Floriano Lobo wrote: Most who believe in one God or the other and who are nurturing their public careers, require GOD to take them forward -- meaning establish vote banks. All they have to do is to stand in the to receive Holy Communion at Mass, or wear the red smear on the forhead and be clanging the temple bells or prostrate themselves 4 to 5 times a day in the namaaz services. These are the worst hypocrites, never to be trusted. ---------------------------------- Dear Floriano, That is exactly what I am saying. By admitting he is an atheist, he is has alienated himself from the Catholic vote bank.
I do hope Oscar embarks on a political career but I see little chance of success for a man like him. For Catholics to win elections they have to be Churchill, Monseratte and Micky. Political change in society comes when society itself changes, not the other way round. Perhaps I'm just feeling unduly pessimistic today but we have failed desperately to create grass-root change in our society. Infact, we have regressed. Our education system has failed us completely. We go to colleges but we remain the same. There is no introspection. There is no interest in anything other than the mundane. There is no principle. There is only the immediacy of survival. The immediacy of the next visa out of Goa, the next Honda city car, the next purchase of a flat, the next budday party and the next wedding. Some times when I'm at a budday party, I get the uncontrollable urge to throw the cake on everyone's face. Best, selma
