--- Eugene Correia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One of the netters suggested that there's always > someone on the net to bring another fellow Goan > down. > If this is a reference to me, let me point out that > I had posed a query. I just wanted to know if Dinesh > is a Goan, and that's all. As I said, I was wrongly > informed. > Mario replies: It's OK, Eugene, you don't have to hide behind euphemisms like "someone on Goanet". My comments were not aimed at you. I believe I was very specific in my responses to your assertions. > Eugene continues: > Just for curiousity (as it does not matter > to the core issue), if Dinesh's mom is 'east > Indian.' > The lady who informed me was of "east Indian > origin". > My point is why would she me this wrong information. > Mario replies: I have no idea why this woman told you this, Eugene. Maybe you should ask her. Eric Pinto has posted details of Dinesh's Goan heritage. BTW, as you must have noticed, there were many falsehoods in omission and comission in the article that was posted on Dinesh. Just like you have done in your case, I wonder why people would do that? > Eugene writes: > Second, as vivian too has noted that some of us may > be suffering from 'crab mentality'. This is not the > issue here. > Mario replies: Vivian can speak for himself, but I don't believe he was referring to you either. > Eugene writes: > As Mario says, it should have opened a debate on > dinesh's politics and his writings. If i remember > correctly, dinesh shunned away from a debate called > by Black scholars after his book on race appeared. > Mario replies: I don't know where you get your information from, or who you consider black "scholars", but from the debates I have seen him engage in, Dinesh does not shy away from debating anyone, including real black scholars, as well as white ones. > Eugene writes: > But I was fear that it could take the turn such as > Mario vs Cornel we saw recently on the list. > Mario replies: Eugene, I consider Cornel to be a gentleman and a scholar, unlike a couple of others on Goanet who shall remain nameless. We are collaborators in the fight against the diabolical caste system. Our discussions, though heated, have been civil as far as I'm concerned, even though we disagree profoundly about economics as well as the situation in the middle-east. > Eugene continues: > > In conclusion, let me say i have no intention of > bringing dinesh down. Indeed I am happy for him for > his success. But ideological I can't be happy on his > projection and promotion of the Conservative agenda. > Mario concludes: Fair enough, Eugene. However, as a person who is about as conservative as Dinesh is, it would help if you could articulate some specifics of what you are talking about, rather than some vague generalities about modern political conservatism, which, in my never humble opinion, has created more economic good for more people in the US than any other philosophy, including minorities and people who are considered "poor" in the US, who have a higher standard of living than most Europeans.
