Carvalho wrote: > Oh dear, like so many Goan men, he liked his girls a little young huh? :-) > I can't help but admire him though, because for a Goan in the 1800s to do > what he did was quite amazing. > His sons were taken to Portugal and educated at the expense of the state. I > wonder if our Goveia is related :-)
selma, This is no joking matter. We are talking about mass rape and pillage here. If I am reading you correctly, you seem to have a cavalier attitude to Goviea just because it was a Goan man in charge of the rapists. Secondly, there is nothing amazing about using military force to conquer a people. To me, military conquest is the most barbaric of human activities. I am deeply ashamed of the activities of this Goviea puppet. Third, take a look at this link to, "The Wars Of The Field Mice." Some of the activities of Goveia and his failures are mentioned. A quick read from the middle of page 31 to the middle of page 32 will give you some idea of why the Portuguese and their puppets are so despised in Africa. http://books.google.ca/books?id=Lq6xFmv2y4IC&pg=PA29&lpg=PA29&dq=Manoel+Antonio+de+Souza+Goveia&source=bl&ots=XYGsXAbT1v&sig=ulvpH0mzq-3AkjvoC2yXfPzU2Bc&hl=en&ei=qRjBSaPkNZrIM9jylaoN&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA31,M1 Lastly, I sincerely hope our man in Ohio is not related. Else we will get endless email on how the liberation of Mozambique, by military force, produced democracy for the country. Mervyn1650Lobo __________________________________________________________________ Connect with friends from any web browser - no download required. Try the new Yahoo! Canada Messenger for the Web BETA at http://ca.messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php
