Hi mr. Ceesay,
I personally do not know u, but I do not think u should stop the good work u
have started.
Please stay.
Macoub.
>From: Ebrima Ceesay <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: Another Ebou Taal's son reacts!
>Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 12:03:22 GMT
>
>Ousman Ndow, Kebba Dampha: Thanks for the genuine comments. They are most
>appreciated. By the way, do feel free to drop me a private e-mail if need
>be.
>
>I have to say that Prince Obrien Coker whom I have great respect for, and
>who can in fact be my Dad, did write to me and Fatou Taal privately, the
>other day; and I did promise him that I was not going to reply to Salieu
>Taal's e-mail. In fact, it even turned out that Ebou Taal was named after
>the very person I was also named after.
>
>However, when I reached home and found these nasty/insulting messages on my
>phone from a female member of the Taal family with what sounded like an
>American accent, I had no option then, except to reply to Salieu Taal in
>the
>way I did. I hardly lose my control, but this was too much for me to bear.
>
>In fact, I have been a member of Gambia-L for two years now, and apart from
>Matarr Njie, I have never had any bitter exchanges with any member. Yes,
>there were disagreements here and there, but they were not ugly ones. I
>have
>always exercised restraints. Remember that Kenneth Best is my mentor. So
>this quality was instilled in me from day one.
>
>But I've also observed that some (not MOST) members of Gambia-L want to
>abuse this privilege. One late lesson I've learnt is that some of the
>people
>on the L, in my view, certainly do not deserve "masla". One has to be
>direct, abrupt and even nasty, if need be, with them.
>
>Anyway, I am glad that Sal Taal got my message clear, and that is even
>reflected in his second posting to me. And by the way, when I say "my day
>will come", which sounded pompous to Essa and Matarr Sajaw, I was actually
>making a statement which Sal Taal understood well. Unlike Essa Thomas and
>Matarr, Salieu Taal did not read that statement out of context. He
>understood what I meant.
>
>You see, Matarr, no one can change the facts of history: contrary to what
>you are saying, I am actually a very humble guy who has come from a very
>humble background. People who know me well will attest to that fact.
>
>Anyway, in conclusion, I have to say that I have always loved or adored
>Gambia-L and, certainly, I am very grateful to all the managers of this
>site
>who have provided me with a JUST and FAIR medium to express myself for two
>years now.
>
>I do not think I can even find the right choice of words to express
>publicly, how grateful I am to all of them (the managers) for all their
>support and advice/guidance over the period. But after long hours of sober
>thinking and reflection, I have now come to the conclusion that I need to
>call it a day! It is surely a very regretful decision, but an inevitable
>one.
>
>So, I'll work on a sober/formal or a well-thought-out final posting
>sometime
>next week, and send it to the L which is, for sure, going to be my lasting
>contribution to this forum. As for my sources in the Gambia, I hope they
>can
>identify someone on the L whom they can trust and work with.
>
>But I have to say at the onset, that given the rate with which my sources
>do
>send in their articles, one has to sacrifice some of his or her working
>hours to be able to do the job very effectively.
>
>In my own case, I had to cut 11 hours from my working hours, in order to
>give priority to my sources' e-mails. By the way, I still have some e-mails
>from my sources on the latest in Banjul, in my other hotmail account, but
>which account I still cannot access. Once I access my other hotmail
>account,
>I'll send these last e-mails to the L.
>
>Anyway, as I said earlier on, I'll work on a sober/formal final posting and
>send it to the L some time next week, before signing off for good.
>
>Ebrima Ceesay,
>Birmingham, UK.
>
>Aminata Lamin: Why didn't you join Gambia L until when I am about to leave?
>(laugh)
>
>Ebou Janha: Coach or Oyster here! To you too, why didn't you subscribe to
>Gambia L all these years - until now - when I am about to sign off for
>good?
>(laugh) Anyway, I hope both you and Aminata Lamin would find this medium
>useful and informative. I for one have found it to be so.
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