-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Read V.M. de Malar's latest Column: | | | | Politics of Destruction | | | | http://www.goanet.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=416 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And all these barbaric medieval sentences are > apparently being endorsed for the benefit of "good > hearted and peace loving Goans", to "avenge and > prevent" others from doing the same!!! > > > Have these Goanetters taken total leave of their > senses? Fr. Eusebio, who tried to help some total > strangers, must surely be spinning in his grave. > > > Can we at least wait until the suspects are tried in > a > court of law, found guilty of the charges against > them, and duly sentenced? As opposed to having the > local "government" simply "declare" a sentence, and > then lynching them in public? > > > The last time I checked, India and Goa had not yet > descended into the total anarchy of the bereaved > that > is being suggested here. Criminal suspects, no > matter > what their admissions to the police, are still > innocent until proven guilty, not by friends of the > deceased or the "government", but in a court of law. > > > Am I wrong?
Mario, How on earth can you ever be wrong? Secondly, what you are witnessing is Goans becoming more like the Americans. All they need is for the suspects to be caught, charged with a crime and then executed. There, alls well. Sort of reminds me of the US activities in Iraq and Afganistan. Mervyn3.0 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
