Does the fact that we dislike corruption (political or otherwise) in today's Goa mean we should support the British position on their citizens owning land here? FN
On 07/07/2009, Pandu Lampiao <[email protected]> wrote: > Racist apart, its pretty much the Goichi attitude in Kanada no? > > I often wonder if their lives (Goichis who live in Kanadian burbs, > like Mississauga etc) are empty....where everything is > perfect....nicely manicured lawn, house with bargain stuff from Sears > or some such and so pretentious and worried about who they have for > neighbors, who they socialize with. When one makes the social rounds, > its rather sickening. And the conversation is often unbearable, the > cheezy jokes and the labored humor. Ofcourse, everything comes alive > with a drink or two, ofcourse consumed in some deep discounted > crystal!!! > > Am only visiting this place and say, so empty, so plasticky, so > perfect.....aye, I feel sick already!!! I mean, where else can one go > once the house is stuffed, the booze cabinet overflowing and the pants > size don't keep up with the growing waist. > > On the other hand, I'd rather stay away from the drunken, unruly and > noisy Brits for neighbors for sure, racist or not. Sometimes, one has > to look at oneself, rather than the neighbors...though the neighbors > wife won't be that bad!!!!! > > > On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 1:53 PM, jane gillian > rodrigues<[email protected]> wrote: >> Dear Goankars, >> >> I would like to compliment Santano Vaz and Frederick on their below >> e-mails. >> >> It is really sad to know from Santano's e-mail that all the "CHINDI >> foreigners" i.e. the poverty-stricken foreigners are buying property in >> Goa, while Frederick has made us Goans sit up and realize that some of us >> Goans are racist. >> ==================================================== >> >>>On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 9:47 AM, SANTANO VAZ wrote: >>>> >>>> Reply to: British citizens buying property in Goa (Gabriel de >>>> Figueiredo) >> >>>> Why Brits coming to Goa: this is what my UK colleagues told me. The cost >>>> of ?property and apartments is high in UK, in past few years very few >>>> people could afford and in next few years specially this generation who >>>> are in their twenties who still studies or worked as salaried they may >>>> not able to buy their own properties even if they work for 40 years from >>>> now. >>> >>>Message: 6 >>>Date: Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:40:44 +0530 >>>From: Frederick Noronha >>>Subject: Re: [Goanet] British citizens buying property in Goa >>> >>>Or, do you just mean "rich Whites" are better neighbours? >>> >>>Is this another way of saying we Goans are as much (if not more) >>>class-biased and racist as they come... even when we are ourselves >>>brown, have mostly known poverty in our (or our parents) lifetimes, and >> > -- FN * http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com http://twitter.com/fn M +91-9822122436 P +91-832-2409490 http://fredericknoronha.multiply.com/ http://goa1556.goa-india.org
