--- "Teotonio R. de Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After I reported about the plight of the Portuguese > illegal immigrants in Canada on goanet, I > received private mails from a Lisbon-based > goanetter Henrique Salles da Fonseca and quick > responses of three of his sypathizers of Goan > origin, curiously all living with Portuguese > passports outside India and Portugal and all > sharing a common surname name! > > The tone of the mails is the same that we are used > to on goanet ad nauseam and against which > fortunately Tony Correia-Afonso, Valmiki Faleiro, > Mario Gouveia, Fred Noronha and few others have > voiced their convictions. It is unbelievable how > much some Portuguese in Portugal and some of their > sympathizers are still linving in times of > pre-democratic Portugal of pre-1974 era! > Mario adds: > Lest anyone misunderstand my position, I have no problem with modern Portugal or with the Portuguese people, who are the nicest and least discriminatory of all Europeans in my never humble opinion. > My only problem was with the colonial Portuguese on philosophical grounds. I am even willing to concede that they maintained order with a dictatorial iron fist, which the upper-class Goans who were favored by them seem to prefer on grounds of peace and security (even Mussolini is still praised by some for making the trains run on time). My fundamental disagreement with them was that they were colonists, with whatever outside intimidation and superiority that word implies, and did not have the sensitivity to realize that the colonial era had ended in the late 40's. > My plea to the Portophiles among us is, "They've been gone for 45 years, for Pete's sake! And they're not coming back. Can you now get over it and work for the betterment of Goa as it is now?" >
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