Dr. Jallow: I must tell you that the piece was well crafted. Thanks for the humor....one can't get old with the kind of humor around. Once again, thanks! Best,YeroDate: Sun, 9 Dec 2012 10:24:40 -0800
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Subject: [G_L] Of Dictators and Nothern Stars
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Of Dictators and Northern Stars
By Baba Galleh Jallow
At the usual meeting place. One by one the friends gather around the table, some coming in early, some late. The discussion topic tonight is the issue of dictatorship. They all want him gone and are brainstorming on how to achieve this objective.
This dictator hasn’t done anything good for us. He should go and all those under him should go. We are sick and tired of them all.
I totally agree, no dictators. They and their handlers are mere disturbances to our common senses.
Hey, people have a right to support whoever they wish. That’s nobody’s business. It is live and let live.
I agree, they have a right to support just like others have a right to oppose. We must agree to disagree.
What agree to disagree? Some folks come here and insult our intelligence and you tell us about agree to disagree. Please keep that BS in your pants.
It is you who must keep your BS in your panties. How can you come here and tell us otherwise than our senses tell us? We need to be honest to ourselves.
Honest my boots. You guys are sometimes jokers. We want no dictator period.
Hey, watch what you say and how you say it. A dictator for you is not necessarily a dictator for me.
Please spare us the crap. It’s like saying the sun does not always rise from the east.
I say the sun does not always rise from the east.
Why do you say that and what is the evidence? You must be the greatest joker.
Well ask yourself what the evidence is. The east is not one place.
Hey, you guys are making much ado about anything.
It’s much ado about nothing dude. Go learn some English.
When we say the east is not always the east, we mean it depends on where you are. If you are in the east will the east still be the east for you?
Hehe. Now you are engaged in empty polemics. Get down to earth man. No need to show us you are learned.
And who are you to tell me to go learn some English? Your father didn’t pay my school fees.
Hey let’s not get into father talk. That is not acceptable here. Let’s stick to the issues.
I agree, we should not bring parents into this discussion.
Issues my boots. What you call issues are non-issues for me. We should learn to be tolerant.
Well would you say that the northern star is also not constant just like the east?
Who is talking about stars here? I thought we were talking about the sun and the east.
No, we are talking about dictators, and now we are talking about the east and stars. Hehe. It’s funny how some of you guys think.
But does the northern star not also rise in the east?
Hold up dude. The northern star is constant. Caesar said “I am as constant as the northern star.”
That’s BS man. Neither Caesar nor the northern star was constant. Saying you are something does not make you that thing. Let’s try to use our common sense.
Who are you to preach about common sense? You peddle your nonsense here and you say you are preaching. Please spare us the BS.
If Caesar was constant, where is he now?
Calm down guys. We should all agree to disagree.
I agree that the sun rises from the east and there is nothing constant.
Yes, there is. Change is constant. We should think carefully before talking.
How can change be constant? You don’t know what you are saying. That is contradiction in terms.
Hey, no personal insults. We should stick to the issues. If you don’t like it, go away.
I am not going anywhere and no dictators here. And you can’t do a thing about it.
Some of you guys should just zip it and go to sleep. If the sun does not rise from the east, why do we always face the east when we pray? Some of us just like to make noise without thinking.
Hey dude, you should mind your language. Only animals make noise without thinking.
Yes, I agree to say what you said is an insult to this gathering.
Look, no one is insulting anyone here. He made that point merely to make his point.
God! The kind of minds we have here! Made a point to make a point? What’s that? Uh!
LOL dudes! Seems like our resident wonk is up to something. Me smell a ratty!!
If there is any rat here, it is you. You should go into your hole.
Hey, can we move on please? I repeat, let’s stick to the issues or shut up. Period.
And who are you to say period? You can’t stop people from having their say. It’s freedom of speech in this room. We need to respect that.
But to say that the east is not constant is an insult to our intelligence.
But we all agree that dictators are bad and should go away .
It depends on what you mean by dictators.
It’s crazy to say that the east is not the east. That’s just crazy.
And so what about the northern star? If the east is constant so is the northern star.
No, there is no northern star . . .
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