AbdouKarim 1. English language is not mind 2. What standard will we use - mind, yours, Yahya's etc. That game will have no rules. We have to have a point of reference. 3. I also love Jawara as a person. However if we come to judge his deeds I tend to base my arguments on the very definition of such topic. Again I will post why I said Jawara was a dictator. Burama On Wednesday, May 21, 2014, abdoukarim sanneh <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Burama > I am not comparing my point of reference your English language standard > definition of a dictator and none do I mentioned Yaya Jammeh. > > ------------------------------ > Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 10:22:00 -0400 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: What makes a dictator? > To: [log in to unmask] > > AbdouKarim > > Jawara was a dictator. I will post a 10-point reason for everyone to read > later today or tomorrow. > > Please research a bit more on the definitions of a dictator, dictatorship > and democracy. > > Comparing him with Yahya is not the issue. > > Burama > > On Wednesday, May 21, 2014, abdoukarim sanneh < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Burama > Those that definition fit in your framing of Sir Dawda as a dictator. > Controlling state power showing no respect to constitutionality and rule of > law. You want to tell me that under PPP our judiciary is not > independent? Judges are fired if their ruling was not favourable to the > Government of the day? If that happened under the rule of Sir Dawda you > are free to give me example. I am botn in the 1960s and have witness 1981 > and the treason trial of Sheriff Mustapha Dibba Lamin Danso and step father > Bully Sanneh et al. Those PPP under the rule SIr Dawda a one man show? > Burama me and you and many in this forum are post 1965 generation of > Gambian citizens we should be honest to distinguish chaff in the winds > I am work and sorry cannot use company computer > I am using my mobile sending this message > > ------------------------------ > Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 08:57:52 -0400 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: What makes a dictator? > To: [log in to unmask] > > Ousman > > English Lanfuage definition - a ruler with total power over a country, > typically one who has obtained power by force. > > Not mind! > > Burama > > On Wednesday, May 21, 2014, ousman ceesay <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > Wow... You guys find dictators lurching around every corner. I doubt, > you will find any politician who fit your definition of a democrat. > > --- Original Message --- > > From: "Burama Jammeh" <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: May 21, 2014 5:34 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: What makes a dictator? > > Kwame was very harsh on his opponents. In his mind opposing him is not a > civic responsibility and right but unpatriotism. > > He also like to seek refuge under anti-colonial sentiment. > > Sure he's. Pan African leader but that's not exactly democracy. > > Burama > > On Wednesday, May 21, 2014, Kejau Touray <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Most dictators run an *autocratic* government, with no real checks and > rule *totalitarian* regimes, staying in power by controlling the mass > media, using the state police and spy agencies, restricting or removing the > rights of the citizens. Dictators often cultivate a *cults of > personalities, *using propaganda declaring them flawless, with school > children taught to sing their praises. > > So on a scale of 1 to 10, where will you put Yaya (I put him at 10), > Jawara, Nkrumah and even Sekou Toure? > > Kejau > > > ------------------------------ > Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 10:10:34 +0200 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: PDOIS unveils Agenda 2016 party manifesto > To: [log in to unmask] > > Brilliant agenda from PDOIS, encompassing all and every democratic > principle known to man, amd infact with the most progressive economic, > gender and human rights policies, known to man. > Who said PDOIS 'nyom den pdois'? > Kejau > > > Sent from Samsung Mobile > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Kejau Touray > Date:20/05/2014 22:47 (GMT+01:00) > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: PDOIS unveils Agenda 2016 party manifesto > > africa » gambia > > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ 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]<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[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] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤