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--- Sunith Velho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: As any objective > person will tell you, this is a sign of a people who > have a serious identity > crises brought on by four hundred years of > brainwashing by both the state > and church. They are trying to assert their cultural > distinctiveness the > only way their limited grasp of their own history > allows them to. > ------------------------------------------- Sunith, Sometimes you espouse such balderdash, charming only because it is balderdash. What would your 25+ years know about a "people who have a serious identity crises brought on by four hundred years of brainwashing"?? How can you label generations and generations of Goans as being brain-washed and having an identity crisis just because they don't subscribe to your point of view of history? Perhaps they know a thing or two that you don't because they've lived through it while you read about it in a history book, if that. My father openly supports Portugal and Brazil and any South American country during European sporting events. He doesn't suffer from an identity crisis nor is he brain-washed. Nor is he anti-Goan or anti-Indian or wanting to hurt any Hindu sensibilities (please don't be patronising to this section of society, being patronising is the flip side of being condescending). He is just a Goan with all that it entails. I have to wonder why Velho Filos did not change their name to Chatturbhati Filos when they opened their store years ago. I'm guessing it's because opening up in the heart of Panjim they knew exactly the clientele they wanted to cultivate, the Latin Quarter of Goa and that is their market to this day. So all this angst that one feels on account of being colonised, when the rubber meets the road, one doesn't feel unduly perturbed by taking advantage of its perks. selma ____________________________________________________________________________________ Don't get soaked. Take a quick peak at the forecast with the Yahoo! Search weather shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#loc_weather ------------------------------------------------------- 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] -------------------------------------------------------
