In a message dated 10/14/2001 2:36:41 AM Central Daylight Time,
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>
> 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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