Miguel Braganza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Land grab does not need religion. The Deshprabhu > became Rauraje and from there he became the > Visconte de Pernem. As far as I know, the family of > Deshprabhu[one of whom is currently the Congress > Party spokesman] is, at least officially, > hindu. They never converted to Catholicism[not > always 'Christian' in its belief or practice] but > managed to remain on the side of the power of the > day. Land grab is a social[anti-social,actually] > action, with or without legal or religious > sanction. Whether it is the 'land to the so-called > tiller' or the 'dada' of some slum colony > or 'regularization' of 'encroachment' or the > mining 'concession' of the bye gone era....land > grab is just that, a land grab. It happens all the > time. I think Inquisition ended centuries > ago. 'Exquisition' of today is just as bad.
Miguel, I always get scared when a 'religious' man quotes his religious book, saying 'this land was given to us by God.' God is not in the business of giving and taking away land. Historically, it's always been that the strong take away the land from the weak. Mervyn2.0 BTW, Jomo Kenyatta of Kenya nailed it down perfectly when he said: "When the missionaries arrived, they had the Bible and we had the land. Today, it's the opposite." ______________________________________________________________________ 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 # ##########################################################################
