I'm afraid my earlier post, intended for Eugene was
erroneously addressed as:
"Dear John" when it should have read "Dear Eugene"
My apologies - but I just can't get John out of my mind!.
Mervyn Maciel
Dear John,
In response to your latest message - all I can say is:
*De Mortuis Nil Nisi bonum*
*Mervyn Maciel*
Message: 4
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2019 08:28:23 +
From: Mervyn Maciel
To: "Estb. 1994! Goa's Premiere Mailing List"
Subject: [Goanet] The late John D'Souza
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I did not know John but all my friends including those that I grew up
with in Dar and who over the
Merwyn, yiu are writing as a friend. Few hours ago I came from the Mass and the
reception, while his cremation was private. I taled to few people and some were
aware of my post on goanet.
All agreed that John was "problematic" and I am now sure why those on Goa
Archives Canada (GAC), which
I too agree the comments from Eugene were unsavoury, to put it mildly. But
what to do? That's Eugene... It's easy to criticise ourselves. As the
Guirim cemetery reminds us, Aiz mhaka, faleam tuka :-)
I knew John for many, many years, but only in an online way. He struck me
as a low-profile,
In response to Eugene's rather unsavoury comments on my late friend John, I
append below my response to Eugene:
Mervyn Maciel
*Dear Eugene,*
*This is not a time for nit-picking.*
*I think we are all agreed that John D'Souza*
*was indeed an icon - a rare Goan who worked*
*tirelessly and
