage from the > discussion, or whatever, I'll do it. > > I really am done with this issue and this list. Because nothing good > is coming out of this. Especially if all I do is cause groans of > disgust or howls of outrage every time my name shows up in someone's > inbox. > > I may be a lot of things, stubborn, opinionated, sensitive, emotional, > pathological sick, whatever you want to say, but I've never meant any > ill will toward anyone. > > And if what you're saying causes people to hate you, consider you a > nuissance, cuss you out, tell you to shut up, then this isn't really > the place you want to be. > > Anyway, I hate writing messages like this, because I realize that it > makes me look childish and immature, however, at this point, no matter > what I do, I'm not going to look good. I'll either be a coward for > running away, stubborn for comtinue to speak my mind, immature for > writing a post like this. > > So anyway, I've been here for somewhere along ten years now, and I've > thought long and hard about leaving, and I think it's probably the > best thing for me and everyone else. Especially if my presence causes > such consternation. > > Anyway. Take care all, and I'm sorry for any hurt or offense caused. > If I'm going to say anything, I'll keep it on my blog. > > Ginny > > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ > To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the > Gambia-L Web interface > at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html > > To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.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://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤