Dear Albert,
You must realise that priests [some, ofcourse] are more 'politicians' than
chest banging, knees bleeding, other cheek offering, pandas. As far as the
Colva issue is concerned, I am not indicting any one as I do not know the
case history at all. But it smacks of an engineering of a crookish
master-mind. One thing I know is that a priest should not incite his
parishioners. What is happening to Culvert Gonsalves happened to me some
time ago when I wrote to the Parish Priest (with a copy to the Archbishop)
that his sacristan had lost control over the tolling of the morning 6
O'Clock Church bells by giving him the average tolls for the entire week -
Monday thro Sunday, which was around 60 tolls, whereas in all fairness the
figure should be average between 10 to 15. Short of disclosing my name it is
believed that he said this during his Sunday sermon - Poile funelamcher
complainam cortale punn atam amcheam gantacher chodleat. Amim atam gantoch
vazoumcheo bond kelear boreo. [Previously they were complaining against
funnel/horn speakers. Now they are complaining against our Church bells. It
is better that we stop using our bells altogether] And all this was said,
it is believed, while waving my letter. And he didn't have to announce the
name of the writer as everyone knew who it was being the father of anti-loud
music noise pollution campaign. If this will not antagonize the entire
community I don't know what will. I immediately set the record straight (
after getting a few nasty calls) by confronting the parish priest in the
manner that he never even dreamt of it. I am proud to say that today, our
church bells do not exceed 20 at the worst of times at 6 O'Clock in the
morning.
Cheers
floriano
goasuraj
9890470896
www.goasu-raj.org
PS: If one is an activist, one must go for the throat. Nothing else l works.
PPS: Goa's Need of the Hour................What's Zat???
----- Original Message -----
From: "Albert Desouza" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 6:49 PM
Subject: [Goanet] Talibanisation of colva
Albert writes:- Regarding the riot in Colva I am not siding any one. Those
who were against the CD it would be the right thing to approach the Court
and file a case against the Colva Sarpanch or the producer of the
contriversial CD. Giving vent to your feelings by burning and destroying is
neither democratical nor Christian. If Lord Jesus could hang on the cross
for our sins, accept rebukes from people around whom he had done such a lot,
and then say " Father forgive them for they know not... why can this same
yardstick be used here ? The court would have given an impartial judgement
and punish the guilty. Are we the Judges ?
