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That was the caption of the article in the Herald by Rico. In this article Rico says quote In the recent debate on Goanet, the largest Goa-linked mailing-list, the first salvo came from Moira-based headmaster Tony de Sa. He penned a missive titled ‘From one RG to another, an open letter’ [ http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/]. unquote. I can gather that the posts on this topic and its offshoots have not found favour with certain posters on Goanet. At this juncture, I would like to emphasize my stand and that of many other Goans like me. We are not against NRGs per se and I have said time and again, we certainly appreciate the work done by many NRGs who as Vivian says work and donate silently. Vivian says quote I sincerely hope we can stop this labelling game, as we are all Goenkars, and our hearts and sympathies are with mother Goa unquote I am sure most Niz Goenkars would echo this sentiment. What I personally and I am sure many like me decry is the patronizing, supercilious, know it all Non Resident Goenkar. Not all of us who live in Goa are ignoramuses not all of us hanker for that gift, money or visa that is dangled in front of the local Goan nor do we appreciate show offs among the foren returned Goans who try to impress us with money power. Most of all we do not want the gratuitous advice which is showered by hot air balloons. Like telling us that Goa is a mess and change the system blah blah blah ad nauseam. Change the system yes. I would second that. How is the question. The single Goan who can change the system is yet to be born. What is required is a collective peoples movement - a wave. Given the ground situation and the politics and the constitutional limitations, I do not see this possible for quite a long time to come. Let's face facts. As a rule (and this is an assumption which need not always be true), christaoes vote for the secular parties and the hindus vote for the hindu leaning parties. Christaoes vote secular in the hope that they will not be persecuted and will have a Government that will favour or at least not harm them. Now if the so called secular parties field rotters, aren't they forced to vote for the rotters? Friend Floriano has tried to change the system, but with all his enthusiasm and zeal, what is the nett result? P A Sangma and Sharad Pawar tried to buck India's biggest secular party and the last election left egg on their faces. Many of us have stayed in Goa even though there were opportunities to migrate. This was a choice that we made. Many of us too have made silent contributions to the state in terms of time, money, skills and talent. Many of us have been in decision making bodies that have shaped things in Goa. Is that not serving Goa? I would like to end this by echoing Vivians words that I have quoted above. -- \\\ = \\-00 Tony de Sa C u [email protected] \ ~/ M : +91 9975 162 897 --|><| Ph. : +91 832 2470 148 = / | ^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v
