Prince,

Very well-said.

Saul


>From: Prince Obrien-Coker <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Dr Saine's Paper
>Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 13:18:03 +0100
>
>                         TO THOSE WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
>
>I would only like to make one comment about Dr Saine's Paper and that is,
>some of us do not really study the essence of the paper. Dr Saine did not
>write paper this to gratify himself or anybody. There is nothing on the
>paper that favours one group or another.  A good and intelligent reading of
>the paper will reveal that this man is more concerned about the Gambia
>than
>himself or any particular group.
>(Tip! Print the entire papers out and take your time to read it before
>giving any baseless opinions.)
>To be truthful, the majority of us on the List are living either in Europe
>or in the United States and many of us are honestly earning or making more
>than the President of the Gambia's D7,500 salary. We could simply be
>complacent and say to ourselves "Let them sort it out themselves down
>there"
>and help only those related to us.
>Why do some people like to misconstrue any effort designed to bring about a
>peaceful Gambia as anti-Jammeh? Dr Saine's Paper is merely a request for a
>nation dialogue. And as Fredrick Douglas put it "Power concedes nothing
>without a demand, it never has and it never will."
>Thanks
>
>Prince
>
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