Read again the definition of the word and compare it with what I put up. Then you can tell me how is that different from dictator and/or where I lie.

Everyone is telling me that my opinion as if they are not telling there opinion. 

Regards

Burama 

On Tuesday, May 27, 2014, Y Jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Comrade Burama -
 
It is nice seeing your opinion as always. I have no doubt that you are loaded with a sincere motive to see the Gambia and her citizens liberated from the clutches of tyranny, and to that, I just wanted to say keep on patriotic citizens. To where I live to witness the new Gambia, I would like to see all citizens being respected for their opinions...a nation of active and responsible citizens who are aware of their environment, and who will champion the rights of citizens, to live and exercise their freedom of everything, without being subjected to terror.
 
That said, here is some advice for you, which might not change your beliefs wholly, but it will help structure your argument, a bit better, if not for your readership, at least for posterity reference. I know your iron is very hot right now and you would just rather vent out on your feelings...and many probably fail to realize that this claim of yours is only an opinion, and it doesn't mean the man was in fact a dictator. Consider changing your tone a little bit...the whole idea of Jawara being branded a "dictator" in the real context of dictatorship, might not befitting the man in my view, at least going by the standard measurement of dictatorship in real context. Changing the choice of words just a little is very rewarding and it will also give you the opportunity to continue the path of democratic movement, something that you have a hobby in pursuing.  Yes, there wasn't a term limit. Yes, there were some human rights violations. Yes, there were some system defficiencies. etc...you name it. But Dictator, he wasn't. The man was a victim himself, of a "maslaya" culture that came to define the system of Government, to which the end result was "connections" that saw others to light, and others kept in their struggling spots for survival. Such is not rare in our cultures. We know who we are, a people whose circle of friendship and family give great "connections" which end up shamefully making it to govt quarters.
 
The new Gambia will be a Gambia of true citizens; one that will put the bondage of family and frienship away to reconcile the nation.
 
I checked the meaning of a dictator on dictionary (www.dictionary.com) and here is what it says. This meaning doesn't truly picture the real meaning of dictatorship.
 
www.dictionary.com....
(1.a person exercising absolute power, especially a ruler who has absolute, unrestricted control in a government without hereditary succession.

2.

(in ancient Rome) a person invested with supreme authority during a crisis, the regular magistracy being subordinated to him until the crisis was met.

3.

a person