Gilbert, do not expect me to carry out historical research for you. I am no
historian, and that's not what I do in my free time. I prefer R&R. However,
from my general knowledge, I can tell the difference between historical
facts and attempts at revisionism, and I keep an eye on such developments.
One good example is someone's claim, on TGF, that the portuguese "looted
Goa's mineral wealth". Only in bad faith can anyone make such an outrageouly
untrue statement. My opinions are always based on facts that I forward in my
posts or that are only too evident. One example is the recent thread on
"Goans in goa's administration". Much has been said about the IAS but, so
far, nobody has denied that Goans are a minority in Goa's civil service, at
the top ranks and probably in the entire civil service, at all ranks. And
the fact is that under the Portuguese "colonialism", the vast majority of
civil servants, including top ranking ones, were Goan, both Catholic and
Hindu. In addition, Goans were employed in large numbers in the
administration of the other Port. colonies and of mainland Portugal itself,
and still are, in all sorts of positions, including judges, ambassadors,
university professors, top officials, etc..
Rui Colla�o
History or fantasy?
Rui Collaco:
Inquisition as a land-grab? Thousands of Portuguese migrants pouring
into Goa and taking up those lands? Boat-loads of Jews coming to Goa as
"refugees" from...Portugal? And then getting killed in Goa? Sometimes I
find it difficult to believe what I read on GoaNet...
Gilbert responds:
Thanks for following this thread. I think some of what you are saying
may be true and I wish you had provided some statistics to your
statements. Since you live in Portugal, you and your Goan friends can be
a valuable source of factual/scientific information to this discussion.
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