No, Mr. Gilbert Menezes, it is not right to "let Amritsar and Delhi sweat", while "we can continue walking the beaches". Let me reproduce here "A Simple Story" from a recent post by Joe Vaz on "The Goan Forum":
>A rat looked through a crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife >opening a package. What food might it contain? He was aghast to discover >that it was a rat-trap. > >Retreating to the farmyard the rat proclaimed the warning; "There is a rat >trap in the house, a rat trap in the house!" > >The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said, "Excuse me, Mr. >Rat, I can tell this is a grave concern to you, but it is of no consequence >to me. I cannot be bothered by it." > >The rat turned to the pig and told him, "There is a rat trap in the house, a >rat trap in the house!" < >"I am so very sorry Mr. Rat," sympathized the pig, "but there is nothing I >can do about it but pray. Be assured that you are in my prayers." > >The rat turned to the cow. She said, "Like wow, Mr. Rat. A rat trap. I am in >grave danger. Duh?" > >So the rat returned to the house, head down and dejected, to face the >farmer's rat trap alone. > >That very night a sound was heard throughout the house, like the sound of a >rat trap catching its prey. The farmer's wife rushed to see what was caught. > >In the darkness, she did not see that it was a venomous snake whose tail the >trap had caught. The snake bit the farmer's wife. > >The farmer rushed her to the hospital. She returned home with a fever. > >Now everyone knows you treat a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer >took his hatchet to the farmyard for the soup's main ingredient. > >His wife's sickness continued so that friends and neighbors came to sit with >her around the clock. To feed them the farmer butchered the pig. > >The farmer's wife did not get well. She died, and so many people came for >her funeral that the farmer had the cow slaughtered to provide meat for all >of them to eat. > >So the next time you hear that someone is facing a problem and think that it >does not concern you, remember that when there is a rat-trap in the house, >the whole farmyard is at risk. > In the face of this, would it be correct for people in Goa to walk carefree on the beaches while Amritsar and Delhi sweat? Livia de Abreu Noronha ----- Original Message ----- From: "gilbert menezes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 5:47 PM Subject: [Goanet] danger in Goa? > Folks, > Took my usual evening walk on Benaulim beach. The sea has roughed up a lot, > which is understandable, considering that the monsoon is just 2 weeks away. > While watching all those children having a good time, there were signs that > all is not so well. At sunset, 2 Tu-142 maritime patrol aircraft of the Navy > flew in from westward heading for Dabolim. This has been going on for some > days. We are in the frontline for maritime recconaissance, and I can imagine > that aircraft flying out of Goa have been tracking Pakistani ships and > littoral spaces. With tension and rhetoric building up on the subcontinent, > one may well ask whether it is risky living in Goa in case of an all out war > with Pakistan. The good news is that Goa is out of range of any PAF fighter > or bomber, unless they have air to air refuelling capability, which I doubt. > The other good news is that Goa does not present a viable nuclear > target --no worthwhile population or industrial density. > So let Amritsar and Delhi sweat, we can continue walking the beaches > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet =================================================================== For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
