I know that "Gilbert" on the net is Dr.Gilbert Lawrence. Is the "Rui
*Miranda* Collaco" on [EMAIL PROTECTED] the same as the "Rui *Manuel*
Collaco" on [EMAIL PROTECTED] who asks Gilbert, "why don't people
identify themselves on Goanet?"
The Portuguese tradition of giving the hapless infant a 'litany' instead of
a 'name' leaves customs officials in most countries breathless while
confirming the identity of the traveller[ I am one victim of this
tradition].Is Rui getting confused about the three names he chose to use--or
are there two of a kind from Lisbon on the net?
As for the statistics,I will only quote Benjamin Disraeli{then PM of UK}:
"There are three kinds of lies: lies,damned lies and statistics"
Nothing different in India or Portugal.Even in UK ,they recently 'sexed up'
data on Iraq!All is fair in love and war.So what if Dr.Kelly died
'mysteriously' for stating the truth?
We are better off in Goa now than in 1961.In Portugal people may be still
better off than us.Let them rejoice in their progress as we do in ours.
Goans do not preach to the Portuguese[white skinned or otherwise] how to
keep up with the Brits.We do not want to be preached at either.If they feel
we are not as well off as they are, let them send us Euros instead of futile
postings on goanet. Let the Portuguese conduct their debate on their own net
groups[start a new one if there isn't one to accommodate all the 'Goa
experts' in that country].Goanet is not for Portuguese hegemony. Those days
are long past, placed in the non-biodegradable garbage dump of history! Rui
will understand this;it is beyond the level of a bigot like Bernado.
VIVA GOA ! JAI HIND!!
Miguel
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rui Collaco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 5:24 AM
Subject: Re: [Goanet]Goa's social indicators
> Can anyone see sarcasm in my text? I fail to see where.
But I am no expert in English, it's an alien language
> to me which I rarely speak, my mother tongue is Portuguese.
>
>* Rui Miranda Colla�o*
>
> Lisbon
If you stood on the soil of Goa in 1960and again in 2000, and saw the all
round improvement of all socialparameters, I can assure you that we would
not be having this debatein the first place.
regards,
Gilbert--and thats my name.
> >
> >
> >--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Rui Collaco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Inaccuracies or deliberate misinformation should not pass on
> >Goanet. That's my "agenda". The figures on Goa's social indicators given
by
> >"Gilbert" (*why don't people identify themselves on Goanet?*), seemed
very good to
> >me, for a third world region
> > > One last bit of info: Portugal's rate was 53 in 1970, and is now 5.The
> > > U.K.'s is 6. That's in the United Nations Human Development
Report-2003.
> > * Rui Manuel Colla�o*
> > >
> > > Lisbon
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