----- Original Message ----- From: "Mario Goveia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 10:21 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet] On what's good for Goa and Goans
> --- Floriano Lobo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > FL: Very simple. Vote them out of power and reverse > > their doings. Example: Throw the 'Tenancy Act' out > > of the window which has eaten up Goa's indigenous > > Comunidades, and go one step further and pee on it > > and the people who brought it in the first place. > > > Mario observes: > > > Floriano, I am with you 100% on your goal of voting > any rascals out of power, and will also join you in > peeing on them when I am in Goa:-)) > > Floriano replies: And I though I was going to be the only sore eye doing that. Nice to have company :-))) > Floriano writes: > > > > FL: Mario, my dear, I have grown up in GOA. I have > > seen the Portuguese rule. I have experienced it, > > bad, not so bad, good et al. And now I am stuck with > > the chor Indian rule, which is bafling even more in > > the name of democracy. Stastically polling is > > rampant in the US where you reside. Not in India, > > least in Goa. Who cares how/what people think?? as > > long as they pay their taxes?? And I or my party do > > not sweat about what is acceptable to others > > and what is not. We have put down what is acceptable > > to us. People of Goa, you, have a choice. Either > > accept it or go to Congress, MGP, UGDP, NCP, > > Janata Party, CPI(M) plus more. We are least > > bothered. > > > Mario asks: > > > Floriano, as you know, I never use the IMHO pretense > because I work too hard on my personal opinions to > pretentiously pretend they are "humble". However, I > speak only for myself, not vast sections of people. > When you say, "... I or my party do not sweat about > what is acceptable to others and what is not. We have > put down what is acceptable to us." are > you telling me that you KNOW all the answers? > > > Why not conduct statistical polls that may show you > what most Goans think, rather than assume that what > you and your friends think is what everyone thinks? > Maybe you are right, but to win the hearts and minds > of the entire population don't you think such sweeping > opinions need validation, which would strengthen your > hand politically? > > > BTW, if you think that properly designed statistical > polling is nonsense you need to talk to a > mathematician who knows about these things. Floriano replies: No, Mario. I too know the importance of Opinion polls. I have been in and out of the US where these are dime a dozen. All that I am saying is that GSRP does not have the resources yet for such activities. Besides, we are just a nascent political force. What we say and what we believe in is not temporary. It will die with us, the GSRP. Not to sound pious or religious or something, but it just crossed my mind that what I was just going to say was also said by a 'SON OF MAN' who is acclaimed all over the world. Jesus, when accosted with reality had said "MY TIME HAS NOT COME" Likewise I say our (GSRP's) time has not yet come. Again, I say No to your query on polls . Properly designed statistical polling is NOT NONSENSE. We know it is effective. But we do not have the means YET. And we have all the patience in the world to wait. > Florian writes: > > > > BTW Mario, check-out www.goasu-raj.org and download > > the ROAD MAP FOR GOA. > > If you do, you will not be saying what you are > > saying. > > > Mario replies: > > > What I am saying has little to do with specific > details of your agenda, which I personally support. > My questions have more to do with the notion that your > opinions are "rock-solid" and do not need validation. > I just think that that is an approach that may have > disappointing political results, regardless of the > good intentions of the insiders. > > Floriano replies: Mario, we at GSRP have considered what you are talking about. And we have deliberated on the issue extensively. And what we have settled for is the permanency of our agenda, our notions, our opinions. And most importantly we have settled on the belief that ' undiluted or unadulterated 'good intentions' do not get lost in the wilderness. Only it takes time for someone to find these lying unrecognised and get picked up and treasured. All in its own time. Besides, we would be rushing into things if we forced our good intentions on the outsiders. Wouldn't we?? :-))) Now, take for instance our brush with (some) the Press in Goa. Politics in Goa has, over too long, pampered the press to such an extent that it (press) has forgotten its responsibilities as the FOURTH ESTATE, like the other three, the Executive, the Legislature and the Judiciary. GSRP has taken on itself to remind the press that it too has to conduct itself as the FOURTH ESTATE. _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
