Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:04:45 -0800 (PST) From: Samir Kelekar <samir_kele...@yahoo.com>
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Attacks-on-Indians-are-racist-Australias-ex-Army-chief/articleshow/5478936.cms Wonder what argument our resident NRGs have this time. Ex-Army chief has lost his "civic consciousness" ? :-) Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:06:53 -0500 From: Venantius J Pinto <venantius.pi...@gmail.com> To All among Us on Goanet, I would like to know whether any Goan, NRG or resident on Goanet explicitly said that the attacks in Australia, were in any way not racist. Was it even implied that the attacks and deaths must not be seen as racist. Mario observes: The last I heard they had not caught those who had attacked the Indians in Australia. Until they are caught and there is evidence that their attacks were racist, how would anyone know for sure whether the attacks were racist or not? Gabriel de Figueiredo showed where an attack on some Indians in Australia were actually carried out by other Indians: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-January/188317.html If you read the article posted by Samir, the ex-Army Chief has no facts or evidence to back up his incendiary speculation. Here is his not-so-brilliant analysis of his "suspicions" followed by a suggestion that the authorities "look more closely": Quote: "If you didn't suspect a racial strand you'd be mad. Attacks recently by groups of people on individuals looks like a profiling approach to people from the sub-continent. Rather than say 'nothing to worry about', I'd rather look more closely," Unquote. The article goes on to say, "Indian media have labelled the attacks as racist, but police and the government insist they are purely criminal." Once again, there is no evidence as yet to know for sure whether these particular attacks were racial or criminal. Samir's intention in posting such a scurrilous article filled with baseless speculation was clearly to deflect attention from his furious personal attacks on NRGs trying to help address the mess in Goa. In the meantime the Rahejas are not impressed by the crime waves and racism taking place in Australia, the Bahamas and the USA:-)) They are happy that attention is being deflected by Tony and Samir from their co-opting of village Panchayats in Goa.
