Hi Soffie, Thanks for the response. Sorry to say I am still not clear on your reply. Does it mean the final document has been edited to read differently from what was there before? Please let me know as i would like to sign a petition for the release of Waa Juwara. On a final note, generic is very important especially when it is a matter of life and death because what you want is as many signatures as possible and a generic petition ( and by this I mean one that does not seem to give the impression of any party affiliation) will get you signatures from party affiliates as well as non-party affiliates. In a situation like this, it si the numbers that count. Thanks. Jabou In a message dated 10/13/03 10:25:43 AM Central Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > > Hello sister Jabou, > > The final document of the petition will pick the points that we were trying > to put across, namely, the release Waa Juwara. Perception (a fascination of > mine) can, indeed, be everything. Thanks for the observation. > > At the time of thinking and writing about our response to the arrest and > jailing of Waa, "generic" anything was the farthest thing from our minds. > Knowing what has happened to dozens of opposition party members whilst in > jail - a life and death matter - did not allow us time to think how this > petition will be perceived. We will, however, keep the lesson from your > observation in mind, not in the event that someone else's life and liberty > are at the mercy of a few, but in any other situation that requires > signatures as a sign of supporting action. > > Regards, > Soffie > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~