-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | | | | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Professor,
on a personal note, I agree with you that this is a very low-level and unfortunate article. Yet, as a moderator of Forum Portugal Goa, I am sure you will agree with me that this, being a published article in one of India's most read urban daily newspapers, is of great importance, giving a specific image of Portugal to its readership. That's why I published it on our Forum. I am also taking the initiative to send this reply of yours to Goanet, as the same article was also published there. You can also express your protest by contacting the editors of Mid-Day at http://ww1.mid-day.com/includes/about_us.htm Um abrago, Constantino Xavier ----Original Message Follows---- From: "netmendo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Do not be stupid Mr. Prashant Shankarnarayan! Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 16:33:41 -0000 Dear editor of Forum Portugal_Goa I was surprised that the Goa Forum carried such a piece as the one written by Mr. Shankarnarayan Do not be stupid Mr. Prashant Shankarnarayan; and please do not use fuzzy logic to associate Portugal with a haven for criminals. After all, it was the Portuguese Police, not the IU police, that captured Abu Salem in a very difficult operation. It was the Portuguese Court that authoorized his extyadition to India. What the Portuguese Supreme Court asked India was not to execute Mr. Abu Salem because of the abolition of the death penalty in Portugal since 1869. It was the French author Vitor Hugo that coined then his formula " We salute Portugal as a newfounland of Mercy". In Portugal and in Europe we are sorry that countries like United States, Indian Union and PAkistan keep the death penalty. Some spiritual evolution and consideration for the 1948 Human Rights Declaration is missing. So again, be not stupid Mr. Prashant Shankarnarayan. Worry yourself that India has fascists like Mrs. Uma Bharti, a senior member of India's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and be more enlightened about what is happening in Europe and Portugal. We discovered India some 500 hundred years ago, It is time you discover ourselves. Mendo Castro Henriques ----------------------------------------------------------------------- * G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Spread the Christmas cheer - even when you're not here! Send Christmas Greetings to your loved ones in Goa. 2005 Christmas Package - Flowers, Bubbles and Layers of Love. http://www.goa-world.com/expressions/xmas/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------
