[Goanet] Why blame politicians in Goa?

[soter]

Sometimes it just baffles me as to why people blame politicians for Goa's 
miserable state. It is just like the parents of a drug addict blaming the 
friends, police and government for not doing enough to curb the drug menace. 
We simply deny that we are also part of the problem.
When it suits us the politicians are good and when it does not they are bad. 
What keeps our politicians afloat term after term? Who pays bribes for a 
government job? Who goes to a politician for a favour to circumvent the law? 
Who attends the functions graced by politicians? Who gives commissions to 
politicans to get the contract? Who takes money during elections to campaign 
for the politicians and even distribute money to buy votes? Who gives the 
legal assistance to politicians to defend their crimes? Who permits 
anti-people laws to continue being enforced? Who sell their ancestral lands 
to non-goans? Who make false affidavits to avail of Government schemes? Who 
wants 6-lane roads, cars, buildings, eat-outs, ......? Who are those who 
give abode to migrants on fantastic rents without toilets? Who? Who? Who?
Mind you it is Goa's rich middle class. If the rich do not stand up what can 
one expect of the poor who are vulnerable?
Mahatma Gandhi was once asked by a person as to why do the British continue 
to rule over us even though their armies are no match to the strength of the 
Indian people. His answer was, " because we allow them to rule".
We Goans are the people destroying Goa by our greed, ever increasing 
consumption, lack of civic responsibility and often two-faced role. Save Goa 
slogans are just for international and national consumption and 
self-promotion.

-Soter