Mario Goveia wrote: > Sapna, I think you may be finding out that, at least on this > topic, "Goan Intellectual" is a contradiction in terms:-)) Irritated, > paranoid Christians is more like it:-)) > > Just kidding, JC, but you are hardly distinguishing yourself with the > uncharacteristic and unsubstantiated comments like the one above, unless > you know Sapna personally well enough to know she is in a class by > herself. >
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:35:11 -0400 From: "J. Colaco < jc>" <[email protected]> There is a difference, Mario between Paranoia and due diligence. Mario responds: Jose, It's hard to tell the difference when you respond sarcastically to a joke I made after previously taking umbrage at a perfectly inoffensive question by a new non-Goan Goanetter and responding with angry, churlish and insulting comments, repeatedly using Rough Guides to distract attention from the topic, ranting about topics that others have written about Goa, and questioning Sapna Sahani's credentials in an accusatory tone, even referring to her in one post as he/she. I still have no idea why you went off the deep end in response to Sapna question given that the Inquisition is a despicable FACT. For example, you wrote the following, addressed to Sapna. I have never seen anyone else on Goanet questioned in such a rude and insulting manner: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-June/178873.html Excerpts: 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? [end of excerpt] What the hell is this? What "due diligence" are you demanding, and for what? The original comment was simple, perhaps misguided, that Sapna believed that most visitors to Goa were not aware of the Inquisition, wondered why and asked Goanet members for their comments on this. She later happened to mention something she read about the Inquisition in Rough Guides, which you have then started using as a red herring and a whipping boy to distract attention from the original question, which I don't believe you have even addressed. Since you have done your due diligence. Perhaps you can now answer Sapna's original question and enlighten all of us.
