Hi Yero, Haruna here.
You know I like Shakespaere. I used to share some of his works a lot at
Posten and I discovered Joe loved them too. So I want to share with you here one
of my favourite soliloquies. That of Brutus.
This was ACT II Scene I - Rome. Brutus had overslept on the dawn of the
insiduous and ill-considered plot to stab Caesar. You can see here that Brutus is
severely conflicted because Caesar was heretofore his friend. But to work
himself up to be complicit in Caesar's murder, he must must frame the man around
his excesses. Sort of like drugging yourself to comit a crime you really did
not intend to comit. Brutus would sidle onto his porch and begin:
Brutus: It must be by his death: and for my part, I know no personal cause
to spurn at him, But for the general. He would be crown'd: How that might
change his nature, there's the question. It is the bright day that brings forth
the adder; and that craves wary walking. Crown im? - that; And then, I grant,
we put a sting in him, that at his will he may do danger with.
The abuse of greatness is, when it disjoins remorse from power: and, to
speak truth of Caesar, I have not known when his affections sway'd more than his
reason. But 'tis common proof, that lowliness is young ambition's ladder,
whereto the climber-upward turns his face; but when he once attains the upmost
round, he then unto the ladder turns his back, looks in the clouds, scorning
the base degrees by which he did ascend.
So Caesar may, then, lest he may, prevent. And since quarrel will bear no
colour for the thing he his, fashion it thus; that what he is, augmented, would
run to these and these extremeties: And therefore, think him as a serpent's
egg which, hatch'd, would, as his kind, grow mischievous, and kill him in the
shell.
Tell our friend Demba that I have personally taken over your tutelage, sans
fee. But you must focus and do your assigned reading:
Assignment 1. Read "A Comedy of Errors" by Shakespaere before our next
meeting. Remember I will find out if you did not read it or if you listened to the
tape or watched theDVD instead. For I am your mentor now.
Later. Haruna.
In a message dated 8/26/2008 9:56:50 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
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Hi Yero,
Its me again, Haruna, the tribal bigot and pathetic liar.
There is something that has been gnawing at me in your pioneer notes below.
I have taken the liberty to number the items in order that we may better be
able to keep track of their dispositions. To wit:
[In a message dated 8/21/2008 1:20:41 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
[log in to unmask] writes:
Bro Haruna,
Now you proved to all and sundry that you are a pathetic liar and a tribal
bigot, the very reasons that you were kicked out of the Gambia post forum
for.
If you want, we will place those threads here for others to know your
character.
Here is some advise for, which I believe will benefit you.
1-[Stop insulting others first, because you or parents are not better than
anyone else.] Yero
Dispensed with as a LIE because I did not insult Demba first. On the
contrary, Demba insulted me first by attempting to steal my intellectual
property
and by shepherding such intellectual proerty to accrue GAINAKO readership.
EUREKA!!!!
2.[Stop lying about things because a lie doesn't leave long.] Yero
Pending disposition.
3.[Stop being boastful, including all the people everywhere including those
you promised resideny at your ranch or business; cars; et cetera.] Yero
Dispensed with as a LIE because I do not have a ranch, and even the home
that I have, I promised it to folk who had fallen on hard times and only
offered
it as temporal relief. However the modalities of the move were not
discussed
perhaps because the folks' situations have ameliorated tremendously.
And I have not promised anyone residency at my business or cars, or
etcetera. If you meant to say I have promised someone a BUSINESS then there
might be
a nugget of truth in that. I will endeavour to treat that separate so there
is no doubt as to comprehension of your chicken-scratch.
3.Stop making false promises because it is a sign of hypocrisy.
Pending disposition.
4-the Armitage funds
Pending disposition
5-the 7 cows for the people of Basse
Dispensed with as an onerous LIE because I never promised the folk of Basse
7 cows nor did I even promise them any money. The gift I ended up giving
Li-LLaahi Warasooluhu, was distributed among many people of many towns and
villages of Gambia. And I did not promise it to them. I merely was aware of
their
anxieties and my friend and I completed the gifting in honour of
eid-ul-fitr.
6-the schools
Pending disposition.
7-the construction of bantabas
Dispensed with as a LIE for I never promised anyone a bantaba. I am averse
to bantabas for Gambians in the main for I view them as contributing to
their
delinquency at this time... Endless chatter, gaucherie, and trifle
mischief-making in addition to Attaya-Vous.
8.(name the rest)
Vee vill be vaiting. Not to Forrrrrrget as our friend Arafat was wont to
quip (PBUH).
9.Support your parents and family.] Yero.
Pending disposition. And it is this matter that had been gnawing at me.
Perhaps I will treat that next I speak with you.
10.Those that cut blood with their own parents or blood brothers/sisters,
might as well cut relation with any one else, moreso, if they cut relation
with
God first.
Pending disposition.
11. [Stop tribal tendencies! All tribes or people are created equal. I have
seen this label put on your head in the past, I kind-of-second guessed
then,
but you vindicated those people now. I am afarid many contributors here are
not comfortable threading with you.] Yero
Pending disposition. However I'm not sure if I can deal adequately with my
tribal tendencies if any. You must though agree with me that I am within my
heritage rights (whichever persuasion I may belong to) to tend toward my
tribe
or persuasion. I encourage you to have tendencies toward your chosen
persuasion. Be proud of and develop your culture/tribe/persuasion. That will
be good
for you. That is cultural development issue. Neansmoins, I will consider
that
you meant to say "tribalist tendencies" as you understand the term. I will
do due-diligence to identify my tribe for you and I will share with you my
tendencies toward that tribe. I hope I can allay your fears that I may have
tribalist tendencies. This is different from a tribal bigot you see. That I
will
treat also. This one is of more import to our friends here and other
Gambians, Africans, and to humanity at large. So I will make sure I give it
due
consideration by referring you to my impending essays also. But I will
treat the
part of it that is germaine to Haruna here.
Thanx Yero. We are well on our way to completion. I generally do not like
leaving matters hanging. I understand I must complete my conversations on
Orphaned Children. That was pending my research and other fact-finding. I
wish to
announce to you that I have gathered an enormous volume of info on the
matter
now and I will share those with you upon completion of these matters
bearing
on my credibility. This so that when I share that information with you, you
may rely on it as true in the main.
Tataa for now. Haruna MQJGDT Darbo. Aka Masoud. Czar of bottom-feeders.
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