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Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom
of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute
http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical
references, some photographs and documents)
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Antonio Menezes wrote:
> There was this lawyer from Porbandar who saw nothing wrong in his own
> backyard...snip...He simply renamed these suffering people as children
> of God. To the best of my knowledge he did not utter a single word
> agains the perpetrators of the worst kind of social discrimination. I
> suppose for a bania to criticize brahmins would be agains his dharmic
> duty. There you are sub-continental hypocrisy for you
Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2009 18:04:53 -0400
From: Venantius Pinto <[email protected]>
I agree with Antonio Menezes' point, "To the best of my knowledge he did not
utter a single word against the perpetrators of the worst kind of social
discrimination." Perhaps as a lawyer he may have sold it to his colleagues as
some essential strategy.
Mario asks:
"To the best of my knowledge...?" What knowledge? Has Google and other search
engines been shut down?
Once again, I see some Christians trying to deflect attention from racism in
the Catholic Church, the subject of this thread, to some other person's alleged
transgressions - as if two wrongs make a right, even if true.
BTW, the man from Porbander, regardless of how he came upon his epiphany, has
been recognized around the world as a modern reincarnation of the proposition
that "Everyone is created equal." for which he was eventually assassinated.
These insinuations against Mohandas Gandhi are despicable, not to mention false.
See also:
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761575565/gandhi.html
Excerpt:
In September 1932, while in jail, Gandhi undertook a “fast unto death” to
improve the status of the Hindu Untouchables. The British, by permitting the
Untouchables to be considered as a separate part of the Indian electorate,
were, according to Gandhi, countenancing an injustice. Although he was himself
a member of the Vaisya (merchant) caste, Gandhi was the great leader of the
movement in India dedicated to eradicating the unjust social and economic
aspects of the caste system.
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