But then the truth reaches its peak.
Did 'Pirate King' Captain Henry Avery become a SPY?
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Did 'Pirate King' Captain Henry Avery become a SPY?
Frankie Elliott
Notorious pirate Captain Henry Avery committed the most lucrative act of piracy
ever when he pillaged £600,000 o...
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On Monday, May 20, 2024 at 10:19:30 AM GMT+1, Joao Paulo Cota
<[email protected]> wrote:
#yiv0264235769 P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;}The BJP Hindu fundamentalist
narrative will always downplay anyone of white skin who has ever been involved
with colonialism, just different flavours of hatred.I would dismiss even
hearing these barks of nationalism, this is now how you try to emulate the
utopian idea of cancelling history in this day and age of civilization.You just
cannot erase history - either accept it or just look away.The definition of a
pirate is an individual who attacks and robs ships at sea. VDG did not do any
of that and he was working for a bonafide government. The colonial achievements
due to his success are a different story, but labelling him as a pirate, it
show ignorance of some.Vasco da Gama was one of the bravest men who has ever
walked amongst us on this earth.The BJP has done more damage to Goa in a decade
than the Portuguese ever did in 500 years.Modi and Shah are the real land
pirates, they had hijacked the Goan ship on land and robbed it of land,
resources, etc. and sold it to the oligarchs supporting their corrupt
government.Sinari alongwith many others are just the brainwashed pawns of the
electorate that the BJP depends to stay in power.
From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on
behalf of John de Figueiredo <[email protected]>
Sent: 18 May 2024 21:07
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [GRN] Finally the book V. Gama by S. Subramanyam in Portugal I
believe I stated this before. Vasco da Gama was not a pirate. Also, during his
brief tenure as Viceroy of India (brief due to his untimely death), he proved
himself to be a great and just leader because he punished fellow Europeans who
were stealing from the crown and restored law, order, and decency in the
government of Goa. Like his predecessor Afonso de Albuquerque, he applied the
norms of justice equally and fairly, irrespective of race or national origin.
(In the case of Albuquerque he went overboard to punish a fellow European for a
relatively minor violation of one of his orders.)Let us not allow current
political views to cloud the interpretation of well documented events that took
place in the 16th century.John M. de Figueiredo
Sent from my iPhone
On May 18, 2024, at 4:25 PM, [email protected] wrote:
Did it take 27 years? Demonstration of the “lie” lobby that does not want to
know real facts. I was in Goa once and Mr. Sinari, owner of a record store,
expressed his anger against, in his own words, the pirate Vasco da Gama. He
remembered the Hindu temples that were destroyed by the Portuguese and the
arrest of a family member by the PIDE.
Regards
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<[email protected]> ---------
Data: Thu, 16 May 2024 12:24:31 +0200
De: 'Nuno Cardoso da Silva' via Goa-Research-Net
<[email protected]>
Assunto: Re: [GRN] Finally the book V. Gama by S. Subramanyam in Portugal
Para: [email protected]
Historical figures are never wholly good nor wholly bad. Therefore, in order to
have a more realistic view of such figures, it is good that some writers focus
exclusively on the better or worse aspects of their lives. In that way, we may
be able to see such historical figures as human beings and not as angels or
devils. I have no way to know how good or how bad Vasco da Gama was, and
neither has Sanjay Subrahmanyam. But even if he is unfair in respect of Vasco
da Gama it is good he has given us the opportunity to bring him down to earth.
In that way we may focus on his positive achievements without forgetting his
more dubious ones. Whatever Sanjay Subrahmanyam may say, Vasco da Gama will
remain an important figure for Portugal, for India and for the World at large.
But he will also become a bit more human, and that's good.
Nuno Cardoso da Silva
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