Dear Eddie, What was your question about ethnic cleansing? I just thought it was a rhetorical statement, and undeserving of an response. As I pointed out, the ordinary man on the Goan street is faced with the problems of migrant labour. Is he to be accused of contemplating genocide a la Hitler. Or does he deserve answers as to where all the migrant labour is going to be accommodated, how it is going to be assimilated into mainstream Goa, how the depression in daily wage rate is going to be tackled, how shop-owners are going to be compensated when hawkers set up shop next to them on the pavement. Perhaps you should take the time to answer these questions before you glibly accuse me of ethnic cleansing.
As for the second part of your question: The Arabian gulf has always been for the Arabs and it is one of the reasons it has become so wealthy. Because it is efficient in managing its guest-workers. Maharashtra should have been for the Maharashtrans barring the extent they could accommodate and the labour supply they needed. Mumbai today is one of worst cities in the world to live in. It boasts the biggest slum in Asia not to mention the poorest standard of living for its other residents. It has long sought out ways to curtail its migrant population, including the use of identity cards. Infact, it is one of their most debated election issues. Unfortunately for Maharashtra it is trying to shut the stable door long after the horse has bolted. I don't wish the same for Goa. Let's have a policy now. As for, India for Indians? How many people do you know who want to migrate to India? Anyone you know making counterfeit documents and passports to sneak into India? England, am not acquainted with its policies and hence unable to comment. To the best of my knowledge the only outside labour they've allowed is a trickle from ex-colonies (that too out of colonial guilt) and now on account of EU policies, they are battling a migrancy problem, just like all the other affluent states in Europe which include Germany and France. Elisabeth ------------------------------- --- Eddie Fernandes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Elizabeth > > Thanks for the advice about emotional histrionics of > Teodolina the Goan > fisherwoman. > > I am prepared to accept your refusal to answer the > question about ethnic > cleansing but please respond to my other question: > Do you believe in Maharashtra for the > Maharashtrians, India for the > Indians, Arabian Gulf for the Arabs, England for the > English etc? > > Best wishes, > > Eddie > ============================================== > __________________________________________________ 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
