RE: [Goanet] Cultural communalism in Goa

[Santosh Helekar]

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Elisabeth,

Thanks. I submit to you that we are not dealing with
marauding Visigoths, nor people who want to forcibly
convert us, plunder us and impose their values on us.
We are dealing with citizens of our own country
looking for a better life for themselves. The question
is: How do we treat them? How do we change our
attitude to accommodate them? These are basic
questions about equality, tolerance and respect for
another human being. Assimilation is different matter.
It is an inevitable, natural process, but an
exceedingly slow one. I don't see it as undesirable in
any sense because it is a bidirectional process,
regulated by utility and economy of outcome. 

Now, the question about resources is an entirely
separate one, and a much broader one at that. One
could also pose it in a different way. Do we need help
to produce additional resources, build infrastructure
and create wealth in Goa? 

Perhaps, the nouveaux Goans could give us a helping
hand.

Cheers,

Santosh


--- Elisabeth Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> 
> If we've learnt the lessons of history, we know that
> Rome was destroyed by marauding Visigoths. We know
> that mass migrations of people ultimately displace
> the
> indigenous populations, as in Australia. We know
> that
> we cannot impose someone else's values onto another
> society with completely different values. America is
> learning a costly lesson even as it tries to inject
> democracy onto a civilisation that is totally
> unfamiliar with its concepts.
> 
> So when we speak of assimilation, let is tread
> softly.
> When we speak of wanting to assimilate, let us
> examine
> what the Goan on the street wants and all that it
> will
> entail in terms of economic and social costs. Do we
> have a plan? Do we have the resources?
> 
> Elisabeth

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