Hei Folks, Ref 10. Re: Evolutionist Kevin? / to Fred (Gabe Menezes) above issue.
I find the venom of Gabe Menezes remarks deeply offensive to readers like myself on Bhandare. I do not know much about Bhandare. I am not a fan of his. I do not know whether he is a goan or not. Nor whether Bhandare is a nom de plume. I have asked but have been turned down politely. I only know him in the few weeks that I have been on goanet. Even so I feel the viciousness of the attack on him wholly uncalled for. To imply that he is a snake, and supports the subjugation of women, prostitution of women, ripping out of foetus from pregnant women of his party and suggesting that he may well have done it himself is deeply offensive. It is vulgar in the extreme and says more about the author then throwing any light on the RSS if that was the intended purpose. True, I do not know the RSS. I would like to know more about the RSS and Bhandare's position as a supporter of the RSS party. I think it is unlikely that even as a loyal party supporter that he can be held responsible for defining policy. What I have read about RSS ideology in Wikipedia seems agreeable to me though I would question the policy statements coming out of the party. But I remain open minded and willing to learn more from civil discourse. Surely, Gabe must realise that rather then informing people like myself about the RSS, a crude unjustified attack on Bhandare rendered his efforts useless. I can even go so far as to say that I am even more sympathetic to Bhandare now then I would have been otherwise. Had Bhandare been put on the mat and asked about RSS policies on the issue of subjugation of women, termination of pregnancies, prostitution with supporting case evidence then we may have got somewhere. In fact, what we have now started is a thread in trading insults. I think it is unfortunate that the opportunity of using goanet to inform is being lost in this way. Why? Come on, we can be civil while informing goanetters of issues relating to parties foreign to Goa that many of us abroad know very little of RSS, BJP, Congress even our own UGDP, SGF ..... and we would like to know more. If we are looking for an Alternative Dictionary of Insults then this is not the place we want to find it. Cheers.
