Oops, Nyar'Onyango ............Jabou Joh is our dear Sister, not Brother.......I will get back to this story eventually. Sidibeh ----- Original Message ----- From: "uga479" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 10:30 AM Subject: *** Re: Gambia On Swedish TV > Brother, > > You surelly wouldn't call sex between a 60 yr old woman and a 20 yr old boy > paedophile when an 18 yr old is an adult? So many of them are respecting > that part of the law - you won't pin them down legally. > > On the other hand, it is their men who go to places like Thailand to do what > the law here does not allow them. But even there - they are being watched > these days by the Thailand government - although not to the best success. > > These shameless women also admitted that it is a bit difficult for them to > do that kind of thing here - not because it is not allowed, but because it > is still "traditionally" embarrassing besides. > > No young boy of that age would have anything to do with them - this is where > economy is playing a very big role. Everybody is almost economically > indipendent - the problem is where to get the satsifying sex (especially > when they reach 40) Here, even an age difference of 3 years is a problem!! > > In general, I think they are treating each country differently - depending > on the type of conditions that allow make it easy for them to do this - and > yes, I agree with you, our governments should be held responsible. > > Best regards, > > Nyar'Onyango > ********** > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jabou Joh" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 3:44 AM > Subject: Re: Gambia On Swedish TV > > > > Not sure if the Swedes are trying to impact our bottom line or promote th > > tourist trade as some allege, or if the global movement to expose > paedophiles and > > others sex consumers who take advantage of the lax laws in developing > > countries is what is at work here. Whatever the case, we must realize that > with the > > advent of AIDS, there is a risk that the proliferation of this disease in > > countries like ours can be devastating to say the least. > > I believe it is high time that our government enacts laws to prevent the > > place from being the playground of paedophiles and cheap sex seekers and > works to > > get the cooperation of Tourists' home countries to effectively punish > anyone > > who violates these laws in our country. > > There is a growing and very powerful movement in the U.S, actually a > > non-profit organization founded by women that has been very effective in > enacting > > laws that will allow U.S citizens who violate anti-sex trade and related > laws, > > sex with minors etc to be tried and jailed right here for violations > committed > > in Thailand for example. They are adding many countries willing to > cooperate on > > their list. Economic benefits from Tourism are an important part of our > > economy, but I hope we never loose sight of the fact that there are side > effects to > > tourism that can have far more devastating negative results if there are > no > > checks and balances to ensure that guests to our country do not see the > place > > as a free for all where they can practice what they cannot get away with > in > > their home countries. > > > > Jabou Joh > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > 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 > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 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 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~