Is "sleeping with windows open" the only basis of judging how peaceful, just, and sustainable a society is? Or, is the cleanliness of the hospitals a better indicator? This is not a defence for post-1961 prone corruption and misrule, but one can't overlook that a semi-Fascist dictatorship has pros and cons which are quite different from those of a capitalist-if-somewhat-more-egalitarian region where the rulers are hard to reign in, and the sickness of affluenza (overall growing affluence) has come at the cost of the environment, over-consumption, and selfishness. FN
On 16/09/06, Sunith Velho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Richard, > > Thanks for your reply. As you may/may not be aware the statement "In > Portuguese times we used to sleep with windows and doors wide open..." is > more often than not used to convey the fact that Goa was much safer before > the "Indians" took over....-- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Noronha http://fn.goa-india.org 9822122436 +91-832-240-9490 http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/ _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
