Good mentor Haruna,

 Good speed as always from your end. 

For your commentaries, count me as a timelybeneficiary for the strong opinions of yours that I dearly share. Yourcommentaries matter a lot at a time when commentaries are our onlyreliance for hope. At least your words are inspiring others ofcourage, love and hope. Excuse the parts where we have to disagree, time and again.

That is just normal.

 With love & kind regards,Y…

 

 

> Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:20:11 -0400> From: [log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: The Socrates bashing: Rejoinder to Galleh's debate> To: [log in to unmask]> > > Y,> > I admire your keen sense of appreciation and discernment. I have come to > appreciate Galleh's commentaries as satire's omnibus. He is the vrai ombudsman.> > Haruna. Thanks Y. > > In a message dated 3/19/2008 6:55:44 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, > [log in to unmask] writes:> > > The Socrates Bashing: rejoinder to Galleh’s debate.> > > Galleh’s recent bashing on the teacher of old, Socrates is the tear-dripping > summary of Foroyaa’s interview with Madi Ceesay about the Independent > Newspaper. I happened to read Galleh’s piece before reading Foroyaa’s interview, > and as soon as I got done reading Madi’s points, I equally wiped my tears with > Galleh’s nostalgic piece of Socrates. If at all to put it in ink, I am a > long time fan to the Independent. Personally, I think the Independent > proprietors should not loose hope about the leaflets of the Independent flying soon > again. The closure of an institution like the Independent is a clear testimony > of Jammeh’s wish to keep people in the dark. But like I jokingly tell my > friends, you close one Independent, tens of others will emerge; you kill one > Deyda, hundred Deydas will emerge. You then ask: Who is running a profit or > loose? Isn’t it him…Jammeh? But candidly to say, all the good ideas have been > put on line or in print. Papers like Foroyaa and the Point has truly proved to > be great educators of time. We need to pick the pieces together and do action > work. Words alone cannot do it. Words are meant to prepare the people > mentally. That gives courage for action. We are stocked over interpretation of > democracy. Yes, democracy means peaceful advocacy. But we have what is called > self-defense and fighting for sovereignty. Or do we want to believe that > democracy is to let someone keep poking your intestines with a lethal injection > while you keep dreaming about democracy. You got it! What democracy will stop you > poking a someone else’s intestine that is poking yours? God damn him [a > dictator] and all his hims! > > > I tell you that some Gambians show a tendency worst than Jammeh, as far as > aggression towards the press is concerned or individuals. It is true that > press freedom would mean good journalistic ethics. It would mean fair, balance, > accurate, well investigated stories and carefully written with good choice of > words. The same thing with societal freedom. I see no difference with those > associated with newspapers and those associated with forums. The later has a > tendency to be so irresponsible and exercise a lot of aggression without > accountability. Let us call a spade a spade. Those in the media are doing a good > job. That includes those in these forums as well. Now that doesn’t make them > heroes or perfect. They are equally like those of us contributing in these > forums. The same crimes they commit are the same crimes we daily commit, as far > as character-assassination is concerned [TO THOSE OF THEM THAT DO.] But > Professor Cummings once taught me, “They speak to you like angels and they behave > like stupid human beings.” Take a break and learn about your surrounding with > a mythical leader firing mythical bullets to eliminate us, one by one. > > > Y...> > > > _________________________________________________________________> Climb to the top of the charts! Play the word scramble challenge with star > power.> http://club.live.com/star_shuffle.aspx?icid=starshuffle_wlmailtextlink_jan> ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤> To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L > Web interface> at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html> > To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: > http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l> To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to:> [log in to unmask]> ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤> > > > > > > > **************Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL > Home. > (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15?ncid=aolhom00030000000001)> > ����������������������������������������������������������> To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface> at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html> > To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l> To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to:> [log in to unmask]> ����������������������������������������������������������> 

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