It is quite regrettable to see today's indifference to both what should
endear us and many unfortunate facts of Goa life. There is a case to be made
for the element of 'information overload' that can overwhelm, I know I endure
it. Time and the Great Reaper have taken a toll, it pained to be reminded
today that Alfredo is not with us to informand entertain : he was a specially
painful loss. Our late friend out of the Bahamas served as an entertainer
of a variety some of us may not have savoured. He will be remembered,
nevertheless. He was responsible for hounding our voice out of Lisbon, along
with a few more.May both rest, together and afar in the yonder. Santosh
Helekar is specially missed : his was a voice of reason and compassion. I would
include him in the invitation to Merwyn, both of whom now take in the the joys
of Texas sunshine. Franky's 'Flash Gordon' now thrives in a new repository
where soliciting for the good things in life may be more lucrativeand find and
an even more gullible audience. His hideous assaults on correspondents matched
the diagnosis : I recallin suffering the mindless venom directed at the Panjim
'gentry' Bosco D'Mello used to be a reassuring voice out of Toronto ,one to
be missed. Thank you, Roland, but remember the Alamo and, yes the Titanic is
back.
From: Roland Francis
Goanet Readers over the years have become a fairly lethargic lot.
Years ago there were active, though sometimes aggressive to the point of
obnoxious, responses to what posters wrote.
Nowadays the aggression has completely receded but replies to the posts have
also become comparatively rare even accounting for the direct replies from
responder to writer. It?s like posters writing to nobody, nowhere.
