Edie, You are right bro,Gambians should encourage open minds and be more sober in politics. Our views should not make us hate each other. >From: Edie Sidibeh <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: MY OPINION >Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 12:33:47 +0000 > >Good Morning everyone, > > I think Gambia is for everyone of us to subscribe our opinion in Her >democratically procurement and whatever opinion one has whether lousy or >genuine from one reader's perspective to the other shouldn't be discourage. >Most of us are living in the Diaspora and always seeing the people who >imposed democracy on us are doing on their political platforms, very decent >and straight forwardness on the points without insulting and name callings. >Of cause division cannot be avoided when we are talking about democracy but >shouldn't we learn from our democratic master after living with them for >this long, and export that decency to the Gambia to make people more >politically mature? We really need to build patience among us and if >somebody raised a point that one did not understand, kindly asked him/her >to re frame or explain that sentence before you jump into conclusion. > > It is very obvious that one who sells him/herself gets more attention in >commercial point of view again in the same vein, there are silent partners >whose participation cannot be sidelined. > > Africa unlike the west, is quit different in terms of tribal cultural >and traditional habits and as a result, therefore, we need to build that >understanding within our democratisation procurements in-order to be able >to build a better political feature for our small nation. What I am trying >to say here is insulting and bitterness within our own communities here in >the Diaspora needs to be reviewed, we are all elderly people as much, we >are all living in different democratic nations different from our own >country seeing how events in party politics are undertook. If no one is >above the law, then truth or opinions shouldn't come within only if non >elite speaks out. This is why rich people cannot be wrong in our societies >and therefore always above the law. Truth is painful but worth telling >without using fowl words to making each other angry in the process. > > Why black African politics is always insulting and name calling instead >of telling what your agendas are entering political games? As far as I can >remember, politic in The Gambia, politician are always standing on the >platform sending insults to the other and spectators starts clapping this >weird. I however, building trust on NADD whose politic is fashioned and >they take their time to construct a response to the opponent's attack on >their persona. There are difference between human beings and animal, acting >humane, one need to think twice before acting to avoid blunders. > > >--------------------------------- >Yahoo! Messenger NEW - crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with >voicemail > >¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ >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] >¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ _________________________________________________________________ Don’t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ 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] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤