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RENE: We too need this style of debate on this forum , we need to choose a moderator ( speaker ) for each debate held on this net. Will it work ? RESPONSE: We don't need to choose a moderator (speaker) for each debate........each one needs to moderate himself and the content he is providing to Goanet.......and at other times the silent Goanetters should write publicly or privately to the Admin members when they feel a debate is going on for too long. MARIO: Bosco, When you say "...Goanetters should drive and decide the content of Goanet..." who exactly are you suggesting should make the decision for an open worldwide forum like this one is? Isn't this like deciding what TV programs to put on the air, or how to control junk mail, or any other decision in a free society? You may be surprised at how durable your delete button is. RESPONSE: Goanetters are members of this forum !! No, it's not about deciding what TV programs to put on the air, etc....it's about fellow members of your list telling you and the rest of us that the subjects you are debating about are making everybody weary......the same data, rhetoric and arguments are being made over and over again ??? The debate has not moved forward after the first week. Forgive me for asking.....have you used the internet in Goa ?? Most Goanetters in Goa use a dialup connection to pick-up their mail. So besides paying for internet access, they also pay for telephone line use for the local call (unlike in N. America). In terms of Rupees, costs may appear cheap.....but it adds up for the common (wo)man in Goa. Is it any surprise that the downloaded mail piques their interest ?? CORNEL: I happened to be with a Goan friend who has studiously avoided Goanet despite all my best efforts, including forwarding him posts which I hoped he'd find interesting. He looked through my posts today and simply said "Can't these guys talk about anything else than St Francis Xavier, belief in God, feast days, and World Goa Day?" "Now you must know why I can't stand Goanet. It is so damned inward looking" he concluded. RESPONSE: The first question to ask (and may not me the right question) would be.....what has your friend done to change the "inward looking" trait other than criticize it ? I too have received private email from Goans who have expressed disdain for Goanet due to the constant trading of cheap barbs, egoism, anti-religious views, etc... expressed by Goanetters. So Goanet is not for everybody. CORNEL: Nevertheless, this highlights the view that at least some Goans prefer a wider spectrum of opinion than when confined to Goa per se. RESPONSE: You are right !!! We cannot drive the content to exclusively include Goa-related only per se. The US elections, the war in Iraq have/will affected Goa and Goans. Goanet has disseminated knowledge and awareness on a range of subjects by Joao and Jakin Doe to intellectual academics, doctors, engineers, etc... The specific request was in this case with re to the US elections.....it's over 30 days since this debate began and neither side is anywhere close to agreeing on anything.....both sides are arguing entrenched views (which is fine) but it is not stimulating any thought amongst most Goanetters and that's why some have written publicly and privately for this debate to stop. CORNEL: But would a heated and prolonged debate about conservative politics in the Arab world and revolutionary pressures from radicals etc if discussed by fellow Gulf Goans be out of place, even if perhaps relatively unwise in such non democratic states? Likewise, would a heated debate, among Goans, about Australia's response to boat people or to the Aboriginals, be out of place? What about the tragedy of Bhopal twenty years on and no compensation for the helpless victims not too far from Goa? RESPONSE: No-no-no.....these would not be out of place until they were beaten into bits over and over again....BTW, tomorrow is the 20th anniversary of the Bhopal tragedy......and World AIDS Day passed away quietly on Goanet today. CORNEL: The Goan Diaspora, in many new locations, has too much to offer Goanet, and inevitably, the discourse is likely to be expansive, for the better, rather than if it were narrowly Goan and confined mainly to Goa. RESPONSE: You are absolutely right !! Once again, thank you all. Best wishes - Bosco --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Goanet - http://www.goanet.org - Goa's premier mailing list is 10 years old
