Kebba,
I sincerely believe that you can make your case effectively without
flaming.
Thank you.
Malanding Jaiteh
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dampha Kebba" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 10:22 AM
Subject: Re: Dampha: I don't hate Jawara
> Gassama, it is refreshing to hear that you do NOT hate Jawara and in your
> own words, "to say that Jawara did a lot for the country would be an
> understatement". The things some will say to be taken seriously. I do NOT
> even think I have been this glowing with my remarks about Jawara. I guess
> after you realized that you were NOT dealing with someone that was in the
> Diaspora the past 20 years, you decided to change your tact from saying
that
> Jawara tried to 'subjugate' a whole nation by 'deliberately' denying them
> education, to now saying that "he (Jawara) has done his best for the
country
> and it would be
> dishonest of [you] not to acknowledge that". Emphasis mine.
>
> See, Gassama, if you are interested in a real postmortem of the Jawara
era,
> I suggest you engage people like OJ or other PPP stalwarts that worked in
> the system. I have told you on numerous occasions that I am NOT interested
> in defending the indefensible aspects of the PPP record. What I set out to
> do is set the record straight when people like you attempt to distort the
> PPP record IN ORDER TO MAKE YAYA LOOK GOOD. I sincerely hope you get that
> this time. That way, you will save me from dwelling on frivolous issues
> about a government that is NO MORE and will NEVER happen again. I think
most
> of you conveniently forgot my stance about PPP and their participation in
> the Alliance.
>
> I understand that for some of you life would be easier if you can go with
> Jassey-Conteh's LIES and argue that I oppose Yaya because of vested
interest
> I had in the Jawara regime. See, that helps you to feel that people only
> oppose Yaya because of narrow self-interest, and therefore it is justified
> for you also to support the man because of narrow self-interests. Well,
you
> can convince yourselves about my motives for opposing Yaya. Contrary to
what
> you think, I CANNOT DICTATE how you decipher information. I only have
> control of what I write. How you receive that information is up to you.
>
> Yes, there are a lot of people that oppose Yaya based on purely principled
> grounds. I happen to believe that anybody that orders the massacre of
> children as young as three, in cold blood, does NOT deserve to lead us.
That
> person belongs in jail. That is my beef with Yaya. Go check the archives.
> Everything else came after that.
>
> If you want, you can still support Yaya DESPITE these atrocities. I will
> NEVER support him, especially when I know that he does NOT have anything
> extraordinary to offer us in terms of uplifting poor Gambians. Your
> government's own records have shown that Gambians have grown POORER under
> Yaya's watch. Why on earth seemingly intelligent people will unashamedly
> support a callous leader that has rendered our people poorer, is honestly
> beyond me. You can shout all you can about Yaya's 'developments'. What you
> CANNOT run away from is the fact that the net effect of those
'developments'
> rendered the people POORER and they are going to suffer for generations to
> come because of the debts this illegal government has saddled us with.
>
> So do NOT give me crap about Yaya having a vision for the country. The
> vision he has could be exhibited by any High School graduate in the
country.
> We do NOT need that 'development' and the callousness it comes with. Who
> needs a government that does NOT even have the wherewithal to ensure that
> farmers (the bulk of the people in the society) earn a decent living from
> their sweat and toil? Gassama, that is where we differ. I do NOT tolerate
> mediocrity in any shape or form; let alone mediocrity accompanied by the
> callousness and the corruption of the AFPRC/APRC.
>
> You on the other hand, are prepared to IGNORE Yaya's abuses so long as the
> mediocrity in the society continues. Even if people like Emanuel Joof
(whom
> you claimed to be friends with) is abused, you still prefer to keep quiet
> about it and continue to support Yaya's diabolical regime. With friends
like
> you, Joof does NOT need enemies. I wonder where you were when Emmanuel was
> being railroaded by Joseph Joof asking Police Officers to fabricate
evidence
> against the man?
>
> I hope you understand my stance better now. Right after the election an
APRC
> supporter I know called me to gloat. The first thing he told me was to ask
> me why I opposed PPP and I am also unhappy with APRC. See, people like me
do
> NOT just support a government because they are in power. When PPP was in
> power, I criticized them for their wrongs. Now that APRC is in power, I
will
> also criticize them for their wrongs. NOT to have PPP back, BUT to have a
> Gambia that is better than anything we have seen before. I do NOT LIE for
> any government in power in order to make ends meet.
> KB
>
>
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