I tend to believe that Frederick has indeed touched a raw nerve here w.r.t.
land holdings by comunidades.
And my side of the raw nerve is aching.
BTW: I am and has been a comunidade man.
Cheers
floriano
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Frederick Noronha" <[email protected]>
To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2010 9:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Goans are shameless
Something I said seems to have touched a raw nerve. But there was no
response to the substantial point I raised. It is here:
Was the Comunidade system one of "local government" or a semi-feudal
manner of local land control?
I see little difference between the politicians who say "this land is
ours to grab" ... and those who pretend this was a perfect system,
never mind that it excluded all of Goa's women, and a large section of
those not born in the "correct" caste groups that controlled land in
the respective village.
Of course, this is like stepping on slippery grounds, because, from
the arguments put forth, both JC and Soter are fans of the
"democratic" Comunidade system. FN
Frederick Noronha
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