JC: 9: I am not saying that bad governance should not be exposed and dealt with appropriately, It should but minus the innuendo.
vjp: Brilliant JC. Well reflected. Someday I must do a small monograph (perhaps drawings, and some verse) on the idea of: Living, and foraging on Innuendo: Belittling the gray (matter). + + + Venantius J Pinto On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 1:45 PM, J. Colaco < jc> <[email protected]> wrote: > On 28 May 2014 23:46, Nelson Lopes <[email protected]> wrote: > > "The now decimated Congress has to find better issues to be in the lime > light > and to demonstrate their existence with a hope of bouncing back to power" > > My dear Nelson. > > Trust your family and you are well. > > I agree with you post on several points. > > Personally, I believe that Congress lost its way. How much of that was due > mainly to the fact that they had to make alliances to be in power, I am not > sure. There is one thing I would say: The outgoing PM was better off as a > Minister of Finance or a Technocrat in that Ministry. I struggled to find > ONE other PM anywhere in the world who did precious little to campaign for > his party or Government. The inertia was palpable even from a distance. No > wonder the people spoke. I am sure that even the Congress are relieved to > be in opposition. > > I'd further add that IF Manmohan Singh was NOT really able to or allowed to > function as a full PM, he should have vacated his chair as soon as he came > to that realization.....and gone home. > > BUT, he did not. > > Back to your own post esp the segment I quoted: I would invite you to think > about the following (assuming that you have been reading widely for the > past 5 years at least) > > 1: Do you believe everything you read in the media? > 2: Do you believe everything the politicians spout? > 3: Do individuals (including politicians, you, me and others) have a right > to expression including making off the cuff remarks - as long as they are > not libelous or personal in nature? > 4: Did you read the near-trillion demeaning anti-personal comments about > Sonia and her marriage to Rajiv (even on TOI comments)? > 5: Are you saying that What is good for the goose is NOT good for the > gander? > 6: Are you saying that "New Rules" apply now because Sonia and company are > no longer likely to be the prime targets of negative comments? > 7: Have you seen Sonia or her children respond to those demeaning personal > comments with demeaning comments of their own? > 8: Did I (or anybody else) get to see any comments from Nelson Lopes about > those demeaning anti-Sonia personal comments? > > 9: I am not saying that bad governance should not be exposed and dealt with > appropriately, It should but minus the innuendo. Besides, IF the issues > have to be dealt with - and they should be - if TRUE HOPE has to become a > reality - then ALL ISSUES must be dealt with. > > 10: I sincerely hope that Modi et al succeed in making India > SHINING....after all. All of us will benefit. > > 11: I am not so sure, Yet. Like Thomas the Apostle, I prefer to be > skeptical till I 'see and feel'. > > 12: Politics is a strange field of enterprise. If you have the opportunity > ...Read widely about Dr. Antonio Oliveira Salazar. > > jc > -- +++++++++++++ Venantius J Pinto
