The calumnies of Santosh Helekar have now been exposed in his own words, which are shown in quotes, with my comments in capital letters.
Here is what he said in his post of April 3, 2005: "The above charges are false. It is very clear to everybody that Mario Goveia posted an alarmist urban legend in this forum, and then started spreading offensive lies against those of us who exposed his hoax, calling us defenders of AIDS-infected drug users and sex predators, and AIDS-infected drug users, ourselves." YES, I CALLED HIM A "DEFENDER OF AIDS-INFECTED DRUG USERS" FOR HIS HYSTERICAL OBJECTION TO THE SUGGESTION THAT THEY MAY LEAVE INFECTED NEEDLES IN PUBLIC PLACES. VIVIANA AND GABRIEL HAVE REPORTED INSTANCES OF SUCH NEEDLES BEING LEFT IN PUBLIC PLACES. IN THE FOLLOWING PASSAGES SANTOSH SUPPOSEDLY GIVES EXAMPLES OF WHERE I HAVE CALLED HIM AN "AIDS-INFECTED DRUG USER" AND A "SEX PREDATOR" AS HE HAS CLAIMED ABOVE. IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER HIS CHARGES AS YOU READ HIS EXAMPLES: The following are from Santosh Helekar's post of April 4, 2005. a) "Hey, Jose. The AIDS-infected drug users on Goanet must be gratified to see your staunch attack on the proposition that they may leave infected needles in public places, backed up by a scientific research opinion that this presents no risk." WHERE IN THIS HAVE I CALLED SANTOSH ANYTHING? b) "You, and your other staunch defenders of AIDS-infected drug users would have understood from posts by Gabriel and Viviana that the hoax email was irrelevent to the suggestion that people watch their behinds when sitting in public places." AGAIN, NO REFERENCE TO SANTOSH. I HAVE REFERRED TO "STAUNCH DEFENDERS OF AIDS-INFECTED DRUG USERS". WHERE HAVE I CALLED SANTOSH AN AIDS-INFECTED DRUG USER? c) "Mario replies to Avelino D'Souza: Who knew that AIDS-infected drug users had such staunch defenders? AIDS-infected sex predators may have the same defenders." "Make sure you check with Santosh, Goanet's "truth detector", that adequate research has been done to verify your story." AGAIN, NO REFERENCE TO SANTOSH IN THE FIRST PARA. IN THE SECOND PARA I HAVE ASKED AVELINO TO CHECK WITH SANTOSH WHETHER ADEQUATE RESEARCH HAD BEEN DONE. I HAVE REFERRED TO "STAUNCH DEFENDERS OF AIDS-INFECTED DRUG USERS" AND MADE REFERENCE TO SEX-PREDATORS POSSIBLY HAVING THE SAME "DEFENDERS" WHERE HAVE I REFERRED TO SANTOSH BEING AN "AIDS-INFECTED DRUG USER" OR A "SEX-PREDATOR"? d) "And finally, as expected, Mario Goveia continues to be defensive about his apparent gullibility in disseminating a fairly obvious chain letter hoax about HIV-infected needles in cinema theaters." ANYONE WHO READS MY REPLY TO GEORGE PINTO, WHO FIRST ALERTED ME TO THE HOAX, WOULD KNOW THAT I HAVE NEVER DEFENDED THE HOAX, NOR HAVE I REPEATED IT. SO, NOW YOU KNOW, IN HIS OWN WORDS, HOW SANTOSH HELEKAR TWISTS THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND THE TRUTH WHEN ATTACKING SOMEONE WHO DISAGREES WITH HIM.
