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--- Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Can any newspaper in the US run classified ads
> saying only whites need apply for jobs, or only
> women will be considered or only candidates of a
> certain age? Can any newspaper in the US, even in
> its editorial page make statements that are deemed
> overtly racial? The reason for this is because
> they are held accountable either under the law or
> by societal pressure.
>
Mario asks:
>
Why are you asking me about newspapers in the US to
make a point about newspapers in Goa? Using
irrelevant evidence is a good way to arrive at silly
conclusions.
>
There are laws against discrimination in the US which
could lead to lawsuits against anyone placing such ads
in a US newspaper, as well as the newspaper itself.
Even then, a cursory glance at newspapers catering to
the Indian community in the US will find ads such as
the following from the India Tribune (a US newspaper)
of September 16, 2006:
>
"Canada based Vaishya family, invites proposals..."
>
"Jat Sikh family seeks professional..."
>
"Vaishnav Vanik family invites proposals..."
>
"Leuva Patel family seeks...boys hailing from decent
Patel, Vaishnav, Gujarati families..."
>
Of course everyone is looking for "fair, slim and good
looking matches:-))
>
Perhaps your agitation should include the diabolical
bias against "dark, obese and bad looking" matches as
well:-))
>
Selma writes:
>
> Are you saying that Goans cannot make newspapers be
> responsible for what they publish? Why not? Why
> can't we hold certain institutions to a higher
> moral ground? Why shouldn't institutions and
> organisations be part of society's moral fabric?
>
Mario responds:
>
Of course citizens can protest anything they want.
The question is how they go about it. Typically, you
want to lead a boycott of Goan newspapers from the
safety of being a non-subscriber living in the US.
>
In a recent post I suggested that a more effectiuve
method would be to write letters to the editors of
Goan newspapers objecting to the inclusion of caste
labels in matrimonial ads. I listed the best writers
on Goanet. You objected to this saying that
professional writers should not bite the hand that
feeds some goose. Apparently, according to your
convoluted reasoning, only newspaper publishers must
bite such hands.
>
Selma writes:
>
> It seems to me, that you don't really want the winds
> of change to blow in Goa. You just want to blow your
> own trumpet on Goanet, however out of tune it is.
>
Mario reponds:
>
Selma,
Another silly conclusion based on bogus facts. I have
been battling the caste system, in word and deed,
since before you were born, kid.
>
Everyone on Goanet knows by now that you head the
trumpet section:-)) The problem is your trumpet
sounds more like an overindulgence in "channa":-))
>
Besides, I am keenly aware that there is only so much
I can do from the distance of the US mid-West,
something you seem blythely oblivious to.
>
I have been boycotting Goan newspapers for decades,
but do you think they care?:-))
>
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