It is a long time since I became a member on the net. And I found the topics that were discussed, interesting, food for thought, practicable and in resonance with our day-to-day lives. Since the BJP take over of the Goa government, some frustrated and bigotted elements have started bringing in religion in the discussions. That was bad enough. Now the discussions and the scrutiny of the history has been focussed on the Patron Saint of Goa,. SFX. I do not know where it will all end.
I believe that History is History. One cannot invent History nor one can do anything about it. If Adolf Hitler is proved wrong today, can we bring back all the millions of Jews he gassed and eliminated? If St. Francis Xavier had burnt and distroyed Hindu and other indegenous religious places of worship and built on them, should we go beserk now and revert them back? Among the Hindu temples that were probably distroyed by Him are the temples of my own ancestors. So what do I do with St. Francis Xavier? Do unto the Basilica of Bon Jesu in Old Goa the same what Advani did to the Babri Masjid? In that case let us all send an army to raze the entire Vatican and detrone the Pope if we believe that some Popes in the past have been found wanting. And let Advani lead the assault just like he did in the case of Babri Masjid. Let the History remain History. Let us go on with our every-day lives. If people responsible for the attrocities should be punished, it has to be done during their life-time. And if people have nothing else better to discuss but religion and hatred for religion , then I suggest that the Distribution List moderators please hand over the List to the BJP-RSS-VHP-Bajrang Dal -Shiv Sena combine and be done with it. It seems they have nothing else better to do. The BJP has found the right recipe to usurp power. Religion. With kind regards Floriano ########################################################################## # 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 # ##########################################################################
