Dear Dr. Anil Desai, In my next response, I asked of Rajan the question about land conversion ceilings. After I did that, I read your concerns and presume that I have sufficiently addressed them.If you have read what I written in the past, you will understand that it was a question. There are times I joke but it is pretty clear — at least I think it is when I do so. There are times I joke, but the joke is not at all intended to abuse, and that too is clear — again I believe it,m know it — because I know who I am. There are times I joke to cajole a response. But on the whole I do not joke much. There is no ambiguity in that direction of my use of language. That track record of unambiguity should have been / and should be enough proof — which incidentally is not my birthright by any means. Its only a general expectation from well meaning people
To reiterate, I am not trying to introduce anything other than a clean question. The dovetailing of those contexts may have jarred you, but my first question should have made things clear. In future, for you reference this how I will phrase my questions, instead of risking misunderstanding: [[[ What do you (does one) mean by the two Cs. I do not understand what you meant by conversion. Will you explain? ]]] Now say, if I were to say "Would you please explain?" there are many people who would say, what does he mean by 'could' and 'please explain.' What is he thinking. Who does he think he is? One can only hope that one is not misread, but for that to happen one hopes that certain people feel a certain way about each other. That is all I can say in my defence. So far, I have I have seen you as very balanced in your reasoning. To conclude, I do have a sense of what people are. And accordingly we interact in this space. the more I think about such readings its become very clear to me that language is proving to be not enough of a device, a guide nor a unifier. Venantius J Pinto > From: "anil desai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Goanet] Stop the two Cs now > To: goanet@lists.goanet.org > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Dear Goanetters, > Venatius Pinto wrote, > > > Dear Rajan, > > > Conversion?! Ruppees to Euros/Dollars or religion.And if you mean religion > what have you unearthed that irks -- T-shirts too? Are the buildesr selling > for a lower price to those who convert? Are these Christian builders? Are > there many? > > venantius > > Response: > > I do not know whether this is a joke or a serious attempt to somehow > or other drag religion into what Rajan is trying to do. > > There are conversions going on in goa day in and day out. they are > conversions of agricultural land into non-agricultural or settlement > zones. Goans fighting against SEZ and Mega building projects are > fighting to stop these conversions. > > This is what many vilage and Goa wide movements/ NGOs and celebrities > are asking for and this is a cause many many goans like Rajan and I > support wholeheartedly. > > Please do not try and introduce the poison of religious bigotry in > this worthwhile debate. > > Dr Anil Desai > > > ------------------------------ > >
