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Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The Pied Piper of the Goan Construction industry is doing a good job of luring India's empty bellied to Goa in busloads. At some point Goa has to accept that it is importing poverty and unfortunately poverty has a culture all of its own. The culture of poverty is homogeneous all over the world. Poverty is the not the benign wart made graceful by Bollywood movies. Poverty is ugly mired in prostitution, gambling, crime, violence and disease. And the unchecked flow of migrants into Goa brings with it a tidal wave of this culture. Why decry pedophiles from Western Europe? This game requires both demand and supply. If the supply is plentiful then the dregs of humanity will bid a path to our door. Most of these children are victims of their own parents compliance in this heinous act. Goans may lull themselves to sleep thinking that their own children are safe but the sad truth is once the willing are done with, the unwilling will become candy that must be had for the pedophiles. Goans may tell themselves that this workforce is needed to build much required infrastructure. The sad truth is, this workforce has displaced the traditional Kunbi and Gaudi by making the daily wage rate so negligible that it no longer feeds their belly. Goans may turn a blind eye when slums sprawl in their backyards, when rivers pollute with effluents, when hills collapse because trees have been felled without restraint, when pavements become the domain of hawkers, when prostitution dens become part of the neighbourhood, when crime becomes the norm rather than the exception? Isn't it time we had an honest discussion about the unchecked import of poverty into Goa? Isn't it time we held our politicians accountable? Isn't it time we found workable solutions that will not extinguish our way of life but rather strengthen it? Elisabeth __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _____________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)