Dear Vivek, With all due respect when did the blooms of idealism die in Goa and Goans? When did we become so disheartened as to believe that idealism is a dirty word? When did we stop being revolutionaries with fire in our bellies and dreams in our hearts?
There's a great line in the movie Munich. There comes a time when every great civilisation must compromise with its own values. No doubt if Floriano is voted into power there will come a time when he'll have to wrestle with his own conscience and chose the lesser of two evils but until that time comes, here is a man who has a dream in his heart. He sees Goa not for what it has become but for what it has the potential to become. Nary a soldier went out to war believing he could lose, even if the odds were stacked against him. That is the hope that must sing loudly in the soul of every warrior. Floriano is one such warrior. Why must we beat him down with the our negativity. When the twilight years creep into his life, he for one can say proudly, Goa I loved you. I heard your call, I sang your name and I gave you my all. And if I can say the same, than I would have learnt something from this man, Floriano. Elisabeth PS: Dear Floriano, I am available for writing your acceptance speech :) -------------------------------------- --- Vivek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Floriano: > > I think having a set of very lofty principles is one > thing but one must also realise that no political > party an operate in a ideal situation. Mega promises > as well as idealist roadmaps may earn you kudos on a > mailing list but sadly unless you accept the ground > realities these principles will remain only on > paper. > > Like Fred said "no second term to mlas" is a good > slogan especially when u dont have any. The point > being you must invent ways to work the system that > we > already have and then make incremental changes to > improve it. > -vivek > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
