Mario Goveia, the ONLY voice of truth, reason, and facts made a note i.e. " Irritated, paranoid Christians is more like it:-))"
I cannot quarrel ever with the one who might support unilateral aggression on the basis of "Rough Guidish" intelligence. I'd suggest that there is a commonly stated belief (by Bhaille) that most Goans are naive - who can be easily conned. As one Bhaillo "free lance journalist" stated after his 2 day stay in Goa ....'Goans drink feni and break out into a song in the afternoon'. As another well known and amorous Indian politician once said: Goan lok (people) are ageeb (strange). They are only good as cooks and butlers. The Indian media is best known for casting Goan men as lazy drunks and Goan women as "fast and loose" tarts. They are invariable named Ms Maria. Fast forward to the last few years. Rt wing nuts have been quite predictable in their attack on Catholics. Please understand that it is nothing personal ....strictly business. Some of the topics they are known to concentrate are the following: 1. Inquistion 2. St Francis Xavier 3. Mother Teresa 4. Sonia Gandhi 5. The Da Vinci Code 6. The abuse scandal. I invite this person (Sapna Sahani) who has suddenly sprung up on GoaNet via the Post Graduate College for Rough Guides, to advise us of the following: a: Since you make a claim of being an Anglo-Indian, Please expand b: Since you clain to have been "brought up as a Catholic" please advise IF you ever practised Catholicism and why you left the church. If you have fallen out, it will be easier to understand. Some Catholic priests who took advantage of the Church (for education) are (as expected) quite anti-Catholic. c: Have you written/presented in public ..... on any of the above (1-6) topics ? d: have you (or anyone on your behalf) ever claimed to have answers to the Da Vinci Code? There is a difference, Mario between Paranoia and due diligence. jc.
