>From: Joe Sambou <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: Some Gambians caught at the Atlanta Hartsfield Airport.
>Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 15:01:14 +0000
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>Yes, don't read or respond. Crackpot!
>
>Joe Sambou
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>>From: Modou Ceesay <[log in to unmask]>
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>>Subject: Re: Some Gambians caught at the Atlanta Hartsfield Airport.
>>Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 05:56:26 -0800
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>>--- Gibby Cham <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> > My Ceesay, I'm not going to sit here and make what is
>> > illegal to be legal,
>>
>>Thank you for your rationality. There are some who would still
>>argue that the ends justifies the means: even "accidentally" or
>>intentionally overstaying when they know what the rules are.
>>That is the worst kind of sin because they know the truth but try
>>to twist and rationalize the situation. They say, "oh, when you
>>look at it like this it is not really against the letter of the
>>law I suppose" -- even though they know full well the spirit of the
>>law. Then hundreds and thousands of others get punished because
>>Gambians earn the label of liars. This is a terrible thing
>>because their pride and self-centerdness gets in the way of them
>>confessing that they were wrong. I'm glad to see you are more
>>smart than that.
>>
>> > but we have all at once did
>> > something illegal in our life and never got caught.
>>
>>And sometimes we hide the fact. That is the act of a boy. A man
>>admits it, turns himself in, makes re-payment on his honor. Doesn't
>>your beloved atlanta have a story about the first USA president as
>>a boy saying "I cannot tell I lie" and admiting on his own free will
>>that he cut down a neighbor's tree? Isn't that a parable? That is
>>the act of a man. People who don't develop that honor are still
>>children, despite their age.
>>
>> > Mr Ceesay, today if you pick an apple for example that
>> > is not yours but you were not given permission to take
>> > it. May be it belong to a friend or roommate. What
>> > would you call that? stealing I should believe
>>
>>Yes. As a man I will not do it. This is the most basic of
>>laws. If I find out later that I have possibly made an error I will
>>immediately go and pay well for that Mango etc. People who cannot
>>believe that are beyond hope. Their bad nature does not let them belive
>>that there are good people. They assume that "everybody" takes bribes.
>>That "everybody" has a price. Then society pays for the sins of those
>>few. What is horrible becomes normal.
>>
>> > If you were in the situation that these people are in,
>> > we would feel saddened by it.
>>
>>If I had done wrong I would say I had got what I deserved. The
>>wicked man will try to fight and argue and justify it, however.
>>
>> > So people,
>> > let's ignore this negativeness ...
>>
>>When people call the commandments of the Koran or Bible negativeness
>>then we are in trouble. "Do not lie." That is a simple absolute thing,
>>and it doesn't matter the situation or what others have done to you.
>>It brings an interesting question = are many people willing to lie
>>and steal because their country/family is poor. OR => are their
>>countries and families poor BECAUSE they are wicked?
>>The lucky and educatedt escape and never go back even if they have
>>to lie and cheat to get away. They then act concerned by sending a
>>bit of their money home to mother, or writing on the internet. ARen't
>>they grand? Then they act surprised when they get caught because they
>>are in a land where "the rule of law" means something. Then they
>>turn to heaven and pray for themselves. Too late now! Yundum
>>airport is in your future!
>>
>>This is all I will say. I will reply no more. I will read no more
>>comments or respones on this subject. It is an absolute matter.
>>Read your Koran or Bible. You overstayers just be sure to have your
>>white-out ready when you get to the parts you don't like.
>>
>>MC
>>
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