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--- "Frederick \"FN\" Noronha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This sounds like a romanticised expat's vision of > Goa! I lived here > since 1966. Life was always tough, more so in the > past. ---------------------------------- Dear Frederick, Has the Bangkok massage oil gone to your head? :) Ofcourse I have a romanticised vision of Goa. Indeed I have a romanticised vision of the world. I even have a romanticised vision of my husband of when I first met him. Does that mean his six-pack abs of back then were just a figment of my imagination? :) When I was back in college, we had bullying, election politics, drugs, unprotected sex and unwanted pregnancies. What we didn't have was the ability to buy a machine guy and mow down 32 people one fine morning. The point I'm trying to make is that while man has always found a reason to hate, our ability to translate that hate into large-scale destruction has increased exponentially. Last week when I was shopping at the mall, the alarm went off. In this part of the world I knew it meant either armed violence, a bomb scare or a tornado warning. The days when I would go shopping and the most infuriating thing that would happen would be an unsolicited grope from a Pathan, now seem like glory days. Mark my words, the days of bombs and machine guns will come to Goa too and then these days of shutters downing will seem like the "days of innocence". Unless mankind continuously seeks ways to ideologically keep pace with technology, the potential for evil will outpace that for good. selma ____________________________________________________________________________________ Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545367 ------------------------------------------------------- Goanet recommends, and is proud to be associated with, 'Domnic's Goa' - A nostalgic romp through a bygone era. This book is the perfect gift for any Goan, or anyone wanting to understand Goa. Distributed locally by Broadway, near Caculo Island, Panjim & internationally by OtherIndiaBookStore.Com. For trade enquiries contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------
