> There has been a hullabaloo about Edgar Martins message titled "Re: Now we are > afraid to die" dated June 3, 2003. > > Jayson Blair was fired from the NYT recently because he indulged, among other > things, in plagiarization. His crime would have been overlooked if he came > clean. Unfortunately for him, he did not, and he was subsequently fired! > > Edgar Martins' lengthy essay on his childhood smacks of the same flavor of > Blair... The un-adulterated version, rather the prior Un-Goan version of the > same message can also be found at : > > www.babycentre.co.uk/bbs/536679/thread1364/message1.html > > or > > www.babycentre.co.uk/bbs/546378/thread1508/message1.html > > Both messages were posted there on May 30, 2003. > > After receiving a couple of misguided accolades from people who did not know, > Edgar should have been gracious enough to acknowledge that it was not altogether > his brainchild. But he was shameful enough to pull a Jayson Blair on all of us. > The jury is now out. Let it decide!! > > Ohhh !! The internet............ > > Best wishes - Bosco
I too had seen this, some one sent it to me. I had deleted it and I was hoping somebody would point this out. In fact if I am not mistaken I had seen it before May 30 a friend of mine sent it to me from Canada. That message has been making the rounds. Well done Bosco ! Cheers Gabe ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
