My worthy nabobs of Goanet! For all that is sacrossant, I fail to comprehend, in toto, how this post & the one it seeks to answere, can have anything to do with Goa or things Goan...
Otherwise, I have known, the moderators/monitors/regulators of Goanet promptly pounce upon any digressor in such particular matters. Will one, or several, of these worthies, please, kindly, elucidate & oblige? Alfred de Tavares, 2010-01-17 > Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 11:36:24 -0500 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Goanet] Crime in the Bahamas > > Samir Kelekar <[email protected]>: And we are complaining about > crime in Goa! Incidently, three separate groups of tourists were > robbed in Nassau, where our Jose Colaco stays! ;-) > > > RESPONSE: > > Dear Samir, > > I believe that You are indeed 'in a foreign bashing mode', as Eddie > Fernandes correctly noted. > > Even so, I'd say that you have every right to open mouth and speak. > > However, I'd like to suggest that "it does help to be current." > > You are indeed correct that there were a spate of robbery incidents > involving tourists just before the start of the Christmas season. To > the best of my knowledge, no tourist was seriously hurt, raped or > killed in the incidents.....but could have been. > > I also know that the Bahamas police acted very swiftly to prevent > further incidents. They now have a strong and disciplined police > presence in the normal tourist areas. As a result, even the world > largest cruise-liner The Oasis of the Seas comes to Nassau several > times a month - and helps The Bahamas generate significant income > without using any of the resources eg Water, Electricity etc. > > Here is a picture http://im.rediff.com/money/2009/nov/04slid1.jpg > > Now, I do not expect the Bahamas police to prevent all crime - > especially crimes involving, as you would call it "girl-friends", but > they certainly are doing a fine job - and are being kept on their toes > by the very aggressively open UK/US-style Talk radio, newspapers and > blogs. Even Portugal which suffered so much suppression of free-speech > (under Salazar), has opened up so much like the really free countries > of Europe and the US. > > If you want to know the true meaning of "liberation", please access > the US, UK, Ireland and Portugal on line transmissions of their radio > (and possibly TV)(many are free) > > Now ....I am sure, you will advise us what the situation is in Goa. > What are the police doing? What is the CCP doing? and How free is > speech in Goa? (Your brush and future brushes with Damocles, having > been noted). > > How "liberated" are you (personally) compared to the IT techs in the > countries mentioned? > > BTW: It is inappropriate use of the English language to state that a > person "stays" in a particular city/country when that person "lives" > in that city/country. > > One "stays" in hotels or motels .....not in countries and places. > > If you are unaware if the person is in a particular place for a short > or long duration, you may wish to use the word "resides". > > I took the opportunity to advise you - just in case you wanted to > expand your English vocabulary beyond the phrase "boot-licker". > > yours very sincerely > > jc _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live: Friends get your Flickr, Yelp, and Digg updates when they e-mail you. http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/windows/windowslive/see-it-in-action/social-network-basics.aspx?ocid=PID23461::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-xm:SI_SB_3:092010
