2008/7/17 Bosco D'Mello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > PS. FN's barber is also a non-Goan. That's two-for-two!!! >
True. And so are 90% of the persons whom I work for, which allows me to spend time in sharing info with *Goa*net. Unlike the Churchill Alemaos, I don't prefer-to-hire-migrants-and-opt-to-blast-them-publicly. The term "non-Goan" is a loaded one. Firstly, "Goa" has been defined by accident of history -- Portuguese conquest and treaties. Secondly, at one stage, we all were "non-Goans". Check the DNA reports of VM's brother or Dr Teotonio de Souza as reported recently on [ http://groups.google.com/group/moira-net] Besides, a few years back, we treated a person of another caste or another religion with about as much contempt as we treat a "non-Goan" today. In the case of religion, this still happens... probably more so, with new biases being built up all the time. Take a look at the debate over Muslims in current-day Goa ... FN -- FN * Independent Journalist http://fn.goa-india.org Ph +91-832-2409490 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Goa http://www.linkedin.com/in/fredericknoronha
