Re: [Goanet] (Goanet) Reflections on Goan Convention

2018-11-04 Thread Eugene Correia
India is facing a crisis over FREE SPEECH and DISSENT, in the media and public spheres. As far as I know there are many dimensions to the issue of Free Speech. Calling “fire” in a cinema auditorium or any closed environment with hundreds of people is a “crime”. I have written in a the OHeraldo on

Re: [Goanet] Reflections on Goan Convention

2018-11-02 Thread gipsport
about.Thanks guysRFSent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. Original message From: Eugene Correia Date: 02/11/2018 19:28 (GMT+00:00) To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" Subject: Re: [Goanet] Reflections on Goan Convention Fred, you got a good deal

Re: [Goanet] Reflections on Goan Convention

2018-11-02 Thread Eugene Correia
Fred, you got a good deal out of all these for your pleading with Teotonio de Souza to provide a video interview. I think John Nazareth is quite happy and has rewarded you with getting you on the International Writers' Video panel. Keep the lecture to yourself. You called me a "muckraker",

Re: [Goanet] Reflections on Goan Convention

2018-11-02 Thread gipsport
FNWell written. You hit the nail on the head!RFSent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. Original message From: Frederick Noronha Date: 02/11/2018 17:53 (GMT+00:00) To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: Re: [Goanet] Reflections on Goan Convention Free speech is important

Re: [Goanet] Reflections on Goan Convention

2018-11-02 Thread Frederick Noronha
Free speech is important, but so is responsible speech. After interacting with the Goan diaspora online for almost a quarter century now, I have seen how one or two individuals wanting to pull down some community initiative can find the "right" reasons, and do so quite effectively. All that is

Re: [Goanet] Reflections on Goan Convention

2018-11-02 Thread Roland Francis
All voices must be heard, cheap or not as long as within ethical grounds. It is up to the target audience to decide on the credibility of the person making the criticism, the argument presented and other ‘moving parts’. If there was no criticism we would be all living in a fools paradise.

Re: [Goanet] Reflections on Goan Convention

2018-11-02 Thread Frederick Noronha
Criticism comes cheap. FN -- FN* फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا‎ +91-9822122436 AUDIO: https://archive.org/details/@fredericknoronha TEXT: http://bit.ly/2SBx41G PIX: http://bit.ly/2Rs1xhl Can't get through on mobile? Please SMS/WhatsApp On Fri, 2 Nov 2018, 14:36 Eugene Correia Sorry for

Re: [Goanet] Reflections on Goan Convention

2018-11-02 Thread Eugene Correia
Sorry for some typing mistakes and omissions. I now remember that I also got FREE ticket for Prof Jose Pereira to fly from New York. I and Zulema received him at the airport. In another post, I will reveal shout The professor's impression of Zulema. It's a shame that Zulema couldn't find a

[Goanet] Reflections on Goan Convention

2018-11-01 Thread Eugene Correia
On Saturday, the GOA is hosting the Reflections, celebrating 30 years of the International Goan Convention. With the exception of Dr. Stella Mascarenhas-Keyes and Prof Peter Nazareth, the others on the video conference panel were present at the convention in 1988. Wonder where Prof. Arthur