Hi Gilbert I refer to your post as in the para below. I will try to be brief and entirely impersonal unless this is totally unavoidable for reasons of communication: "Cornel refuses to answer the questions and provide a full disclosure about himself and his family. Has he invited the castes he champions to his home to break bread and meet his children? And sincerely hoping for a long fruitful relation?" 1. I regret not finding this request of yours earlier on Goanet. However, as I would never dream of ever asking you about your family on a public forum, I fail to understand why I should do this re a private personal matter, as from my perspective, it has nothing whatsoever to do with Goanet posts. 2. I did read your exchange with Roland with some interest. Suffice to say that your views appeared incredibly traditional about grown up children and the seeming necessary role of parents in their choice of spouses. I therefore really wondered why you did not stay on in Goa with such traditional expectations rather than opting to live in an increasingly multi-cultural North America and the West generally. I am happy to say that I think rather differently from you. I believe that, grown up, and often highly educated/professionalised Goan children in the West can definitely work things out for themselves perfectly well and should indeed do so. However, they should always receive a parental opinion if needed and requested by them. 3. I restate only because you seem to need my reiteration that, I am opposed to all caste/casteism among Catholic Goans because the two belief systems (Catholicism and Hindu caste) are totally incompatible. This view of mine, for three years (as well as of others) has not been challenged by a single Goanetter with informed standing and reputation and not even by you!. Sadly, however, Catholicism in Goa has been contaminated by caste adherents and consequently, some live off it parasitically. This also relates to the export of such contamination as currently evidenced to Portugal via the Portuguese passport route. 4. I am now quite bored of this 'Caste among Catholic Goans' subject and would prefer if you did not bring it up repeatedly please unless it relates to something intelligent you have encountered and it has not been addressed to date. If I do not answer your further questions on this topic it will be because I have chosen not to respond to your endless repetition. 5 Another reason I should like you NOT to raise further questions to me on the theme of caste/casteism is BECAUSE you have studiously avoided answering mine and other people's questions to you in the first instance. If you have forgotten what these are, please ask! Good wishes for the New Year too. Regards Cornel
