It may come across or be reagrded as a joke, but its still worth trying to get him to offer an apology. As I always say, apologies do nothing--BUT these are small victories and PR for both sides, considerin the nature of our socially engineered societies. Perhaps Selma could write to the Speaker, and try and meet IT, and give IT a sense of the intellectual outrage created in the minds of the Goans, big and small, rich and richer, those born on tiny plots and others on larger tracts, etc., etc. It just may dissolve into tears, at having ridiculed its Goan sisters and brothers. HE may rethink his own humanity.
It may go after me too; in itty-bitterness. venantius j pinto Message: 11 Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:18:49 +0100 From: Cajetan Alvares <cajul...@googlemail.com> Subject: [Goanet] Comedy show I think the Speaker should apologise to the People now, unless we have a move like that, democracy in Goa has just been turned back a couple of centuries. selma ------ Are you joking? You have lived in UK for too long, looks like it. In UK, Ministers carry their own briefcases and work papers. In India there are 10 voters, I mean voters, ready to carry their luggage for free and 9 say sorry for not doing so. Why should the MLAs say sorry? In UK, ministers cycle to work, in India/Goa they want to be driven or better still carried. Sorry, is a bad word in India. Caj.