This is NOT VRR. He is a distinguished gentleman I am happy to call my friend. I am the undistinguished person he sometimes has to put up with.
Even so ....here is my input: Selma appears to have gone conspiratorial again. Sometime last year, she advised us that "There is a whole generation of young Goan Hindus being systematically trained to HATE Christians." I believe that this is bogus and that Selma should withdraw that nonsense. Now she is looking for something very derogatory about the word "Canecos" Is it that difficult to comprehend that it might mean "Konkanis" or people from the Konkan? and BTW: any word can be used in a derogatory fashion.....including the words 'paklo' i.e. White Portuguese, or Habshi, the word used to describe Africans (from Abyssinia), or Kalloo (the word used by the 'gora (white) North Indians to decribe dark skinned Dravidians et al) just me jc 2009/7/11 Carvalho <elisabeth_...@yahoo.com> Hi Gabriel, Thanks for digging that information out for me. Much appreciated. I wonder if VRR would see this post and comment on why they called the rest of us "canecos". What did it actually mean? Best, selma