On Sep 27, 2014, at 10:48 PM, Joao Barros-Pereira <[email protected]> wrote:
JB-P 1: "Had we in 1947 sought to get rid of the Portuguese colonialists, as we did the British colonialists, the endless debate on the issue of annexation or liberation of Goa would not exist as it would be seen today as a fight against colonialism, Portuguese and British." jc 1: I am not really sure that this contrived 1947 question is of benefit to any thinking Goan. What next ....1865 revisited? And why were there issues with Hyderabad and Junagadh? Were the Portuguese involved in Kashmir too? I submit that there is NO reasonable Annexation v Liberation debate. There is no doubt that Goa was annexed and there is no doubt that Goa was liberated from the Portuguese. The on-going, seemingly never ending debate would be a non-starter IF in 1961/62 Goans were given the freedom to exercise the right to self-determination. It is my personal belief that at that time, Goans would have opted to join India. -- JB-P 2: The phrase, however, "to sleep with" was famously highlighted by President Clinton, who said that he had not slept with Monica Lewinsky when he was cross examined about his relationship with her. The phrase, he said, usually means having had sex which he had not had with Monica. Today, the whole world knows he didn't sleep a wink. jc 2: I suggest that those among us who use terms, even as common as 'cross examined' and 'had sex', make the effort to ascertain if their usage is accurate. WHY would Clinton be 'cross-examined' in that case? Was he not the defendant? I will not comment further on the case because it is of zero benefit to the case wrt Goa and also because I believe that Joao is confusing the issue relating to 'Sex' in the case. jc
