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Dear Rico, Let me start by answering you last query. I was alway a 'Camot', but misteriously, my middle name was written as 'Conceicao'. Names do not make a person. Therefore I have never put much importance on names. My name could be anything. But I am who I am. As I have said earlier, on many sensitive occasions I have had to effectively convince and/or argue my case with my fellow Hindu friends in my village circle when they had insinuated that they had the heritage in the village and that I was an outsider. In the end, they who called me an outsider were all from Maulinge, Pednem, Nagvem etc. some distant villages in North Goa whereas my not too distant ancestors were the real Moidekars and were 'Camotins' later changed to Lobos during the wave of conversions in amchem Goem (16th/17th century). And of course, this has nothing to do with the 'caste' debate on goanet. I hate caste system. All that got from me on those goanet posts was the exercise of the delete button. The 'Camot' came about me wanting to be in consonance with the heritage debate on the message board of www.goasu-raj.org No, I am not suggesting 'violence'. But I suscribe to the fact that violence begets violence- 10 to 100 more in the ascending order. At one time, because of the loudspeaker nuisance, the fight that I was involved in, many years ago, there was a contract put on my life, yes a real contract by the local SS. The clandestine message that I had sent to the powers that be was that they would have to leave this part of Moira to the charred remains of their entire families, households, cattle included, if they botched up to see me go six feet under-ground, because that wud be my second life and it would matter to me very little about the consequences. There is peace since then until now and shall be, including from loudspeakers. So my friend, Rico, let us not talk of violence in Goa. Goans are "Deva Pau" but not to be taken for a devastating ride. GSRP is shortly coming out with its 'Party Stand cum (permanent) Manifesto' And this is what it has to say on 'Comunidades' GAUNKARIES (COMUNIDADES) These pre-Portuguese local indigenous institutions to be made autonomous and free from State intervention and regulations. The State and the Gaunkaries to work hand-in-hand for Goa's agricultural & developmental excellence. The Code of Comunidades which exists in the Portuguese language with its English language non-official translation which is being used by the government to interpret rules and statutes shall cease until an official English language translation is approved and implemented. with kind regards. Floriano Camot-Lobo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 11:08 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet]Ambedkar Awas Yojana > Reply to some friends whom I obviously disagree with. > Nothing personal. Just a difference in understanding. > > Percy, you're mixing up issues. Obviously politicians don't *own* > comunidade land. But they have, can and will make use (or abuse) of > the land acquisition act,which dates back British colonial vintage. > This is a law under which the state can take for almost any purpose > whatsoever. Books have been written on this law, which is obvious > open to (mis)use and has been continued in post-1947 India too........ .....................>> > Floriano, are you suggesting violence? In reality, what the > picture looks like largely depends on your > interpretation of it. One could give an alternate > interpretation as under: ..................>> > PS: Florianbab, Camot kenna zaloi re? Was it the > untended influence of the Goanet debate on caste?
