Chris: Are you responding to my post or Vidhyadhar's ? Where did I say that we should sit back and relax ?
Please can you clarify lines from my post which said that ? It will help if you read the posts before you respond. regards, Samir --- On Wed, 6/18/08, Chris Vaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Chris Vaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Goanet] The rape of Goa -- as a tool to save Goa? > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" > <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, June 18, 2008, 7:24 PM > When the 'gorement' is knee-deep in corruption and > concretization and is not > responsive to the common folk, what are the common folks > supposed to do? > Sit back and acknowledge the other cheek, and not rally and > applaud the > selfless individual/s who shines the light of truth? > > Utter commie hogwash! > > > "A communist is someone who reads Marx--an anti > Communist is someone who > understands Marx!" --Ronald Wilson Reagan > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Samir Kelekar" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 5:42 AM > Subject: [Goanet] The rape of Goa -- as a tool to save Goa? > > > > >Vidhyadhar Gadgil writes: > >>Gomantak Times, 18 June 2008 > > > >>The Rape of Goa...as a tool to Save Goa? > > > >>The Rape of Goa, a photo documentary, by Rajan > Parrikar is filled > >>with images of violence. It speaks of a violence > done to the > > > > Let us not throw the baby out with the bath water. > > The "rape of Goa" does a great job of > showing the "rape" > > of Goa. It does not give solutions however. Let us not > expect > > everything in one documentary. > > > > It certainly provokes; makes one angry; that is needed > absolutely. > > > > However, the next step is to channel the anger in the > right directions. > > That is our job. Let us work on it, rather than just > turning this anger > > into a mob mentality. > > > > One of the big problems in Goa is lack of jobs, lack > of sourcees of > > earning > > a living. We need a positive vision for Goa, apart > from our stand of > > of no construction, no mining. > > > > To have a positive vision is a tough job. It is easy > to destroy, > > tougher to build. But then, it is also possible. > > > > Today, the world is moving fast in various directions. > Businesses world > > over are booming, one reason real estate in Goa is in > huge demand for > > vacationers. > > > > Can we train the Goan youth to be entreprenuial ? > > > > Can Rajan also bring his high-tech education to a > positive use to Goans? > > > > This is what is needed, apart from protests and > shouts. > > > > Today, we see Goa govt. spending money like water in > areas they know > > nothing about. Yesterday, I read a news item wherein > the "Education > > corporation" head was talking about computer > based teaching. He was > > saying things like computers can be used to teach a > > child about mountain formations. He is just setting > the right tone > > to spend another Rs. 200 crores (with appropriate > amount of cuts > > therein which the ministers will get) for an utterly > useless venture. > > The recent announcement of spendings on CCTV cameras, > or school towns > > outside the city, you name it, all come from ignorant > bufoons who just > > want cuts. > > > > None of the above is going to help in creating a > single job in Goa > > or help Goans in any way. > > > > We need to fight all this, and give an alternate > vision for Goa, > > based on opinions of experts in the field. That is the > need of the hour, > > apart from stopping the rape of Goa in the field of > construction, and > > mining. > > > > > > regards, > > Samir > > > > > > > >
