Joe,
 
I am glad you are seeing the same and beyond. Quite honestly, I am very made up on my mind. We are hanging onto a smaller democratic principle, that is to only stop at enlightenment, organizing, and rallying. These efforts will complement a bigger democratic principle. The bigger democratic principle is to counter aggression with aggression. There is no democracy without its ingredients. Oh well, if it is killing/tortures, how many people are murdered, arrested, and even disappeared without trace under Jammeh's misrule? So for such a criminal, which religious doctrine, cultural ethic or even human belief is there to say that people cannot defend themselves. I think some of the problems that some of our folks have is too much book reading on democracy and eventually losing sight of a key component of democracy, that is lacking the action spirit to die for a democratic cause. We must not confine ourselves to only some of these books. It is very dangerous. Every effort done on the walls of democracy was done according to the knowledge available at the material time. I am telling all to get the dust layering on their eyes and brains. That seal of dust is all one needs to remove to see light. It is very democratic to defend yourself. It is very democratic to uproot a criminal ruler like Yaya Jammeh in whichever method can be adopted.
 
A professor recently told me that if the Ghandi people had weapons, what is there to suggest that they won't have defended themselves against oppressors. Mandela clearly showed the way.
 
Herein,  I sincerely submit that given the predicament we are in, the only way is to arrest Jammeh. Election mechanish has proved not to work because Jammeh is IEC and IEC is Jammeh. The opposition couldn't unite. The diaspora organizations are trying coupled with the online media. That is all helpful, but the final battle is to confront the man, either arrest him or if he refuses arrest, to be gassed to fainting point.
 
Musa Dadis was sent only a lone bullet and his ass was put on check. That is the end of a long story.
 
Those educated or confused folks about democracy who choose to sit on the fence or being undecided on important matters like these, may as today start to give things another thought. We all saw how just a chunk of our gallant diaspora folks caged Jammeh in that hotel. Who will say that is not democratic?
 
The analogy is like the shepherd who sits down to see the wolf preying on his herd in the name of wild life conservation. The destructive wolf must be countered with defense. Again, our other chances are narrowing by the day. We have a clear choice of living with our wounds or doing a little ground work for the Gambian military to give Jammeh the exit of his entry to power.
 
Behind close doors, almost everyone agrees with Jammeh's removal, but when it comes to being open and straightforward  about it, we think we can play with our language in the name of being termed democrats. Oh well, the shit of democracy hasn't worked and it will not work in a million years. The ingredients of democracy must be present.
 
Best for the rest of the summer Joe.
 
Kind regards always,
Yero.