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Hi Joaquin,
Great post. Here are some tongue-in-cheek comments to some recent posts on
this topic.
I had a difficult time knowing if you were referring to SEX with words like
"juicy" followed by "heads ... heads ... and ... more heads" and ending with "a
headless bunch" (Ouch!!!).
Or were you referring to Casteism with words like "vituperation, vilification
and victimization" ani magir munta "only target seems to be, yes, to out-head
another --- the tinhorn one-upmanship!" The tinhorn resembles my mother's
comparison to "an empty can".
On a serious note, I completely agree with you. Goanet has contributed greatly
to dissemination of factual information. Yet, it has also given a wider forum
for many to display their Goan casteism - individuals who inflate their ego by
merely demeaning other Goan(s). And as I have pointed out, several of them
piously claim they do not believe / practice casteism.
Fred's post appeared to yearn for Goa to be like America - economically. This,
so Goa could have the same supposedly free-wheeling sexual mores. Yet, he and
others should hope they do not get what they wish / pray for (if one is
religious). As actor Rod Stewart has concluded: "Instead of getting married
again, I'm going to find a woman I don't like and just give her a house."
Back to my 'tongue-in cheek comments', on Miguel's expounding of consensual sex
by post-andropausal men. Perhaps given his botanical background, he could help
some Goan start a business applying some ideas of Dustin Hoffman, "There's a
new medical crisis. Doctors are reporting that many men are having allergic
reactions to latex condoms. They say they cause severe swelling. So what's the
problem?"
Kind Regards, GL
----------------- Joaquim Loiola Pereira
And that was (continues to be?) another typical Goanet thread of our days. Days
when Goans cannot discuss any decent (or indecent) topic without resorting to
vituperation, vilification and victimization. When is it that we last saw a
civilized, dignified discussion in this forum?
Of course, opinions as many as there are heads there will always be. Especially
in 'juicy' topics like the present one. But let the heads remain in their
proper place and not try to 'outhead' some head else, heading for a headless
bunch.
The overall scene is one of art-less, tasteless and sometimes meaningless
warfare, wherein the only target seems to be, yes, to outhead another --- the
tinhorn one-upmanship!
When shall we learn to appreciate and respect an opinion that is not ours ...
while continuing to hold on to our own?
