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On Sun, 21 Nov 2004, jerry fernandes wrote:
Hello Samir
I read your article, and was surprised that you are demanding an apology from Joel. We Goans who are far away from Goa, appreciate the good work that Joel does by providing us the daily dose of the news of
Don't take it too seriously Jerry. This doesn't seem to have been targeted at Joel. I just think this was Samir's way of responding to those who have been demanding an *apology* from *him* (Samir) on the 100-girls issue.
On a more serious note, one can't help wonder how strong a gene we Goans have in reducing almost every debate into a name-calling, slanging match between individuals and personalities, rather than allowing it to be a battle of ideas that allows truth to surface and a diversity of perspectives to flow.
For my part, I've long give up even trying to reply every allegation, insinuation, or criticism and also all attempts to incite, ridicule, bait-with-name-calling or otherwise draw me into meaningless debate.
There are better things to do with life.
In the meantime, I am quite content to give the 'last word' to anyone else, and remain the foxy, F(e)N(ce-sitting) patrakar from Saligao who incidentally was once termed (Cliff, are you tuned in?) the "most corrupt journalist of the era". Other epitaphs and names welcome too.
FN
