Dampha, I don’t know what your strategy is by the personal attacks of late. If you believe that I will follow you in that direction then you are yet to know me. If you have no respect for yourself, I have a lot of respect for those who are urging me not to mind you and for myself. If it is meant to anger me to the point where I may be de-listed for over reacting, then you may have to go up another gear. I am staying on for as long as I have the energy, access and time. I now know who some of the genuine members of the opposition who while opposed to my support of this government have expressed admiration for my courage and admiration. It has given me a lot of pleasure to receive private emails from such people even though we are in different camps. To this people, I say thank you. Even if these people had not intervened, my upbringing would not have allowed me to follow you to the sewers. It is said that, “courage is not the absence of fear, but being afraid and yet moving on”. I am sure no person in his or her right faculties will call a lunatic roaming the darkest corners of the land and playing with snakes, a man of courage. One thing I would like you to clarify though, before I move on to issues of relevance to my country and me is, whether you are the same Dampha, who in the early 80s got fired from the central bank after it was discovered that the certificates he used to get employed as an economist were fake. Or was it your brother? If the answer to both is in the negative, then I apologise to that Dampha, his family and friends. On that note I am closing this chapter. Have a good day, Gassa. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask] if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your full name and e-mail address. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------