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Uncle please do not mix apples and oranges too.] Dad.
Yes Dad, I generally do not mix apples and oranges. I will take a
look at what made you think I was.
[my comment has nothing to do with the persecution of Femi.]
Dad.
Your response directly addressed Karamba's plea. In that plea,
Karamba shared with us from the beginning of his notes that Femi Peters
was his close friend, associate, and coleague. This was to take care
of any inadvertent conflicts of interest that may be perceived. Karamba
went further to appeal for sustenance for Femi, who as we all know is
being persecuted for sport. When the journalist-6 were being
persecuted, appeals went out to support efforts for their release and to
pay their fines. When Fatou was being persecuted, appeals went out to both
sustain her through the ordeal and to help pay for the odious fine
she was assessed. Chief Ebrima Manneh and Kanyibaa Kanyi are being
persecuted as we speak and their family left behind continue to be
persecuted by extension. In that case and in Femi Peters' case, their
friends, family, family, coleagues, associates, and other concerned
persons will continue to appeal for as long as they and their families
have not been relieved. So because you directly addressed Karamba's
appeal for relief for his friend and coleague Femi and his
family left behind, it leads one to believe your comment had
everything to do with the continued persecution of Femi. I thought it
was inadvertent because I did not think you would deliberately do that. It
did not seem your general nature. That is why I asked that you reconsider
the comment and or rescind it. Reconsideration will begin with
acknowledging the fault then reconnoitering more benignly. You do
call me Uncle. I think that has value in it. Plus, Femi happens to be my
friend too. So any aversion to Femi will be an aversion to me. Just like
any aversion to Dad will be an aversion to me. Please review your comment
and ammend or rescind it for sobriety's sakes. Please.
[My frustration is towards the unending art of
beggery going on.] Dad.
Beggary. Dad, I understood your frustration with an unending art of
beggary because I will be frustrated by an unending ART of beggary
too. The keyword is ART. This English language is very complicated. If you
look at the phrase "unending ART of beggary" you will see in it the
"conartist". This says that whoever you refer to, is engaged in separating
you from your gifts by appealing to your enormous sense of generousity.
However, what you will understand is that anyone who engages in that
activity is a fraudster. And that is an aberration in human
endeavours. Begging, appealing for in-kind or in-cash help when you
or your friend or your family member is in need is not an "unending art of
beggary" because it is generally adhoc and you expect that it is
short-lived. Generally you would not beg or appeal for help for someone
who persecutes him/herself. That was not the case in Femi, Fatou, Chief,
or Kanyibaa and their family members and friends. Your frustration issues
from the PERSECUTOR/s. Not the appellant or "beggar". I have begged and
appealed many times in my life both for myself and friends, family, and
coleagues as I'm sure you have too. So instead of being frustrated at
the PERSECUTED or their friend or family member who appeals on their
behalf, I think your frustration ought to be directed at the
PERSECUTOR/s. The mirage of your frustration issued from the fact
that there is a SERIAL (seemingly unending) PERSECUTOR/s in Gambia.
Therefore, I advise you to first rescind your comment, then ammend this
second comment to "unending art of persecution". Serial persecutors create
a climate of serial appeals. That is one of the calculations or collateral
malignancies of the serial persecutor. DaarManso forbid we abandon
our friends, family, and coleagues in their ordeals placed on them by a
serial persecutor. If you cannot come to the aid and secours of yourself,
your friend, and family member, you will not generally be given to help in
natural disasters. And that will be the end of humanity as we know it.
There will then be no need for religion (quoi que sa soit), industry, and
association. There will be no need for a trades union, political
party, professional association like Press, journalist, medical, or
engineers' association. There will have been no need for a united
opposition. You can scream at the top of your voice, but you have already
created the precursor climate for indifference. There is another value for
those good and honourable souls who come to the aid of their fellow
citizens. Time permitting I will share that with you. Meanwhile, it would
not take anything away from you or your goals if you were to rescind your
comment on Karamba's appeal for Femi and to ammend this comment about
"unending art of beggary". This does not fit that category
presently. Besides, if you consider an appeal to be unending art in
beggary, you will be well within your purviews to withhold assistance or
nurturing of such activity. It is not necessary for you to
qualify Karamba's or anyone else's appeal on the behalf of their
persecuted fellow citizen as "penny scarced Gambians pretending to sustain
families of victims of the system back home" whatever that system is. That
is not what the giver to the appeal will be doing. They are only
responding to an appeal for relief for their fellow citizen, luwai am,
luwai mann.
I do understand your frustration. I think it is misdirected and
misplaced in this instance, if inadvertently. Do not try to justify it. I
am your uncle. And you are my Dad.
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