As I have said many times before, honest and sincere criticism is a good thing, as long as basic decency is maintained. Even flogging a dead horse is good, once in a while, if it helps us vent our feelings. The trouble is that one often gets the feeling that at the root of most pro-Portugal/anti-Portugal and pro-India/anti-India debates there exist those bad old prejudices, namely that Western people are better than Indians or vice versa, Christianity is better than Hinduism or vice versa, Goans are better than people of other Indian states, etc. I hope at the very least all debaters of the issue in question agree that forceful colonialization of the people of another land was and still is a bad thing.
Cheers, Santosh ########################################################################## # 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 # ##########################################################################
