Dearest Selma,
Would you please put in a word for me at any prefered Embassy nearest to
you? That will take a lot of running around for me to do. I think I will
take your advice, having resisted this urge for such a long time,
UNLESS
(:- you use your good offices with the Archbishop of Goa & Daman to convince
him that henceforth the Sunday Services in every church and chapel should be
converted into the training camps to teach girls and boys how to effectively
wield sharpened swords which can separate the head from the shoulders in
one go. Maybe, I can take the contract to supply the swords and not look for
a visa. :-)
B/rgds
floriano
goasuraj
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carvalho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 5:44 PM
Subject: [Goanet] An open letter to Goan Catholics
Those days are long-gone. Today, eve-teasing in Margao is occasion for
full-scale communal riots and anticipation of these riots, is reason
enough to bring in swords by the dozens. The Goan Catholic cannot cope
with this. The male of our species has been emasculated by centuries of
Sunday Mass sermaos. He has neither swords, nor koitos nor the inclination
with which to rise in protest. The female of our species is educated and
emancipated. She wants nothing more than to get on with her professional
and family life. In this morass that Goa has become of hurt religious
sensibilities and communal tensions, Goan Catholics have no place. Sadly,
I urge you to go to the nearest embassy you can find, whether Canada,
Portugal or New Zealand and apply for citizenship. Don't let the fear of
the West keep you for applying. You are already bi-cultural. Your
children's transition to a Western culture will be fluid. It is the best
thing for your children's safety.
I write this with all sadnes for my beloved Goa and Goans.
selma
