>Please Saul, forward this to the L for me
>
>I have to commend saul,Dampha and all other comrades of the L for their
>concern about the situation in our dear country, here in the Gambia. All
>the members of the L that put their own interest second to the interest of
>the whole country should be commended. I cannot mention all the names but
>you people are doing great and all of you need a tap on the back. Please
>know that people of the Gambia are very much proud of you all.  Ebrima
>Ceesa is an outstanding fellow and I like his articles so much. I have my
>reason for mentioning Saul and Dampha:
>
>Saul said somebody called him and advise him to stop criticizing the
>government because they haven't done anything to him. For this to come from
>a morden man particularly somebody living in the USA (I guess because I
>don't know from where he made his call). Didn't he read some books about
>the opression and all the associated evils black people in the United
>States underwent before getting the freedom they and the caller are
>enjoying today? Didn't he read that a lot of people sacrified thier lives
>for people like him/her to enjoy today. If each of the people that sticked
>their necks out had a mentality like him/her, the caller would he/she like
>all other blacks be in such a condition as they are today?
>
>I will give you one tipical example that happen right here in the Gambia
>during the April 10 - 11th student saga.  One man from Kerewan Samba Sira,
>a teacher, on hearing that some students died in the kombos on the 10th of
>April during the student demonstration (the kombo demonstration happened a
>day before that of Brikamaba), he said "they should be killed because they
>are not disciplined by their parents".  The next day around about 11
>o'clock in the morning of April 11th he was informed that his born son,
>Ousman Sabally, was gunned down at Brikamaba. So the man turned crazy in
>disblieve and hatred for whoever must have been responsible of the killing.
>
>Your caller is a kind of person who believes in revenge which is the worst
>of all.  If every one should stand by his believe (the caller), the fact
>that as long as the government does not do any thing bad to you you should
>not say any critical thing about them, then which kind of generation will
>we be and where on earth will we hail to? A patriotic citizen does not
>think like that. Even for dogs if you stoned one in a group the others show
>their solidarity to their fellow dog by barking at you and baboons are the
>most aggrasive in assisting their comorade when in danger. Saul is a
>positive minded somebody that is why he cannot stand and look at what is
>happening to his countrymen.
>
>Did your caller heard what the dictator was saying on the National TV on
>the night of the 24th of July.  He said people should start informing their
>superiors/line managers about all those who oppose his government and are
>working in a govenment departments. He said however is working in a
>government department and opposes the government should be dismissed by
>their superiors emmediately or his/her linemanager or superior will be
>dismissed together with him/her.  He also said that the government from now
>on will not hesitate to kill and bury six metres deep below the surface of
>the earth of any one who offend the government. Please tell your caller
>that we on the groung know that nobody is immuned from the opression of
>this dictator. Where on earth will a head of state say on the national TV
>that he will kill anybody that offend the government for being opposition.
>Where will you see a government dismissing people from their job because
>they oppose the government. Everyone in the Gambia know this was happening
>but it used to be under cover but he had confirmed it now in public (on the
>TV).
>
>For the guy who was telling Dampha (Maneh) he is not interested in
>politics. Did he realy meant what he was saying when he said he is not
>interested in politics? Didn't he know that if it were not for politics he
>would not have left the Gambia for where he is today for greener pasture.
>He should know that some people somewhere worked through political means to
>make the place where he was writing from suitable for people like him to
>live freely without intimidation and the like. Is this man another Yaya
>Jammeh in the making? Yaya was the one who said he does not like politics
>in the beginning and now he is advocating for one party state because he
>thinks he likes politics more than any body else. Majority of the people in
>the Gambia here believe that his father (Tabora Manneh)is a terrible evil
>and he ramains so as long as he is eating from the same basin with the
>devil. If he wants to live a decent live, he should distance himself from
>the evil government that is out to kill its opponents.
>
>People like Manneh and saul's caller should stop being selfish and start
>thinking positively like any reasonable person. Please lets make the best
>use of the L to achieve our objective. All of us should be objective in
>what ever we post to the L for the benefit of our audience. To be selfish
>is serious disease.
>
>I once again thank saul and Dampha for their regular postings.
>
>Thanks comrades.
>
>An insider in the Gambia.
>
>
>

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