To Goanet - Selma wrote: >This is just cruel victimization and stereotyping of a >trans-gender person. I share with you the concern that >our cities should not become parking stations for >transients, but surely we can do this without >victimizing and demonizing hapless people. > >Why target individual people, let's just target >policies that will ensure the government takes action >against transience.
You have the wrong end of the stick. The victims here are the citizens of Panjim (and Goa) who are being held hostage by the ghati hordes and the inaction of the Goa administration. Now, to type the blindingly obvious - The transgender person's preferences are not being questioned here. It is his/her/its displays of unacceptable public behavior (read lewd and sexually explicit acts) that is the issue. The use of the public space for squatting/ encroaching/sleeping/cooking/urinating is also a major point of contention. Regards, r
