It is nice to see articles being exposed when written without references and full disclosure. Yet now Goans should engage in combating blatantly false stories on Goa, even about contemporary Goa? There has been many posts on Goanet about a Christian church in Orissa being destroyed my militants. Yet, here is an article about Goa and Goan Christians, a small part of which is reproduce below, (with proper reference). Articles like this widely seen in cyberspace, serve to sow hatred towards Christians and towards Goans of all faiths. Most of these articles write what was recently posted on Goanet that the Inquisition in Goa was directed against the Hindus and used as an instrument of conversion. These supposedly original articles may not be plagiarized. Yet, some of them as part of their researched "reference" quote goanetters and Goanet posts. To give credibility to the true or alleged quotes, the author 'awards' the posters titles like Professor, Doctor, and some fictional novel writers are called "Historian". >From the Goanetter's point of view, it is important that our posts, as far as >possible reflect the facts and not the assumptions; however useful these >assumptions may be to bait other Goans.
Kind Regards, GL >From the Hindu Writers' Forum, New Delhi, 2001 Dr. K.V. Paliwall, PhD Goa though liberated in 1961 from Portuguese rule is still suffering from the influence of the Catholics who are dominating and taking undue advantage of minority status while Hindus (85% of total population) are living like slaves under suppression / oppression and conversions are still going ahead in full speed. Perhaps the worst situation or mistreatment is accorded in Goa and our leaders are remaining silent spectators, pampering them as vote bank a matter of shame indeed. In fact, some Hindu leaders of a particular political party headed by a Catholic are themselves anti Hindu since Independence. If they introspect, they will realise what they are doing against peace loving Hindus-a matter of treachery indeed. Regards,
