--- Bosco - Goanet Volunteer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chris, I'm not disputing Merriam-Webster. > What I contested was your assertion that Roland's > comments being classified as "snide". I gave > you and other Goanetters an example yesterday of > snide comments - a post by Mario Goveia. I suppose > its just a coincidence that you and Mario, both > missed the gist of Miguel Braganza's fine post on > dispropotionate Punishment to Crime re the 3 Goan > youth that were recently electrocuted or the issue > about the diversion of the Mhadei river or the issue > about the electrocution of wild bulls - 6 > paragraphs in that article and yet you and Mario > only choose to ramble about the Israel, Hezbollah, > Bush, etc.....There is very little interest in Goa > or Goans in both your writings. > Mario observes: > First of all, for Bosco to say that we, who live in the US, have "little" interest in Goa and Goans is just flat out false as several of my posts on Goanet prove. In fact, contrary to Bosco's false allegation above, we never INITIATE posts on "Israel, Hezbollah, Bush, etc.", which would be "off-topic" on Goanet, but we reserve the right to RESPOND to others who do, especially if the facts are misrepresented. Somehow, when others include cheap shots about the US in their posts they are considered "on topic". > BTW, when was the last time Bosco wrote a post on Goa and Goans? > Bosco's comments above show his personal biases on behalf of certain posters by snidely twisting the facts to his advantage. > The following URL shows what I objected to in Miguel's post as well as my detailed response: > http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2006-October/049063.html > My response simply put a totally gratuitous and egregious analogy in it's proper context. > My response was factual, robust and to the point. Nothing snide about it, unless you like inappropriate political analogies inserted into essays on totally unrelated Goan issues. > Bosco writes: > > And talking of cheap shots - here's one directed > back at Miguel: > > http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet- > goanet.org/2006-October/049327.html > Mario illustrates more bias: > In the URL above I was complimenting Miguel for writing a different and very nice essay, in my never humble opinion, this time without any inappropriate analogies reflecting his personal biases on mid-east political affairs. > For Bosco's edification, a "cheap shot" in a verbal context is defined as an aggressive and unfair remark directed against a DEFENSELESS person. > My remark on Miguel's essay was complimentary and factual so how could it have been "aggressive" or "unfair"? In addition, I don't think Miguel is DEFENSELESS by any means, as shown by his own REALLY "aggressive" and "unfair" response to me as shown below. Of course, these comments were obviously with Bosco's full approval since we didn't see a slew of angry posts by Bosco directed at Miguel analogous to his responses to Chris and me: > Miguel's "aggressive" and "unfair" post, which did not address ANYTHING I had written before, just a mean-spirited verbal attack, was as follows: > "Has anyone ever logically ended a discussion with Mario Goveia on the Goanet or on Goenchim Xapotam? If not, why should I begin? > The good book says, "When a wise man argueth with a fool, whether he laughs or raves, there is no end." Why even attempt, either left or right?" > For someone who is defenseless this would also be a "cheap shot". Since I am neither defenseless nor a fool, I did have an appropriate response to this verbal hit-and-run attempt by Miguel: > http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2006-October/049321.html >
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