Mario, All I can say is that "PEOPLE HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD WHAT 'FREEDOM' IN A DEMOCRACY MEANS"
To elaborate further Freedom means one can do anything one likes. The whip is locked in a safe never to be seen. When I talk of Portuguese rule, I mean 'the whip' Singapore is a perfect democracy where I see the omnipotent/omnipresent WHIP which brings out blood and keeps lasting scars. Maybe like Rane, you will prefer to say that Singapore is a 'police state' A third rate European Country by your standards, maybe. But have been there extensively just like in Singapore. Have you?? rgds Floriano goasuraj check-out the Road Map for Goa at www.goasu-raj.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mario Goveia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 7:51 AM Subject: Re: [Goanet] GOA FOR GOANS! - final > --- floriano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > MINUS THE PORTUGUESE, GOA VERY BADLY NEEDS THE > > ERSTWHILE PORTUGUESE RULE BACK IN PLACE. > > > > For that to happen in Goa, and for it to have a > > cleansing effect on the political scene in the > > COUNTRY, > > > Mario observes: > > > Floriano, > I think you may agree that this will happen about the > time that hell experiences global cooling, which will > be after the current global warming completes it's > cycle :-)) > > > What any democracy needs is for honest people to step > up and for the population to vote them into power. > It's not easy, but nothing in a free democracy is > easy. Which is why some people prefer the "stability" > of a nanny to dictate to them and take care of them, > even if it's a third rate nanny. > > > Look how upset some people are that 50 million Muslims > in Afghanistan and Iraq are now developing into free > and democratic countries, especially people who do not > live there. Apparently, they preferred these > countries to live under the tender care of the Taliban > and Saddam. Surprisingly, many of these critics live > in democratic countries. > > > In the meantime, it may help everyone to accept the > fact that the era of white, patronizing, dictatorial, > colonial rule over brown people is over, even that of > third rate European countries who are now unable to > compete with their previous subjects. > > > Best of luck in achieving your fantasy of "Portuguese > rule, minus the Portuguese", and that of Gabriel and > Bernardo, who think tilting at windmills like Don > Quixote wil make the windmills run better. > > > >
