Wonder who is calling for perfection. Rubbish allusion. Perfection is a myth. Only in the minds unreaistic dreamers. Mboge On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 4:42 PM, Malanding Jaiteh <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > And when we cut-off our malignant arms and legs, our perfectly rounded > torso will writhe itself down the streets of Banjul. > > Perfection must not be the enemy of good. > > Malanding Jaiteh > > > On 12/4/2012 6:27 PM, Modou Mboge wrote: > > *Character Assassination or a question of scrutinizing the record and > integrity of an ‘enabler’ who fell out with President Yahya Jammeh: > The case of former Professor Dr Amadou ‘Scattered’ Janneh* > > By Momodou Olly Mboge > > The heated argument that erupted following the excellent factual scrutiny > of Dr Amadou ‘Scattered’ Janneh’s record both before and during his tenure > as one of President Yahya Jammeh’s State Ministers or Secretaries rumbles > on. The defenders of Janneh or should I say the ‘critically minded > analyst’ or the ‘the politically incorrect’ as one claimed, believe that > Prince Obrien-Coker and those who agree with his analogy are engaged in > assassinating the good character of Janneh as well as trying to elbow him > (and ‘turn coats like him’) out from the ranks of the opposition. Their > arguments are becoming hysterical and incoherent the more they come out > swinging in defense of Janneh. > > Those who agree with Prince instead believe that it is prudent, fair, and > wise to be reminded of the ‘turn coats’ among the opponents of Jammeh who > are being compared with ‘Mandela’ as well as being positioned as the new > enlightened ‘saviours’ and champions of the struggle to rid the Gambia of > Sheikh His Excellency President Alhagi Dr Professor Yahya Jammeh. Since I > consider myself among those who agree with Prince Obrien-Coker’s > observation, I am apt to think that he is asking and trying to answer the > ‘never again’ question so as not to let future generations of Gambians > being led astray in the struggle against tyranny in their country. The > Nigerian critic, Chinweizu, who has had many an intellectual battle with > Wole Soyinka cautioned against not asking and trying to answer the ‘never > again’ question in the analogy below. He writes: > > “Consider a man who has just escaped, half mauled, from the den of a pack > of hungry lions. If he is wise, his first order of business is to vow > “Never again!” and ask how he strayed there in the first place, and then to > take steps never again to make that mistake. If he does not do this, if he > fails to learn from his harrowing experience, he is stupid and deserves to > become the dinner for the next lion that comes his way. By failing to ask > and answer that “never again” question, Black Africa’s “independence” > generation let Black Africa down and led us astray.” Chinweizu (2008) > > Indeed the Gambian opposition to SHEPAD Jammeh has been mauled more than > one time by pretenders and opportunists. It is way beyond the point it > should have asked the ‘never again’ question and to find answers to such a > crucial question. It will be more than stupidity not to do so. Prince > Obrien-Coker has cued us. We should be having more of the type of scrutiny > he has made on the records of Dr A S Janneh. Dr Janneh sullied his own > integrity by dining and enabling the devil. As one observer on the online > forums the good Dr ‘assassinated his own character’ and I should add he has > done a damn good job. No spinning can change that. > > The lead defender of Amadou Scattered Janneh, Mathew Jallow whose > narcissism and charlatanry are legendary tells us that what Prince > Obrien-Coker wrote about his friend Janneh is just the ‘fertile > imagination’ of the gentleman devoid of evidence. He wants us to believe > that Dr Janneh and his likes were actually in the government system to > subvert President Jammeh’s efforts. In the words Mathew Jallow: “From the > day of his appointment to the day of his dismissal, Dr. Janneh worked > actively but clandestinely every opportunity he had to undermine the Yahya > Jammeh regime”. Jallow goes on to cite some evidence for this, one of > which was when Janneh was accused of working for foreign agents. The > funny thing about Mathew’s rebuttal of Prince Obrien-Coker’s facts is that > he would not divulge certain information because if does he will be > endangering some lives in the Gambia. Standard evasiveness. Well, to be me > this is an absurd excuse. If Mathew and his friends are serious in their > claim that people are trying to ‘assassinate the character’ of the good Dr > or shall I say Professor A S Janneh. I think they should be more > convincing in their arguments than hiding behind flimsy and preposterous > excuses which no one can verify or substantiate. Mathew, the man who has > bamboozled us with his skills and intellectual acumen as well as being the > ‘most qualified Gambian to be President’ should stop taking people for > being stupid. Most Gambians are discerning and are engaged critically at > all levels with the struggle to get rid of Jammeh. > > As I hurriedly stated in a response (full of errors) to an editor of one > of the Gambian online papers the idea that Dr Amadou S Janneh is a Mandela > figure who has suddenly brought to light the conditions in Gambian prisons > is I repeat a fallacy and ‘nonsense on stilts’ which obviously means > nonsense upon nonsense. Any honest person following what is going on in > the Gambia knows that Foroyaa has spent a lot of ink and paper concerning > the conditions in Gambian prisons. Halifa Sallah, yes Halifa Sallah whose > mention stirs a lot anger and vitriol from some of his so-called, > self-ascribed ‘critical scrutinisers’ has continuously spoken and written > about Gambian prison conditions. Many other people with experience of > those conditions have spoken about it. The conditions in Gambian prison > have not changed since Dr Janneh’s sojourn. Dr Janneh suffered for no > one. Though I agree he was wrongly incarcerated, he did not go to prison > for the ‘people’. > > Furthermore, the idea that we can learn from Dr A S Janneh’s proximity to > President Jammeh is neither here nor there. There is nothing we do not > know about Jammeh that we can learn from Dr Janneh so that argument should > be thrown where it belongs in the trash can. > > For what it is worth, no one is denying Dr Amadou Scattered Janneh or > people like him the right to oppose President Jammeh. He has all the right > to do so. Equally no one should try to stop people scrutinising the > integrity of persons like him based on facts about their record. > > In the mean time I eagerly await more installments from Prince > Obrien-Coker of the type on Amadou S Janneh. > > > > > > > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ 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]¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ 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] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤