Yero
The issue is far greater than mending fences. Point 1, all editors must refuse, decline to published faceless materials that attack individuals, whether this people are public figures or not, unless they are known in the struggle by many.
Point 2, we cannot find whoever write the said material distasteful but find what Pa Nderry writes something worth reconciling over. An insult is an insult, and the mere fact that, he has the effrontery and audacity to do it, means, he believe there is a ready audience for it.
Honest brokers must reject all such behaviors, if not what will stop him doing it again? It means, we are only burying our faces in sand. People are watchful, and are never ready to be oppressed by Jammeh and lousy online commentator.
Whether it is Momodou Sabally, Sana Sabally, or whoever we are assuming, what matters here is, the editors shouldn't have published it. However, what about if an Editor of Pa Nderry calibre wrote a malicious piece and went on air with malicious venoms, and you have so call respected Gambians continue according him legitimacy, what message is that sending across..You have Sedat Jobe quarrelling with him, you have BB Darboe unfriendly chat, and the Banka Manneh lousy laughs, we need to be serious.
Let us call a spade a spade. We have to be ready to be discomforted with even our close friends. If I go out of line, call me out. I will respect you much more...We shouldn't be nice over issues which can generate a calamitous outcome.
 
The person who wrote the piece has guilty conscience it appears, hence his brutal remarks on folks affected directly by the dictatorship. I am not the least bothered with Mr Mbai's comments, but I will call him out on any open ended attack. He is not beyond anything, so as the writer who made this personal and offensive remarks against Mr Mbenga, and Banjulians. I respect Pa Samba, because he is firm with his opinions and they are well considered before relaying them. Thanks Yero for your general concern. But long struggles are always this way.
My South Sudan friend will always warn that, before things get better there, it will get rough. He trusted the current President, because unlike the late John Karan, he is a rebel who lived with freedom fighters in the Jungle for years, hence he understood the needs, but then that and after taking power is a different ball game. May God guide our actions. Amin
Suntou

On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 12:15 PM, Y Jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Mbarindingho -
 
Thanks for rejoinders.
 
I must share with you that the way that tribalism gets debated worries me a lot. Information that I am hearing indicates that the writing might have been from SG Momodou Sabally. Whether true or false, I have no idea. 
 
Regards to differences that you and Pa Nderry Mbai have must be resolved. We share the same pain. We are all on the same page on the battle against tyranny. The sooner that you all mend fences, the more unified we are and the better that things will be for all of us. What makes it complicated which is why many don't like to be trapped into the debate is, it has a tendency to create more division.
 
Here is a suggestion Suntou, please let go....and open a new page. I will say the same thing to Pa Mbai. Call each other and settle it on the phone. One of my mentors told me once if an email goes back and forward with no common ground, go meet the person or place a call. It resolves things sometimes.
 
Congrats for the baby once again & best for 2014.
 
Yero.
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 10:38:36 +0000
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Subject: Re: [G_L] Wrong Characterization -Misnomer
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Yero
I have a lot of respect for Hellogambia, but I belief they made a wrong call on this occasion. I always recommend that, if any ghost writer aim his/her daggers at an opponent, then he/she must provide a name, and a photo to accompany such articles, a writer with the name Musa Camara as an example. There are many who writes with Gambian sounding names, but these people cannot even be traced or identified.
The remarks in the venomous attacks is no different to what Mr Pa Nderry Mbai did. This is why, we should be firm and stop selectively taking offence in matters which are uncalled for and out of line attacks on ethnicity and individuals beyond acceptable norms.
You are well aware when Pa Nderry made his attacks, we defended ourselves, yet some within the struggle failed to see his larger schemes. Even in our own facebook private mailing group, some referred to us defending ourselves as 'attack dogs'. This is how insensitive some of our brothers are so long as the person or persons attacked, the ethnicity attack is not that of their own.
This writer's piece should not have been published by any newspaper, unless he/she is willing to be identify and the individuals he attacked can have a proper opportunity to respond appropriately. Overall, we shouldn't give any opportunity to folks like them. And we should henceforth condemn all out of line attacks on folks based on ethnic hatred. And the truth is, this phenomenon is a reality. No one is sleeping, neither will people accept any overtures based such treachery. All sound minded Gambians should distance themselves from the writer. He seems to gloat over Jammeh's exploit of our brothers, (Saul Ndow and Mawaha Cham) and justifying the atrocities of November 11. What a shame.
Suntou

On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 1:39 PM, Y Jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

 http://hellogambia.com/duga-usa-duga-will-never-duga-in-the-gambia/

Folks –

Here is a downer again. We must be on alert at all times that the enemy is within midst. For all I care, these folks (Pa Samba, Uncle Ous and Lady Sohnah) are decent folks. I refused to be buried in the kind of mud being thrown at peoples’ faces. I might have differences in opinion as a matter of principle but to characterize the trio and DUGA as a Wollof organ defeats the purpose of what we are doing. A personal friend once quoted former Gambia High School Principal, the late Master I. Jagne as having said, “Crabs don’t make it to sea surface because they are too involved with pulling each others’ legs to the sea’s bottom rock.” There you have it again…

Best,

Yero.

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