Hei Mario and Cornel, Mario I accept that your humour sometimes percolates through. And I honestly have no doubt, that what you say is not meant maliciously. It has been fun and while the last post may have been close to the knuckle I hope that you are not too offended.
I would have liked to have ended this thread earlier as I had indicated to you. And that still holds. I have said all I have wanted to say to you. However, when Gabe and Edward came out in responding to your comments on the thread, you rounded on them in your own inimitable style. What is more, your responses to either of the gentlemen had no bearing on what they were trying to convey to you. Naturally, when you attempted to belittle them with your usual I had to nail you to the precise entries of their posts. Check the posts or ask the people themselves Gabe and Edward or ask Cornel to do it for you. If my distillation of what they were saying to you stung then you have only yourself to blame. Period. As for me, I am fairly easy going. I choose to ignore unsolicited premises, assumptions and recommendations. I respond if you have something that has an important bearing on the theme. More often then not I enjoy having a good dig on your ramblings. If you read my original post The International Goan Convention July 2008 - Brahmin Issues Vol 3, Issue 709, you will have noticed that I was addressing Brahmins covering identity, problems and solutions we faced. It is a serious topic. My post was hijacked by your bilious outpourings which had nothing to do with what I said. Rather it had to do with what you wanted to say with total loss of focus. Talk of not answering your questions. It is like talking about spiders of what they are, what problems they face etc and then find a couple of tea pots indulging in their perversion of moral indignation and outrage because they fear and hate spiders. We have heard that ad-infinitum and oddly enough only from a couple of middle classes. OK but hearing a couple of tea pots calling the pot black is a little rich. As far as I know Brahmins mind their own business and are content with who and what they are. Just get used to it. Mario the philosophy of Live and Let Live is fairly self explanatory. Even in the way you contrived to include marriage into the philosophy, remember the philosophy is not without responsibility. If you or your child were under attack by 3-5 thugs and I could help, I dare say that I would think nothing of coming to your defense even at the cost of losing my own life. If the numbers went beyond 5 then it would be prudent to reconsider my options. Yes, we have responsibility to our children too to varying degrees. In particular, people have a right to privacy of their family and homes. Did you miss it in my original posting? Marriages comes in this category or do you really believe we need to consult you. But feel free to discuss your Middle Class position on your children's marriages. We don't mind. I read an article of one good woman somewhere in the States or UK who has a love obsession for walls. She eventually married a Wall. God forbid when it is ok to bring home a Rat and recommend to us that every home needs one. Mario I would dearly love to hear your views on Friedman but I am a little pressed for time. But I will start a thread. I do not know what to expect. I am sure that I will learn a lot and it promises to be interesting. regards rn
