Santosh Helekar wrote: > The above poster has again started spreading lies about me in this public forum. If he continues his abuse and slander against me any further, I will be forced to take legal action. > Mario responds: > Oooh! Now I'm really scared! Santosh would like me to join him under a rock somewhere, or in his glass house from where he throws stones. Unfortunately, the same facts that Santosh has compiled will help me defend myself against any such false allegations. > In addition, Santosh seems blissfully unaware of the principle of freedom of speech that I enjoy. Weak-minded and oversensitive individuals have no business engaging in robust debate in a public forum. > Santosh writes: > He has sent too many people, including a respected and illustrious octagenarian Victor Rangel-Ribeiro to crawl under a rock, simply for an innocent disagreement. > Mario observes: > Honest Goanetters would know that illustrious octogenarian Victor Ribeiro-Rangel gives as good as he gets, is not afraid to speak his mind, DOES NOT WHINE AND ASK FOR SYMPATHY LIKE SOME CHILDISH GOANETTERS, and is certainly not hiding under any rock, as he himself has confirmed, deflating another lead balloon. > Santosh writes: > This Mario Goveia has no respect for anybody who disagrees with him. In return, he deserves none. I have tolerated him enough. It is becoming increasingly painful for me to call him a human being. Let this be my final warning to him. > Mario responds: > Serious and honest Goanetters are probably chuckling by now at the irony of someone who can write the above paragraph while claiming to be defamed, abused and slandered. > I did not grow up in one free speech democracy and decide to live in another to let people like this Santosh Helekar intimidate me or anyone else. > I have plenty of respect for honest debaters regardless of whether they agree with me or not. Debaters who make snide insinuations and false allegations and whine and moan, look for sympathy from others and claim abuse when unable to sustain an intellectual argument are treated with all the respect that they rightfully deserve. > As I have said above, weak-minded and oversensitive individuals have no business engaging in robust debate in a public forum. >
