I was one of the victims of this blockade and it was total and absolute. My
HC hearing got over in a jiffy at 1145 hrs and since I had to rush home to
take my 87 year old mother for X-ray of the possible wrist fracture
resulting from a fall last night, I made it to the Santa Monica U turn to
get on the old Nehru Bridge. When I saw a pile-up of cars inching away, I
reversed and headed for the new bridge. The same things. A friendly traffic
cop advised me to take the ferry as according to him the blockade was total
and it would take hours to clear. I rushed to the ferry point and was
foolish enough to get my car inside the ferry jetty. The whole thing got
clogged in no time and the ferry that had arrived could neither unload nor
load their payloads. Luckily I got pushed out from there and ended up in the
serpentine line-up until 2 p.m. to start where I had left earlier. It was 3
p.m. when I landed home via Penha de France.
Somebody said the blockade was organized by the BJP to protest price rise. I
hated it. Now I know better and I love it, for, I have always preached
against morchas, darnas, etc. peaceful or otherwise because I believe that
the general public should not be inconvenienced and paralyzed for some
political or other ideals. I have always said that the way to do things is
to paralyze the concerned departments, government or otherwise by filling
them up by walking in two's and three's unannounced, without placards etc
and make the office impossible to function. Blockading the Legislative
Assembly is a super idea and it goes well with my preaching. Well done,
whoever has done the planning.
Cheers
floriano
9890470896
www.goasu-raj.org
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Goans - Stand-up and be counted,
Drive out the Su-Raj bums from the Holy land of Oster Goans :-)).
----- Original Message -----
From: "soter" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 4:37 PM
Subject: [Goanet] learn from the Tribals of Goa.
Just around 2000 Tribal Association members of Goa have demonstrated how
Government policy can be influenced. They blocked both the bridges and the
entrance of the Legislative Assembly for solid 4 hours and no one had the
guts to take them on. They got what they wanted.
