Paulo, your love of democracy and freedoms is amazing, your references to manipur and the princely states show that. the portuguese ruled goa for 450 years, can you tell goa-netters when democracy bloomed in goa in those years? are you refering to the free choice that slaves had under slave trade ? are you refering to the the religious freedoms under the inquisition of 250 years or the large scale destruction of temples / mosques ? orphans handed over to the church to be converted against the wishes of their kin ? if conversions by the portuguese were voluntary, how come there were none outside their territories ? were natives allowed into ecclesiastical offices ? are you refering to the new found freedom of converts who were decultured i.e. changed their names, surnames, food habits etc.? the wealth used to dot the land with churches ? was goa built by acquisition of territory by loving and peaceful negotiations with native rulers ? what UN resolutions ? I might want blood money for the 450 year rule.
your love of democracy and freedoms seems to surface with the forceful ejection of the portuguese. you are naive to expect moral wonders from india. there are ample opportunities for goans to complain, the fact is you are a minority. get in touch with reality with an opinion poll on goanet: are you opposed to the 1961 merger of goa with india ? agnelo original posting: http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/2003-September/004932.html > --__--__-- > > Message: 9 > Subject: RE: [Goanet]RE: COLACO > Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2003 23:59:52 +0100 > From: "Colaco-Dias, Paulo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ########################################################################## # 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 # ##########################################################################
