Dear FN, May I suggest that you are :
a: Making sweeping generalizations b: Seriously misrepresenting Santosh's take on Nascy (who is free to deny that he has denigrated India/Indians because of the dhotiwallas and the non-availability of beef to eat). I personally believe that Nascy's position on "beef" is not only puerile, it is also unnecessary. Let's ask ourselves the following questions: 1: Is beef not available in India? 2: Would the 'serving of beef at the Games' not create an unnecessary flash-point, and consequently, an additional security burden? 3: How will "the serving of beef" help the Games, the success of the Games or the image of India. I ask one further question: 4: Is the beef sold in Goa (and some parts of India) cleared for human consumption? I do not know whether I need to repeat my view on the issue of the practice of medicine by one who has NOT qualified to practice medicine (say Homeopathic medicine ......at a school specifically NOT recognised by the Homeopathic Board/Council of India). If FN says that democracy equals the ability of anyone to practice medicine without the requisite training, all I can say to him is, Cheers. jc ===== On 24 July 2010 18:42, Frederick Noronha <[email protected]> wrote: JC, It is fashionable on Goanet these days specially to project those we disagree with as fanatics, holding extremist views, while believing that our own views are very "centralist" (as if that's not a political position!) and unbiased. We have also seen another doctor, Santosh, take off persistently on persons like Nascy or earlier on Fr Ivo, in trying to prove them wrong. Differences in views can stem from legitimate differences in perspective, so why rub it in? Best perhaps just to state the point and leave it at that. I don't agree with Nascy's style of expressing his views, but he does seem to have some point here. How do we in a supposedly secular state decide what food is "acceptable" in a country? Is this a decision made on the basis of majority, "offensibility", purity or dominance? * * * IS YOURS one of the stories of Goans on board the S.S. Dwarka, or at the Strait of Hormuz, Basra or Bahrain, Dubai, Swindon, Mombasa, Poona or Rangoon? Selma Carvalho's new book *Into the Diaspora Wilderness* docks at many other ports. Get your copy from Broadways, Panjim [9822488564] Rs 295. P&p extra. http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/
