Augusto, you were très drôle! Roland.
> On May 31, 2020, at 6:17 AM, augusto pinto <pinto...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Epifanio Valadares sent in the following post: https: // > www.mail-archive.com/goanet@lists.goanet.org/msg138603.html > > > His essential plea is: "My request through this mail, is that if possible, > please push this websiteto the concern authorities and our Goa state > leaders (as I do not have > their emails). The writer of this website should be liable for the > authenticity of their articles. He can't just portray articles in the name > of history to fuel up religious conflicts." > > I had a hearty laugh. What Senhor Valledares wants to say is that 'the > concern (sic) authorities' should ban a website which is intimately > connected to the blood stream of 'the concern (sic)' > > Which means it is highly unlikely that any action, even a mild > admonishment, will be highly unlikely unless the 'the concern (sic)' can be > pushed to the wall. (Highly unlikely, given the brute majority of the 'the > concern (sic)' in the Goa Assembly and 6Lok Sabha. > > Besides even if 'the concern...' were somehow willing, banning anything is > among the worst possible responses to such provocations. And will soon > prove counter-productive, with massive protests from the Hindutva trolls. > > > The best way, although it may still be ineffective, given the brute > majority of 'the concern...' is to counter untruth with truth. > > But unfortunately our so-called 'intellectuals' don't have the guts or the > sense to handle such delicate issues. > > Some time ago I pointed out the issue-skirting questions of Frederick > Noronha and the pusillanimous responses of Fr. Dr. Anthony da Silva, > Director of the Xavier Centre for Historical Research, when they had a > golden opportunity to publicly enunciate a response to such propoganda but > instead preferred to skirt around the issues like cowards. > > Of course Fred and Tony da had a great opportunity to consolidate a > wonderful 'you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours' relationship' which > they milked to the maximum. It was pathetic, even painful to watch. > > I'll repost the relevant part of that message of mine: > https://youtu.be/KH58CynbH3Q > > "Google threw this video at me... > Given that both the parties involved are known to me, one the younger > bother of my classmate Ricky, and the other a fellow Moidekar, a Jesuit > priest who I (know) I watched the video with interest. > > FN asked two questions which should have elicited interesting answers. One > was about the history of the Jesuits;... > > I was amazed by the responses of Tony da (that's what FN familiarly calls > the reverend) and Goa's "greatest" journalist's probing supplementaries. > On the origins of the Jesuits in Goa there was little about St Francis > Xavier and certainly no question was asked about his letter calling for the > Inquisition. I don't think I heard much about why the Marquis de Pombal > kicked the Jesuits out of Goa. This is all widely known to those who know, > but should have been known to a larger audience. > > It was a great opportunity for Tony da to give the Jesuits' viewpoint > because on social media the Hindutva trolls regularly come out with the > taunt, "But what about Francis Xavier? Usually the St. is carefully > omitted. > > Tony da fluffed it..." > ............................................................... > > Incidentally the Inquisition is trending on Goa's Facebook accounts: on the > one side you find Fr. Victor Ferrao and on the other my good friend > Shrikant Barve. > > Augusto