I am trying hard to work on my tan in Goa, Pune and Mumbai, and to make a dent in the total inventory of caju feni, cafreal, sorpotel and sannas, only to have my pleasant experiences tarnished by the continued attempt by a couple of Goanetters to obfuscate, deflect and dilute the diabolical issue of caste among Cahtholic Goans with the most disingenious bovine excrement I have seen in a long time.
However, it has restored my faith in humanity that every Catholic Goanetter who mercilessly beat me verbally across the head and shoulders when I was defending the attempt to provide freedom and democracy for downtrodden Iraqis, like Jose, Cornel, Sib, George, Gabriel, et. al. agree with me 100% on the issue of providing freedom for all Catholic Goans from the diabolical and psychologically destructive caste system. Teotonio's attempt is a classic, with the curious and totally illogical attempt to make OUR castes an issue that he would like to read something into. I frankly have no idea what the caste may have been of most of my Catholic Goan friends and relatives, and if I learn it by accident or from an older relative, it goes in one ear and out the other, usually after some nasty comment to the person who makes the mention. Teotonio, regardless of our individual castes, our common goal is to destroy the caste system, root and branch. What about this do you and any other Catholic Goanetter who makes excuses for the system, or is luke warm in opposing it, fail understand? With apologies to Martin Luther KIng, Jr. "Why can't we judge people by the content of their character, not by the caste of their ancestors 450 years ago." George Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "Teotonio R. de Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > GL's line of argument comparing the action of > Gandhi, Mother Theresa and American > > black civil rights campaigners is more in sync > with Christ's Incarnation, > > the rock base of Christianity. > > GL's line of argument is illogical and wrong. One > does not need to be a woman or become a woman > to fight sexism, a senior-citizen to fight ageism, a > "chardo" to fight the caste system, etc. >
