Hi Hamjatta!
                    No, I have not been keeping printouts of your posts. In fact, I very rarely print out Gambia-L posts. I just read them on the computer screen. I quoted from around 5 or so of your posts which were sent around the same period - 3 during the by-election period, one you sent in July same year and one in August the year before I think (I remember this one because I quoted it an an earlier discussion we had). I remember not only what you, Hamjatta, post about certain issues but what many other people post about certain issues especially when they are about big events such as the by-elections or the ALD conference etc. I remembered the position you took during the by-elections and just checked the archives. 

If I were into printing and storing Gambia-l posts, I would not hesitate to print out and save some of your posts. I have given you complements here on the L and I truly believe that you are an intelligent person with a lot of potential. I have advised you before to avoid writing good pieces and putting in phrases or sentences that might be deemed personal and thus undermining the purpose of writing. I did this in good faith because I see you spend so much time writing good articles the essence of which gets lost because people get hung up on the side issues contained in the article. 

You wrote:

"i was rather saddened by this
> comment of yours:
> 
> << You also wrote:
> "Can you kindly humour me on your differences with PDOIS?"
> 
> I'm afraid I am going to disappoint you here because I have to pass as I have
> not yet entered the humour business especially when it relates to issues of
> such importance as those under discussion. >>
> 
 Buharry, this is a very serious question and in all fairness, you at least owe me an answer to that. You sent in a plethora of questions, i diligently took my precious time and answered them as best as i could. Yet, i posed just ONE question and you wish to wriggle out of it by disregarding the seriouness behind the question simply because i used the phrase "humour me"??!! That is very disappointing to say the least. The phrase you just objected to - "humour me" - doesn't in any way stand for jocularity or lack of seriousness; rather, it is a light hearted and, indeed, polite way of asking you to answer a very simple question. I hope now that i've clarified the point you will take the occasion to answer the question."

Please don't start guessing or assuming that I want to wriggle out of answering your question. You asked me to humour you by answering a question and I told you that I don't humour especially on serious issues and you assume I am trying to wriggle out of answering your question. That is very wrong. If you had asked me to give you an example of where I differ with a PDOIS stance, you would have received the answer when I replied. I had no way of knowing that you were serious about getting an answer when you requested that I humour you. Now that you have clarified that you were serious in asking the question, I'll give you an answer. 

I did not agree with the PDOIS stance on the London meeting and how they handled the whole issue and Momodou Mboge can verify this for you because I had some discussions with him on this issue. I would have handled the whole saga differently. So Hamjatta, here is an example of where I did not agree with how PDOIS handled things. 

Have a good day.
                                                                                                                                Buharry.

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