> > --- "Frederick \"FN\" Noronha" wrote: > > > "If you follow Goanet, it seems to be a Goan > > > feature to have 10 Goans, 12 opinions, and 16 > > > enemies." > -- > On 11/10/06, Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > As long as we are all exercising the freedom of > > speech the founders of some of our countries > > fought and died for, what's wrong with that? > --- "Frederick \"FN\" Noronha" wrote:
> Nothing "wrong". Except that we in Goa -- and Goans > as a community -- are moving fast ahead... back > into the 16th century. You may think I'm unduly > pessimistic here. But, come on, I've tolerated this > since 1995 > Mario responds: > Whether or not you are "tolerating" multiple opinions per capita and what you consider unnecessary conflict and "enemies", that is all part of being a dynamic society that has freedom and democracy. > Winston Churchill once said pithily that watching a democracy in action is like watching sausage being made. > If one wants the "stability" and "security" that one of your close friends was recently praising in oppressive dictatorships [to those few citizens who support the dictator], one should not be living in the stressful multiplicity and diversity of an open democracy. Curiously, critics of democracy tend to do so under the protections provided by the democratic system, whereas those who exist under the "stability" and "security" of brutal dictatorships are risking their lives to get away. > Your only option, dear Fred, is to use your energy and skills to rally local Goans into electing honest politicians. > _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
