Dear Mario, I am with you all the way, but I prefer that we act with "full" knowledge of the ugly reality, not moving with blinkers on. I would not also be so exclusivist as you seem to be in restricting these efforts to Catholic Goans! What kind of faith in humanity are you referring to? Self-centered Christiniaty is a contradiction in terms. Do not the Hindu brethren deserve the same benefits? What we need is a truly secular approach. The Christianity in Goa or elsewhere has not taken us very far in ending inequalities, either of caste or others. May be it has ended some to invent others in the larger world.
With best wishes to you in your tanning programme. Teotonio R. de Souza ------------------------------------------------------ Mario Goveia Mon, 28 Feb 2005 00:25:26 -0800 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.
