I think we should make all migrants into Goa to wear a compulsory badge (like I saw in Dachau, outside Munich ... and I hear they're implementing for the religious minorities in Iran too!) Better still, we could just stamp their foreheads with some derrogatory symbol.
Only problem, we are all migrants into Goa at some time or another. Those shouting the loudest (the so-called "upper" castes), are probably those who came in last. In this fight for resources, we use whatever arguments are convenient by us. But what fun if Goa's own aboriginal communities -- the Gavada, Kunbi, Velip and mis-named 'Dhangars' -- adopt this same logic! Basically, the law of reciprocity should be acknowledged. Please stand up and let me know how many expat Goans would prefer the same conditions to be set up against them in their adopted homelands too! FN On 04/07/06, Elisabeth Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I for one support Floriano's stand against giving > migrants voting rights. I know as surely as the sun > shines, what Goa's future will be if it continues in > the current vein. We might as well choose a nice name > for Goa that rhymes with Bihar. Something along the > lines of Gohar maybe. > > Incidentally there's an article in the paper how > migrants are queuing up in Margao for their voting > cards. Something many Goans are too jaded to > endeavour. I can't say I blame them. > > Elisabeth -- ---------------------------------------------------------- Frederick 'FN' Noronha | Yahoomessenger: fredericknoronha http://fn.goa-india.org | +91(832)2409490 Cell 9822122436 ---------------------------------------------------------- 2248 copylefted photos from Goa: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/ _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
