Brother Joe,
  I really do not understand where you are heading at, but what I understood of you is the fact that you don’t compromise to collective wellbeing and I bet it will never be a tool to reconcile differences. Then again, it is your opinion to be what you like to be and non can help that. What we can do is logical discussion on matters of interest and reality. We all know you could be right but that is not what we are after but the unity of the people. Therefore, to achieve those goals we need to reduce our charm to allow the bullet to pave its way for once.
   
  Basically, I will say there are two levels of reality I can think of on Earth as follow; INDIVIDUAL REALITY and COLLECTIVE REALITY. Your individual reality is yours alone; no other human being has the exact same set of beliefs and no other human being perceives the world from your point of view. 
   
  Collective realities on the other hand, consist of those belief systems that are shared by two or more people. Collective realities often tend to have more power than individual realities. Since belief creates reality, the world of humanity is a reflection of the compounded beliefs of each individual combined with the collective beliefs of humankind. 
   
  In order for society to function efficiently, individuals enter into agreements as to which realities will be accepted and which will not. When enough people agree on a particular reality, it becomes known as a fact. Everyday facts are real in the sense that there exist a collectively agreed to perceive physical reality in a certain way. This is obviously necessary in order for us to live together on this small planet. 
   
  Imagine the chaos if everyone had a different interpretation of a red traffic light, for instance. Without collective belief, red is simply red. But we have all agreed that red means stop and so this becomes a fact. Someone can still disagree, and for that person, red may not mean stop, but it may be difficult for him or her to drive an automobile. The realities with the most power are those that are believed by the most people. Another example is; Death and taxes seem inevitable because the vast majority of people believe in them. It is possible for an individual to disagree with death and taxes, but due to the pressure to conform to the mass consciousness, very few individuals have broken out of this collective reality.
   
  Because there are many levels and dimensions of reality of which you are not always aware, it is often very difficult to tell reality from truth. I have seen very clearly that if you create a new set of beliefs that do not conform to what the mass consciousness believes, you are living a very different reality from the one we call “normal. Whish you can understand where I am heading at in the given discussion. Thank again
  Edi


Joe Sambou <[log in to unmask]> wrote:  Edie, this is not about blaming. If folks are saying that the "opposition 
leaders" failed the people, then it is incumbent on those making the charge 
to show us how, because that is not what transpired here and that history 
cannot be rewritten. I did not call out Ousainou and the UDP because 
Ousainou is a Mandinka. I am stating that "Some" of the opposition leaders 
(Ousainou)failed the people and I gave a brief line up of specifics that we 
all witnessed for the past six years. If each person is supporting a person 
from their ethnic group, then how come am not supporting the APRC? One 
opposition is what I've always asked for and will continue to ask for. One 
thing is certain, the one constant that folks do not want to touch for what 
ever reason, will be discussed. You take him out of the picture, and we 
would have made progress a long time ago. As long as Ousainou is in the 
thick of things, Gambians will be held hostage for a very long time. He 
managed to do the one thing that Yaya was not able to do - stem the tide of 
unity. Now that we're living the reality that he created, folks want to 
throw a blanket dismissal on all opposition leaders. Let's face it, some 
folks here never warmed up to NADD and that was evident when Ousainou pulled 
out with his baseless reasons. In order for the opposition to progress, we 
must deal directly will all the contradictions that is her dead weights - 
Tribe/Party interests/selfishness/ etc.

Edie, avoiding pointing a finger is what we have done since 2001 and that is 
why we are where we are today. It was dumb to think one can go it alone or 
with a few good men/women in 2001 and it was also dumb to repeat the same 
thing in 2006. How can one look to the future when one continually ignores 
the past?

Chi Jaama

Joe


>From: Edie Sidibeh 
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list 
>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: CALL for THE RESIGNATION of ALL Opposition leaders
>Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 17:36:14 +0000
>
>Hello everyone again,
>
>I will again, refused to accept or finding who is to be blame in this 
>situation of unifying the politician in-other to unit and save our 
>community which is divided between political loyalist or tribal line if you 
>like. The era of politicizing is far gone and we should devout our energy 
>on uniting the people than finding who is wrong or right. As I said in my 
>previous mail both the two party leaders knew what is to be done to gain 
>them their mission accomplishment, therefore, we should be mindful to 
>create more bad bloods to making it difficult for the future unification. 
>However, how can we be free here if the people back home are not? The way 
>to eradicating that barrier of freedom for all need diplomatic approaches, 
>patience as well as strategical means but not radicalizing the situation.
>
>One of the Mandinka proverbs goes like, an elderly man standing in darkness 
>will always see himself even if finger are not pointed at him. Besides, 
>our aim should be based on uniting the people than pointing finger, because 
>pointing fingers is just not going to work but deterring our success 
>because of the nature of African politic and the politicians who took those 
>nature for granted to cause more distraction and disorientation in the life 
>of the people.
>
>For-example, Mandinka are saying Darbo is the man, the Fullas on the other 
>hand, will chose Hamat Bah and Manjagos Gomez etc, now if we wanted to 
>unite these groups on intellectual bases instead of tribal line should we 
>start by blaming either of them to deter the fruitfulness of our efforts, 
>or should we avoid the pointing finger and logically paved our way through 
>the hearth and minds of the people by convincing the leaders that unity is 
>the key no matter who is wrong or right, that, they are all having the same 
>goal thus different approaches and those approaches should be compromised 
>for the sake of unity and freedom for all.
>Edi
>
>
>
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