Mr Mboge,
I commend you for the work you are doing .I also eagerly wait for Mr Kanteh
to address the questions raised by Buharry.
PEACE
PASAMBA JOW

>From: momodou olly-mboge <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: Debate/Programmed Fanatics
>Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 22:41:00 GMT
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>Mr Kanteh,
>
>
>this might be my last posting to you.  I've mailed you privately on two
>occasions but got no answer.  I know you might be busy but would appreciate
>it if you let me know whether you are still interested in a public debate
>with my beloveth 'Saint Halifa'. You've indicated that you were to peruse
>our 'bible Foroyaa' at Birmingham Africa Centre.  I'm sure with your
>erudition you must be very much prepared to debunk our most revered 'saint
>Halifa of Churchill's Town'.
>
>   It is your prerogative not to reply to my mails since my understanding
>of
>the English Lanquage is very limited which will obviously irritate your
>very
>honed mind.  When i offered to facilitate a debate, i was hoping that, as
>concerned Gambians we were in favour of openly espousing our convictions at
>any public platform.  I hope i will not be reminded that the L is a public
>forum.  If the L is public enough for you to get through the minds of the
>Gambians,good luck. I just thought there would be no delay on your part to
>expose  those 'spineless' politicians with an 'infantile' tolerance of the
>buffoon Yahya in another forum. I was humbly thinking that this will be
>just
>an extension of the 'good job' you've embarked on.
>
>Regardless of the anticlimactic disclaimer from you, i still take my hat
>off
>for you in your determined effort to upbraid our so-called intellects. As
>you stated, you have no inhibitions in expressing your views about these
>so-called intellects of which you lumped my hero, Halifa, i would have
>thought then that a face to face encounter will further help your course.
>
>Your intellectual guru, the Russian-born British philosopher,Isiah Berlin,
>who dominated the Oxford establishment during his life time penned a very
>interesting work on intellectuals, the group you never want to be
>associated
>with.  He observed that there exist two categories of intellectuals:
>
>1) there are intellects who he wrote behave like hedgehogs
>
>and
>
>2) the second group he wrote are like foxes
>
>The first group Berlin observed knew only one thing and all their energies
>are channelled towards that one single thing they know,just as the hedgehog
>pursues its one  interest.
>The second group are fox-like in its interest.  THe fox has got different
>ways of approaching it's prey which in Berlin's observation is a better
>ideal.
>
>I am starting to see you as a hedgehog with a determined wrath to expose
>Halifa/PDOIS/FOROYAA. HAlifa and his party have impeccably proven their
>dedication to the upliftment of the GAmbian nation.  I see nothing wrong in
>telling people what is right and wrong through persuasion.  If this is
>criminal, God help me.   As one of those who you claimed you lobbed your
>posting 'Taking Stock' and who cannot in your own words again'see anything
>beyond what Foroyaa and our Saintly Halifa tells us' is disappointed about
>your seeming silence on the proposed debate.
>
>My endeavour is to learn from those with a better remedy to our countries
>woes.  However, i shall opt to join the rank of those who you called
>'Programmed Fanatics' and shall remain with our 'beloveth Saint Halifa of
>Churchill's Town' until you and your esoteric colleagues(the KBs and Bamba
>Laye Jallows who are more concern with the plight of the Gambians) come up
>with a coherent formula to get rid of the menace in the Gambbia.  I shall
>be
>praying for him(Halifa) to redouble his efforts in penning more 'posh'
>letters to the crack-pot dictator.  'I will again concur to Buharry's
>piece'
>and would like you to answer the questions he asked.  Tell us the variables
>we can use to gauge PDOIS's success in the political arena.  What forensic
>method did you use to conclude that PDOIS's system of addressing the
>problems in the Gambia are 'lamest'?  The onus is on you to prove that
>PDOIS's course is a lost one and should help us come away from a
>discredited
>political system.  PDOIS never claimed anything.
>Please educate me in the empirical system you use to come to your
>conclusions.  Since a critique shall always be forthcoming from you, we
>also
>shall be 'heckling' you to get your attention to lift us from that abysmal
>fountain you once guzzled from.
>
>I do want to see you as a clone of Paul 'Loony Bins' Johnson or a Peter
>Hichens both of whom suddenly saw the light after being known leftist.  Or
>maybe Oxford produces leftist who later repent their sins and welcomed at
>the alter of 'woolly' Liberals.
>
>I stand to be educated on better ways to help my beloveth Gambia.
>
>God Bless you my friend.  With concerted effort we can build a better
>future. Gambia deserves better.
>
>Sincere greetings,
>
>MBoge
>
>
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>>From: "Hamjatta Kanteh" <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Re: Debate
>>Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 11:21:42 GMT
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