I understand that people left the City of Goa during this and other periods because of cholera and other kinds of tropical epidemics, which disproportionately affected the Europeans. I believe during this time, in particular, a severe epidemic of influenza was ravaging the world. What is the purpose of comparing deaths due to natural diseases with the man-made atrocities of the inquisition? Why this confusion?
Cheers, Santosh --- On Sat, 7/18/09, Gilbert Lawrence <[email protected]> wrote: > > The above raises the QUESTIONS: > > Was the 'Inquisition-suspended period' that much of a relief to the local > population as claimed? > Would the threat from the Inquisition on the rulers, saved the local > population from the severe measures imposed on them by the colonial > government during this period? > Is not the sample of statistics of the victims who died in the four months > above, appear to be close to or exceed the total number of fatal victims of > the entire Goa-inquisition? > Is the forced-labor in the 'Inquisition-suspended period' (1774-1779) what > Alfredo De Mello refers; when he MISTAKENLY compares the Goa-inquisition to > Stalin's regime? > > Regards, GL >
