Goanet meets in Goa: December 27, 12 noon and January 7, 4 pm (meeting point: Kala Academy canteen). See you there! ------------------------------
Mervyn, Clearly, you do not know, as yet, that caste is absolute humbug. If you did, you would not pose an absolutely daft question on the internet. Cornel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mervyn Lobo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 1:22 AM Subject: Re: [Goanet]Re: Goanet digest, Vol 1 #691 - message No:2 > Goanet meets in Goa: December 27, 12 noon and January 7, 4 pm (meeting point: Kala Academy canteen). See you there! > ------------------------------ > > "Frederick Noronha (FN)" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Fred, > I asked a simple question, "Is the caste system good > or is it bad?" It seems you can't answer this question > but, instead, can give me a history of the > planet............ > > > If things were so black-and-white in our planet, we > > wouldn't also have problems racism, poverty, > > hunger, illiteracy... we all know they're bad. > > But... > > > Says who? What were all those multiple Goan clubs in > > Kenya really about? Scratch a bit below the surface > > to find out what some of our village > > associations are really about. We may bluff > > ourselves that we choose our marriage partners on > > the basis of education or class; we'll that's just > > another name for... > > I can't talk for the Kenyan clubs but my impression is > that the first ones did not allow tailors, cooks etc > and as such, those excluded started their own clubs. > Keep in mind that all the Goan clubs in East Africa > have already celebrated their 100 year anivesaries so > you are really talking ancient history here. > > As for chosing a partner based on education, class > etc, I hope it's my sincere hope it's the partners > choosing and not their parents :-) > > > It's okay to say so if I'm occupying a large country > > that belongs to someone else in the first place ;-) > > I hope you are aware that you are an immigrant in > India. The original inhabitants are now called > "tribals." > > Mervyn > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca > > ########################################################################## > # 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 # > ########################################################################## > ########################################################################## # 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 # ##########################################################################
