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Beran jeng <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 15 Oct 2001 11:53:53 -0400
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Jabou,

Alieu also copied me on this mail.I'm not familiar with circumstances
around his delisting and i believe the managers will include him in their
consideration.

Beran


>From: Jabou Joh <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
><[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: FWD: List Managers: What about Alieu Sesay??????
>Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2001 11:33:30 EDT
>
>In a message dated 10/14/2001 2:36:41 AM Central Daylight Time,
>[log in to unmask] writes:
>
>
> >
> >
> > Greetings GL'ers,
> >
> > I would like to bring to your attention that I was
> > unduly delisted from the list, without warning of any
> > sort, on the 25th of September, following my encounter
> > with Yusupha Jow. As soon as I noticed that I wasn't
> > getting any mail, I wrote privately to the list owner,
> > Momodou Camara (with a Blind Copy to Ms. Jabou Jow),
> > inquiring about the reason for my delisting from the
> > list. As I had expected, Momodou Camara never
> > responded to me because he thinks that he is either
> > better than me or that he is above all list members.
> > Well, for somebody who grew up in the same village as
> > Momodou Camara, albeit much younger than him, I can
> > vouch that he is dead wrong in both assumptions. In my
> > opinion, a simple explanation would have sufficed and
> > I would have lived with it since I am only an
> > occassional contributor on the list.
> >
> > My reason for writing to you today is not to cry on
> > your shoulders but to register my utmost disgust at
> > the injustice and draconian laws of the list managers.
> > Their appreciation of injustice is not shared by me,
> > given their draconian laws and unpricipled decision to
> > delist me. This kind of hypocrisy and heavy handedness
> > is not approriate in any public forum where democracy
> > is preached. My earlier question to Momodou Camara
> > still remains to be: What have I done, to be so
> > severely punished, especially at this critical time of
> > our country's history, when everyone's voice needs to
> > be heard?
> >
> > Over the past couple of weeks, I have read, through
> > the web interface, the kind of garbage and motherly
> > insults that were being thrown around the list for all
> > to read, yet not a word from the list management was
> > heard until the damage was already done. But as soon
> > as I opened my mouth, they tried to shut it becasue it
> > is the 'JOW' family. Is this not hypocrisy at its
> > best? Different strokes for different folks? Where, in
> > any of my exchanges with Yusupha Jow, did I use the
> > kind of language that was totally disgusting and/or
> > out of line? I suspect my deletion from the list to be
> > the work of either Momodou Camara and/or Soffie
> > Ceesay, simply becasue these two names were mentioned
> > by Yusupha Jow in one of his postings.
> >
> > Momodou Camara and Soffie Cessay, I respect you both
> > and, for this reason, hope that you will do the right
> > thing and resubscribe me, or at least have the decency
> > to tell me why I was delisted. If you can resubscribe
> > Yusupha Jow, simply because of pressure from list
> > members, then you can resusbcribe me becasue I did not
> > use any undecent language on any list member or list
> > member's family. Furthermore, the list rules that were
> > announced on October 5th, came after my deletion. Why
> > then am I to be punished for a crime that I didn't
> > commit? Like I told Momodou Camara in my private email
> > to him, I hope you will "do the right thing".
> >
> > This is my last email on this.
> >
> > Alieu Badara Sesay
> > ----------------------------------
> > PS:
> > For people like KB, Yus and Jaboh, it would be
> > interesting to know your take on my plight, given that
> > you are always online speaking about, and advocating
> > for, democracy and fairness. I hope that you do
> > practice what you are preaching on the L.
> >
> >
>
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