Goan Crab Mentality
The crab mentality thing has been on for a couple of days now, people do you have a clue to what you are talking about, I don't know who started this crab mentality stuff but I am sure he too did not know what he was talking about. I will disperse your doubts with just a few examples. 1) Get a hundred odd crabs (there are different types of crabs) may be just a single type or mixture of different types and leave them in the open and see what happens, the answer is plain and simple they will run as fast as their claws can carry them in all direction (mostly sideways) they will try to avoid collision and try to get to any source of protection at the earliest, what mentality is that ? That is self preservation or self survival and tell me you all wise guys which species does not have that in them. 2) This time try something different, put the hundred crabs in a container with rough sides where they can hook their claws on the rough sides and see what happens, in this case the ploy will be different, they will start running side ways initially and when they realize that there is no escape there, they will try the vertical way out and you will notice a very strange thing, in their bid to find an escape route if they come too close to each other they will suddenly move in opposite direction as though they are scared of each other and try to find some other route but they will not pull each other down, tell me, which earth moving species does not do that. 3) Now comes the interesting point, put these crabs in a container where they cannot hook their claws on to the side, like a plastic drum or bucket and not just see but observe what happens, there will be chaos as they try to escape running around in circles over and over again and once they realize there in no escape route they will settle down in a heap, very close to each other and then after some time when everything in calm slowly they will try to crawl over the other to get to the top and try to escape, they will not pull the other down, may be at times with movement or the weight or the awkward position, the ones underneath tends to roll or fall down, and they will keep on trying. Is that not survival of the fittest a basic natural instinct ? The sea or any water body, is their natural habitat, even there they will not try to pull the other down, but fight for survival. Now tell me what is this big noise about Goan Crab Mentality, survival in an alien or natural environment is a basic "universal mentality" if you don't believe me, try it and let me know. I am not a zoologist or a scientist, I live by the sea and I love crabs, they are a delicacy in my house and I love watching them and eating them, the only precaution one has to take is stay away from their big snapping claws. Lastly, what Edward de Silva mentioned in his post, Message: 4 Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008, may be true, most of us Goans will not go out of our way to help other fellow Goans, may be insecurity, may be jealousy, may be a lot of other things, in my life I have come across, a very few Goans who are a real nasty piece of work, who just cannot see the good of others, and people like that, my dears Goans, are all around the world, so take heart and don't get disturbed when you come across Goan Crab Mentality, I think now you all will be in a better position to debate the issue. Hope this post enlighten those people who thought otherwise, we Goans do take great pride that people round the world respect us more than others, we may try to compete fiercely with each other, like my house bigger and better than his or my car better than his but we are surely not people who PULL DOWN OTHER FELLOW GOANS. The Goan Crab Mentality (negative) only holds good in case of Goan Politicians, and that's nothing new or abnormal to them, and believe me if it was an Olympic discipline, then Our Goan Politicians would fetch GOLD !!!!!! To Goa with Love Freddy Agnelo Fernandes D G Jones International Ltd. Dubai Mall - Project P.O. Box 62256 Dubai United Arab Emirates Tel : 00971 4 4073599 Mob : 00971 50 541 7001 -------------------------------------------------------- The content of this electronic communication is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and any others who are specifically authorized to receive it. It may contain confidential or legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or otherwise placing reliance on the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful in certain legal jurisdictions. 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