Landing Sanyang, Thanks for the free lectures and, by the way, always feel free, to call me a prevaricator or an "opportunist", as you did in your commentary. Anyway, I, personally, don't know who you are, but I would never, especially in the open, doubt, or question, your personal integrity and honesty, even though we may have different political viewpoints. If I am an "opportunist", or a prevaricator, time will tell! They say the truth, buried to the ground, will rise again!! I hate to say this, but, in passing, one thing I would make abundantly clear to you, Mr Sanyang, is that if I were an opportunist, as you alleged, I shouldn't even be thinking about the Gambia, because there are more doors open to me, here, than in the Gambia. In fact, friends and colleagues here think that something is "wrong" with me, for continuing, as they would often say, to "waist" my "precious time and energy", with Gambian politics, always making unnecessary expensive phone calls to the Gambia, when I could be doing other productive things. Anyway, Mr Sanyang, regardless of your harsh comments, I still believe that you are a good, righteous and decent person, and I am looking forward to meeting you, in person, one fine day. May be, if, by chance, we meet in person, one fine day, we might understand each other's position better and, in this way, give each other the respect one deserves. Let me tell you a story. One day, I went to interview the late Charles Jow of the Exams Council and, at some point during the interview, he didn't think he was being interviewed by me, Ebrima Ceesay. Why? Because I was often referring to him, during the interview, as "Sir; Sir ; yes Sir." He said based on my "controversial" articles, and my tough-talking radio interviews, he would never have expected Ebrima Ceesay, of all people, to refer to him as "Sir, Sir; Yes Sir; Yes Sir"... Hopefully, Mr Sanyang, if we meet face to face, in the future, you might have a change of heart and say: "Wow, after all, Ebrima is not the fake person I thought he was!" I do get it wrong sometimes, but that doesn't justify allegations that I am fake, or unreal, or "an opportunist" to borrow your own words. In any case, as I said to Musa Jeng, in an earlier posting, I have, in fact, learnt some very valuable lessons, as a result of what happened, on the L, these past few days, and I hope to put these useful lessons into good use. Anyway, Mr Sanyang, I don't blame you for your wild allegations, because communications, or correspondence, via Cyberspace, as Halifa sallah once wrote to me, on this forum, (and I hope I am quoting him correctly), could be difficult at times. Anyway, do have a good week, and good luck in your endeavours! Ebrima Ceesay, Birmingham, UK. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------