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Dear Clinton,
More than you may realise, I appreciate your thought process.
It happened just days before the GBA was formed. Patricia was arrested for
blocking the cutting of a tree. Oscar broke the news to me at Don Bosco's
parking lot on my way to attend the seminar with the PRESS. When he saw the
actual glee in my eyes, he was stunned. "I don't understand you" he said.
You are happy??
"Yes" I had said, 'so happy that I would fire crackers if I had some with
me. And I had explained to him this way. " The shit had reached chest high
all this while and rising. Now, with this arrest of Patricia, the shit has
jumped right under the nostrils. Now GOANS WILL ARISE. And Oscar had
understood and had relaxed.
It was a prophesy.
I would have been there a week later at the meet at Don Bosco's when GBA
was formed, cause I lead GEAC (Goa Environmental Action Group).
Unfortunately, I was interviewing some probable candidates for the 2007
Assembly Elections at Manvin's hotel and I couldn't make it.
But it broke my heart all the way when GBA declared itself 'APOLITICAL' and
remained neutral during 2007 elections. I knew then that GBA would
eventually fail in the eyes of the multitude of Goan who had flocked to the
Azad Maidan on 18 December 2006 to roar like ferocious lions and to send
the tails of all politicians between their legs. That roar has eventually
diminished to a meaw of a cat.
You are right. We Goans need a vision. Not a sword to cut each other to
pieces and gloat over it. We Goans must think in terms of politics. Those
who think 'apolitical' are, at best, visionless idlers and time passers who
will walk in and walk out from both camps at will. We Goans must decide
where, which side, we want to be and remain firmly planted there come what
may.
GBA's apolitical stance have brought in the same rascals with even bigger
margins. Is there any use crying over the spilt milk? Today what we see is
these same elected representatives hiking their perks and salaries and also
of the retired ones who might have not even lifted a finger for GOA while
Goa goes in stinking to kingdom come.
We Goans must ensure that we do not spill the milk once again in 2012 once
again. Goa
Afterall what runs our lives is POLITICS and nothing but POLITICS.
And it would be STUPID if we remained APOLITICAL. [I think Oscar has long
realised this fact]
That does not mean that everyone should run around to contest elections.
No sir.
Rather, every one should look for a candidate who will persue the programme
that people will want implemented, a no nonsense, written down, programme
for GOA.
And everyone collectively must go about electing that candidate,
irrespective of whether he comes from timbaktu or the moon.
In appreciation of your post
floriano
goasuraj
9890470896
PS: National Political Parties have no solutions for Goa. All they want is
to have a good time at the cost of us Goans by keeping them divided. And sad
to say, we have fallen for that.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Clinton Vaz" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 1:28 PM
Subject: [Goanet] GBA's hoax unfurls
This politics of pulling each other down is terrible, and exactly what the
government needs to get their agenda across. When all was well with the
GBA, it proved to be a front that the Government could not ignore. Today,
what do we have? A lot of people that are upset with each other over petty
issues and no longer have the will to work together just because of
irresponsible statements, pulling each other down and comments like these.
Right now, it appears that there no unified front to fight the
Government's decisions? Besides the excess dosage of criticism, Do Mr.
Rajan or Soter have any solutions?
It's strange to see Soter criticize the GBA while being a member of it
himself.
Clinton..
Message: 3
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:56:04 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Rajan P. Parrikar" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Goanet] GBA's hoax unfurls
To: [email protected]
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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To Goanet -
Thank you, Soter, for laying it all out.
Sorry, berther, no dice. You have ZERO cred. These rascals have finally
been shown for what they really are. But we told you so many moons ago!
The bigger tragedy is that Goa has lost valuable time. Let us once and
for all get this right: thank you GBA for NOTHING. You got that? The GBA
was one loud stinking flatulent joke on Goa and Goans.
Regards,
r
