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Your politics are different from mine. But your posts on this issue are exemplary. Thank you. --- Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ########################################################################## > # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] # > # Want to check the archives? > http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/ # > # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to > reflect respect to others # > ########################################################################## > > Tim, > > Unfortunately, we Goans have more than our fair > share > of bigots. Let me respectfully tell you how I deal > with them. > > I tell them that a) "bad" neighbors come in every > color, caste and creed, b) the last time I checked, > India was a functioning democracy where people of > any > color, caste or creed can live wherever they please > and can afford to. If people they cannot tolerate > "simply because of these factors" move into their > neighborhood, it is the original resident who should > move out, but they should first look into a mirror > and > realize that they are looking at a bigot, which they > are also allowed to be in a free society as long as > they do not harm anyone by acting on their ideas. > > When I was a kid, I would very nicely ask my > grandmother to go to confession any time I heard her > bad-mouth someone due to color, caste or creed. It > drove her nuts but she finally got the point. > > There are certain things where people of good will > need to stand up and be counted. Not enough of us > do > for fear of upsetting our "friends". But are these > the kinds of friends you want to have? I know my > stand on caste has upset some Goanetters, and maybe > my > comments on this issue will as well. I figure > that's > their problem, not mine. There are plenty of things > where there is no one correct answer, like politics, > that we can go on arguing about until the cows come > home, if that is what we want to do. Discriminating > or harming someone because of their color, caste or > creed is not among these things, in my opinion. > > > --- Tim de Mello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ########################################################################## > > # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] # > > # Want to check the archives? > > http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/ # > > # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to > > reflect respect to others # > > > ########################################################################## > > > > Mario said: > > > > "While you are probably being brutally honest in > > exposing these feelings . . > > ." > > > > Yes, I am and my aim was to make the feelings of > > these Goan families public > > so that we are ALL aware of them and can discuss > > them. Latent resentment > > only ends up with open conflict later on. The U.K. > > is a good example of > > this. I do not want to see this in Goa. > > > > > > Mario continues: > > "If the place is "filling up with Hindus", so > what? > > I have heard some Goans > > complain that Goa is filling up with non-Goans. > > Again, I say, so what? > > Isn't Goa a part of India, where everyone has a > > right to settle anywhere > > they choose to? Some of my best friends are > Hindus, > > and are far more > > respectable and careful with their property than > > many Catholics I know. . . > > ." > > > > I agree totally with you. I do not have a problem > > with this but I have heard > > many Goans who do and my purpose was to air this > > feeling. > > > > > > > > Tim de Mello > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > CANADA > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - What will yours do? http://my.yahoo.com
