Kabir,
       your concern about forwarding Daffeh's articles
and him not been subscribe to the list is noted but
unfortunately this does not represent the general
feelings of the majority of Gambians therefore, i
would seek for more public opinion and then come to
conclusion.

Many believe that hence his articles are published by
credible newspapers like Allgambian.net and so fort
therefore they should as well be forwarded to the list
for public consummation and analysis.

Saihou   



--- Amadu Kabir Njie <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Oops, the email did 'a UDP' on me before I could
> proof read... Rectified
> version below.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Kabir.
> 
> "saihou Mballow" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> >
> > It is troubling that few people on this list
> exhibits
> > a strikingly low level of political intolerance
> and i
> > don't believe you are part of those people. They
> don't
> > want to see any thing written against their favor.
> 
> Mr. Mballow,
> 
> I am not sure if the above is what you really meant
> to write but if so, I
> cannot see what problem you may possibly have with
> people on the list
> exhibiting "... a strikingly low level of political
> intolerance..."
> 
> Or is it that TOO "FEW people on this list"
> exhibiting "a strikingly low
> level of political intolerance.." that you have a
> problem with?
> 
> You also wrote:
> 
> ".. many Gambians have expressed positive feelings
> about Mr Daffeh's
> writtings.."
> 
> I guess that should be all the more reason for you
> to ask "Mr. Daffeh" to
> subscribe to the list like all those who are
> genuinely interested in
> debating issues of national importance and have
> access to the internet,
> instead of having his 'intellectual' take forwarded
> under headings such as
> "Ss. Daffeh"?
> 
> That way he can at least participate directly and
> debunk any counter
> arguments that are put forth against his 'analysis'.
> Or is "Mr. Daffeh" is
> aware of the fact that his 'analysis' are full of
> holes and that they can't
> hold water under closer scrutiny?
> 
> The fact that you add a "DISCLAIMER": THIS ARTICLE
> WAS NOT WRITTEN NOR
> ENDORSED
> BY ME JUST FORWARDING does not convince some of us
> that you do not "endorse"
> the "F's".
> 
> The mere fact that you see it necessary to add a
> disclaimer is quite
> revealing since at the end of each piece "Mr.
> Daffeh" appends his name.
> 
> You went on to say:
> 
> > Daily we see people on this list using "F" words
> but
> > do any anyone care to tell them to stop, NO.
> > Therefore, it is unfair for me to reject
> forwarding
> > Daffeh's writings. Daffeh has always been backing
> his
> > articles with facts and records.
> 
> Well, I use the "F" word (to borrow from you) quite
> frequently, but then
> those are not from individuals but from newspapers
> and magazines. On a
> number of occasions when we have been late in
> receiving "Foroyaa" online
> resulting in it not being forwarded here 'on time'
> many have written to
> me privately to ask what the problem was. Many have
> come to expect it.
> 
> The difference between forwarding "Foroyaa" and
> "F"-ing  'intellectual' take
> of "Mr. Daffeh" is that "Foroyaa" for example,
> contains news items about not
> only NADD but other miscellaneous items of interest
> to many.
> 
> Had Mr. Daffeh" been here himself may be he could
> have explained the many
> inconsistencies in his 'analysis'. I quote "Mr.
> Daffeh" here just a give an
> example:
> 
> >  I have heard cynics saying Darboe is never even
> > elected into the National Assembly, how can he win
> the
> > presidency? Well, he never won a National Assembly
> > seat because he never contested one, period. Even
> > though he didn't win the Sami and Fulladu West
> > Constituencies in the past presidential elections,
> > something his critics have persistently use as a
> > weapon against him, that doesn't mean he cannot
> pick a
> > parliamentary seat in one of these constituencies
> > should he decides to seek one. Gambian electorates
> > tend to have different ways of deciding who should
> > represent them in Parliament and who they want to
> > become their President. In the past two
> presidential
> > elections for example, the people of Wuli refused
> to
> > vote in favour of Sedia Jatta and yet the same
> people
> > who rejected him as a presidential candidate voted
> him
> > three times into parliament. This shows how
> outlandish
> > and absurd such arguments are. As a matter of
> fact, we
> > are talking about a presidential election here,
> not
> > parliamentary elections. Owing to their localised
> > nature, parliamentary elections simply do not fit
> in
> > the equation. Nevertheless, since there is another
> > school of thought who may disagree with this, I
> now
> > venture to compare Mr Darboe's electoral records
> with
> > that of NADD's chosen Halifa Sallah in respect of
> > former Serrekunda East and Serrekunda Central from
> the
> > period 1996 to 2005. In the 1996 presidential
> > election, Twelve thousand, three hundred and
> > thirty-three [12,325] people voted for Mr Darboe
> as
> > opposed to Eight thousand five hundred and
> twenty-nine
> > [8,529] votes for Halifa Sallah in the 1997
> > parliamentary election. That is a majority of
> Three
> > thousand, seven hundred and ninety- six votes in
> > favour of Mr Darboe. In the 2001 presidential
> > election, Eight thousand, one hundred and
> thirty-six
> > [8,136] people in Serrekunda Central [Halifa
> Sallah's
> > present constituency] voted for Mr Darboe as
> opposed
> > to Five thousand, five hundred and eight-three
> [5,583]
> > votes for Halifa Sallah, in the 2002 Parliamentary
> > elections. That is a majority of Two thousand,
> five
> > hundred and fifty-three [2,553] votes again, in
> favour
> > of Mr Darboe. It is to be noted that the splitting
> of
> > former Serrekunda East Constituency by APRC, gave
> > birth to Serrekunda Central. In the September 29,
> 2005
> > by-elections, Mr Sallah managed to secure a
> surplus
> > vote of only Three hundred and twenty-eight [328]
> > despite the backing of five political parties.
> Even
> > with this, he still trails behind Mr Darboe's 2002
> > record by a margin of Two thousand, two hundred
> and
> > twenty-five [2225] votes in his [Halifa] own
> > constituency. This demonstrates how incomparable
> Mr
> > Darboe's popularity is to that of Halifa Sallah in
> the
> > later own constituency. Taking cognizant of these
> > facts, how can any reasonable person conclude that
> > Halifa Sallah is more sellable than Lawyer Darboe?
> Are
> > people behind such a bizarre argument actually
> > interested in seeing the back of APRC? These kind
> of
> > disingenuous arguments are a complete menace to
> our
> > common objective and it is about time for people
> > engaged in it to re-examine their positions. I
> > challenge Halifa Sallah's disciples to come up
> with
> > tangible explanations as to why they consider him
> more
> > sellable than Lawyer Darboe. Make sure your
> arguments
> 
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