That was a bit too strong Cherokee. I rescind that word. I only meant it in the sense that you may COERCE others to give a different opinion than they believe in en attendant la votre. I love you Cherokee. Now go to it. Tell us what you really think first. Haruna. -----Original Message----- From: C. Omar Kebbeh <[log in to unmask]> To: GAMBIA-L <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sat, Jul 7, 2012 8:02 pm Subject: Re: [G_L] open letter to freedom - a candid letter for pa nderry... Corruption? On Saturday, July 7, 2012, Haruna <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > You took the words right out of my mouth JDAM. And the fact that Cherokee solicits opinion from everyone else without proffering his own first is the hallmark of timidity or corruption. > Haruna. Good hearing you here again JDAM. Giuseppe says Hello to all. And you too Ky. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lamin Darbo <[log in to unmask]> > To: GAMBIA-L <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Sat, Jul 7, 2012 2:26 am > Subject: Re: [G_L] [>-<] open letter to freedom - a candid letter for pa nderry... > > C. Omar Kebbeh > You never bothered to tell us what you think about this balafong piece. What a shame! > Your author accepts Pa Nderry and his Freedom are relevant.It clearly does not require a great leap from that position to ponder why this is the case > Your author thinks the power of the security establishment in The Gambia is a myth and that the myth was created and nurtured by Freedom. I am deeply saddened by this blatant falsehood! > Your author alleges it to be Freedom's view that whoever is close to the Professor or works for the government is "irredeemably corrupt". As a general proposition this may not be the case and corruption is itself a multifaceted word. There is a strong case for rampant moral corruption though. How else can one explain a Secretary General (Ousman Jammeh) pleading guilty to a criminal allegation without legal foundation. Can you rely on such a person to plead the case of an innocent ordinary citizen even behind closed doors if he was so petrified to stand up for himself? Moral corruption? I defer to your author > Your author calls for dialogue as a way out of our intense national dilemma of how to confront absolutist one-sided power. The Professor is not charitable on power sharing and I cannot envisage him in dialogue with anyone who begs him to open up the public space. So what dialogue is your author talking about? > Your author contends Pa Nderry and his Freedom gives journalism and journalists a bad name. This is a mere assertion and there is no evidence to support the claim. How does your author account for the massive popularity of Diaspora-based on-line Gambia when much content is derisory of the Professor! > As to "insulting people", "shock value" and self-centredness, these are issues for Pa Nderry and Freedom to investigate and rectify if there is a need to. Only three days ago, Alhaji Mustapha Faye, Freedom panelist and contributor, informed Pa Nderry and Seedy Ceesay on live radio that some Senegalese elders told him they will never "tune into anything to listen to insults". > Overall, your author comes across as a propagandist for the lamentable status quo > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ 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 interfaceat: 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-lTo 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] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤