July 30, 07.2010. SUBJ: *'BUILDER-POLITICIAN-NEXUS:*
To My all dear Goans, "IT IS HIGH TIME THAT ALL GOANS STOOD UP FOR THEIR BASIC RIGHTS AS WELL THER RIGHTS BEING CITIZENS OF THIS LAND". It is very saddening to read that young virgin villages in Goa are BEEN destroyed permanently by the ever Powerful Nexux of Builder-Polician and the Government hand in glove. All for their own 'Selfish motives and Gains, which is very, very saddening as well upsetting the Goans to see Goa wither away to Sychopants.. It is also very sad to note that there is no much unity among the Goans to understand the basics of this plight and unitedely fight this plague and also the Corruptions of the so called Guardians of the Law. " GOA IS FOR GOANS" and "ALL GOANS ARE FOR GOA" Must be the present Cry of the Goans, Otherwise all Goans will fall like the Goliath to the sling of David. Today, Goa depends for its livelihood and its economy on Tourism and if the Goans unitedly fight to preserve and concentrate to save Goa then this Natural Beauty of Goa will sonn disapper into the Blue forever. So Goans, my sincere plea and request try to come forward with love and understanding the Reality what is happening now there and rebel against this corrupted 'Nexus between the Builders- and the Policians, only then will Goa be able to stand Test of Time and forever move forward with its glory and also beauty for ever to behold. One more fact to state that if we allow any Tom, Dick and Harry to wander into Goa in Search of livelihood then what will come about of the original inhabitants of Goa??? THINK DEEPLY AND WISELY and WAKEUP BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF GOA AND DO SOMETHING CONCRETE TO BETTER GOA AND GOANS. SHOWl THE WORLD THAT GOANS TOO ARE NOT FAR BEHIND IN DEVELOPMENT AND EVERY SPHERE OF LIFE, AS ONCE THEY USED TO RUE BUT TODAY ALL THAT IS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN ON THE HORIZON. WAKE BROTHERS, WAKE-UP MY PRAYERS TO YOU ALL. ONLY THING IS THAT MOMENTARILY I AM BASED IN MUMBAI BUT WHEN I COME DOWN TO GOA FOR GOOD MAYBE THAT TIME I TOO SHOULD JOIN YOU IN THE FIGHT FOR GOA. TILL THEN MARCH ON AND DO SOME GOOD FOR THE GOA AND THE GOANS ALIKE. VIVA. ESTELITO AGNELO FURTADO (SAM) KHARGAR, NAVI MUMBAI On 7/29/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > Send Goanet mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Goanet digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Unusual proverb? Doxeo_Zonvop (JoeGoaUk) > 2. Golden years of Goans sports - correction (Bernado Colaco) > 3. Re: 3 paintings of naked deities kick up row (Rajan P. Parrikar) > 4. Are Goans against Development? by Aravind Bhatikar (former > IAS Officer and Chairman of the Mormugoa Port Trust) (roger dsouza) > 5. Re: Unusual proverb? Doxeo_Zonvop (Venantius J Pinto) > 6. ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (29Jul10) (alexyz fernandes) > 7. Re: All Religions for Human Integral Development (Ivo) > 8. Re: Celibacy Today (Ivo) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:49:02 +0000 (GMT) > From: JoeGoaUk <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Goanet] Unusual proverb? Doxeo_Zonvop > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > [Goanet] Unusual proverb? Doxeo_Zonvop > ? > Tumi bab kit're, eso gaddi matayi? > ? > As for me, I also remember something like that but can't recollect now. > However, we do/did say it in another way.. > ? > Muj'Noxib, zoulem Moxik? (Mos = She buffalo) > ? > Now some of you may say.. > > Hei, tuyem mal'ti gaddi nu re? > - Na re, ayem gaddi malona, forench, kalle Gayechean > > > [email protected] > > for Goa & NRI related info... > http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ > > For Goan Video Clips > http://youtube.com/joeukgoa > > In Goa, Dial? 1 0 8 > For Hospital, Police, Fire etc > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:49:18 +0000 (GMT) > From: Bernado Colaco <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Goanet] Golden years of Goans sports - correction > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Boxing - The name should have been Edgar Furtado and not Oscar. Gabe sorry > for > the wrong info. > > BC > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:58:11 -0700 (PDT) > From: "Rajan P. Parrikar" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Goanet] 3 paintings of naked deities kick up row > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > To Goanet - > > >COMMENT: Easily said than done; > > Even easier is to write "Easily said than done." This can > be said of virtually anything. > > >Just imagine 20 years ago, you having a fling > >with a bad, hot white woman in the Southern States - would you have told a > >lynching mob where to go? > > As someone who did live in the Deep South of the United States > 20 years ago, your remarks have no resemblance to the then prevailing > racial climate. By the way, there did exist good, cold white women as > well. > > At any rate, you have got to be crazy equating the atmosphere that once > defined the American South to the current time in Goa. This is in the > category of "not even wrong" so I will not expend any energy pointing > out the error in your thinking. > > >On another point, I do agree with respecting the > >sentiments of the majority; after all, those of who are here protesting, > do > not > > What if someone does not want to "respect the sentiments" of > the majority as perceived by a minority section of that majority? > In a free democratic society, that ought to be allowed. > Which is exactly the point of this discussion. Why don't you reflect > on this for a minute before looking so silly on a public forum? > > Regards, > > > r > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:17:12 +0800 > From: roger dsouza <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Goanet] Are Goans against Development? by Aravind Bhatikar > (former IAS Officer and Chairman of the Mormugoa Port Trust) > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > *Please read the Article by Mr Aravind Bhatikar in the Herald on whether > the Goans are against development. **The writer is a former IAS officer, > and > former Chairman of the Mormugao Port Trust.** * > ***Recently we have seen how our Goan politicians accuse Goans for opposing > their grandiose plans what they think is their idea of development which is > nothing but promoting their own selfish and vested interests in order to > pocket the kick-backs and moolah that they are raking in without a thought > of the permanent destruction in Goa.* > > *Mr Bhatikar will be one of the speakers at tomorrow?s meeting at the > CANSAULIM PANCHAYAT HALL on Friday July 30th at 6:00pm that will expose the > Politicians-Builders- Government Machinery nexus that is working overtime > to > destroy Goa our villages, hill slopes, Khazan lands, rivers, hinterland, > coastal areas and our Goan way of life!* > > *Let us all join together in support of our brothers and sisters in > Cansaulim to preserve their beautiful village as well as all our Goan > villages! Together we shall overcome. * > > *Please forward this to all! See you at the Cansaulim Panchayat Hall July > 30 > th at 6:00pm!* > > **************************************************************** > > *Are Goans against development? * > > > *Opposing huge projects that siphon public money for private gain isn?t > anti-development, says ARAVIND BHATIKAR * > > All ?development? must ultimately result in a better quality of life. The > United Nations Human Development Report (HDR), brought out annually, > compares countries on the basis of the Human Development Index. The Concept > of Human Development is explained by United Nations thus: > > ?Human Development is a development paradigm that is about much more than > the rise or fall of national incomes. It is about creating an environment > in > which people can develop their full potential and lead productive, creative > lives in accord with their needs and interest. People are the real wealth > of > nations. Development is thus about expanding the choices people have to > lead > lives that they value? Fundamental to enlarging these choices is building > human capabilities? The most basic capabilities for Human Development are > to > lead long and healthy lives, to be knowledgeable, to have access to the > resources needed for a decent standard of living and to be able to > participate in the lives of the community.? > > > The Concept of Human Development explained above includes provision of > adequate educational and employment opportunities, sufficient facilities > for > protection and improvement of citizens? health and the required physical > infrastructure to facilitate and sustain continuous economic growth. > When the media discusses Development, it generally refers to physical > infrastructure like electricity generation and distribution facilities, > water treatment and sewerage plants, railways, roads, airports, government > buildings, etc. The quantum, type and quality of education, health and > social security are seldom discussed as part of development. > > > When Ministers and other politicians talk of development, they invariably > refer to capital works of physical infrastructure requiring considerable > government funding, which throw open welcome opportunities to siphon off > public funds for private gain. It is this last variety of development that > is increasingly being opposed, and rightly so, in the last few years by > Goans. > > > Goa is by size the smallest state in the country. But its per capita income > is higher and socio-economic indicators better than most states in India. > Successive Chief Ministers of Goa have been flying to Delhi almost every > year to receive the ?Best State? award, whatever it may mean. > The above achievements would not have been possible if Goans had objected > to > building of railway lines, roads, bridges, school and college buildings, > hospitals, community halls, government offices, etc. Goans have never > objected to any ?development? perceived to be environment-friendly and > supportive of a better quality of life. > > > Unfortunately, the economic boom in the country, though a boon elsewhere, > has proved to be a bane for those residing in the coastal talukas of Goa. > The stampede of the rich, famous and ?nouveau-riche? from Delhi and Mumbai > to acquire holiday homes in this land of sun, sand and surf, coupled with a > new genre of fly-by-night and mercenary real estate operators in unholy > alliance with greedy and unscrupulous politicians, has set off loud and > clear alarm bells like never before. > > > Goa?s shoddily maintained and hopelessly managed infrastructure is but a > part of the non-existent governance in the state. Elusive power supply > (should we be happy that it is worse in some other states?), shortage of > drinking water (Did you say Goa receives 110 inches of rainfall every > year?), and the garbage woes of the smallest sized state in the country > (How > do they manage in Kolkata and Mumbai?) are not the only reasons why Goans > are opposing unbridled and senseless expansion in private housing in > coastal > talukas. > > > More than 50 per cent of the flats in housing complexes and luxurious gated > communities are believed to be unused for most part of the year, giving > rise > to a rudderless misallocation of scarce land resources. Are our > self-serving > politicians and servile town planners trying to solve the problem of > houseless people by allowing the construction of people-less houses? > > > Goans are objecting to mega-housing projects, not only due to insufficient > and badly managed infrastructure, but also to the resultant misallocation > of > our limited land resources. Unprecedented corruption and total > non-governance is leading to environmental degradation like never before. > Whether it is the boom in mining or the spurt in housing, it is the > environment that suffers. It is this destruction of tomorrow that concerned > Goans are agitating against. > > > Whenever vested interests are attacked, it is but natural for them to > counter-attack. The agitation against mega-projects, large-scale industry > which does not do any good to Goans, huge capital works whose utility to > Goans can only be marginal, illegal hill cutting and land filling, illegal > and reckless mining, are all dubbed by politicians, builders and other > vested interests as manifestations of a negative and anti-development > mentality. The opposition is not born out of unfounded phobias but is a > result of the real life experiences of Goans. > > > The opposition to so-called ?development? seems to have started with the > mega-auction of Goa, planned and initiated by the Town & Country Planning > Department in 2006. We are talking here of the Regional Plan 2011. What > politicians failed to achieve through RP-2011 is sought to be subtly, or > not-so-subtly, achieved through individual acts of greed, illegality or > legal chicanery. > > > We have the example of the Rs137-crore housing project of more than 500 > flats connived at, on the hill slopes of Chichalim Panchayat, by the > Mormugao PDA and the Town & Country Planning Department. The PDA as well as > the TCP Department mysteriously failed to take any action within 90 days of > the application from the builders, and the project was eventually permitted > due to a ?deeming provision? in the Act. Can anyone cite any other instance > in any part of the country, of a use of a deeming provision in law to allow > a Rs137-crore project? > > > The Outline Development Plan (ODP) in Taleigao (the only village in Goa > that > has a separate ODP, for obvious reasons), the land-grabbing Sport City, the > proposed 1300-flat private housing project on the Taleigao plateau on land > that was earlier acquired by the government for police housing but later > ?returned? to the land-owner, the proposed merciless killing of a forest at > Tivim for a cricket stadium, and countless other examples all over Goa, > point to anti-environment and hence anti-Goa machinations of vested > interests. > > > Isn?t it high time we stopped dubbing Goans as negative? Isn?t it high time > they are congratulated for supporting and enforcing the Human Development > efforts of the United Nations? > > > (The writer is a former IAS officer, and former Chairman of the Mormugao > Port Trust) > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:31:02 -0400 > From: Venantius J Pinto <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Goanet] Unusual proverb? Doxeo_Zonvop > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Jose-bab, > Tumi *ulloile munnon t*umcher sodanch dev-kurpa asom. Tor jem, hanvem > burgeaponnant aikol'lem tem chukichem nhoim. Attam mojea kudik shanti > mel'li, toxich mel'lea uprant otmeakui melteli. : ) > > "Doxi lavno bukul zonvnno" = "Bekar lavnnem, bokodd zonvnnem" > > Aiz kal je sabar nistur karbar cholta ani cholloita tencam--hi opar bhov > sarki lagta. Teii zaun asat amchech kuddiche ani Goy istagotiche. Bekarpon > ani nisonton korop, dusreak adya-vater vorop/soddop, "fottingponn," doxeo > sangop, utrani gunspavop/fonsvop-- zalam soglem ek: misturad--eka bhasechi > missal(mixture). Ani jin'sam rongachem prayogit zonvop hya vishayar anik > ami > kit em mhonnya. Amchya montryanchem tya bhunyarant varroun borech xirlea. > Sogli zalea maya. > > "Maca mhojem burgeaponn konnui sod'dun diyat re > kheltam kheltam sandlo boll, konnui soddun diyat re." > > > venantius j pinto > > > > Message: 6 > > Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:34:47 -0700 > > From: jose fernandes <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [Goanet] Unusual proverb? Doxeo_Zonvop > > > > > > Venantius-bab, > > Toslich ek mhonn'nni hanvem ek pavtt konn ekachea tonddantlean aikololi > ti > > oxi asa - "bekar lavnnem, bokodd zonvnnem." > > > > Mog asum, > > Jose Salvador Fernandes > > > > On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 3:33 PM, Venantius J Pinto < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Anyone heard of, "Doxi lavno bukul zonvnno"? Or others in this league. > > > If yes, please share; if bashful email me in private. > Confessional-level > > > security assured. > > > > > > The older women (besides the Catholic goggle-wearers) know some good > ones > > > connected with sexuality. Hope to find the more feisty ones, before > they > > > turn in; and considering, we all popping off like kimsam (flies)!! > > > ++++++++++++ > > > venantius j pinto > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:19:05 -0400 > From: alexyz fernandes <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Goanet] ALEXYZ Daily Cartoon (29Jul10) > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > "On a diet? No! Its the Price Rise!! You're Lucky..you've married a > Politician..." > > "I am Lucky" > > > To enjoy the visual cartoon please visit: www.alexyztoons.com > Site sponsored by www.goasudharop.org > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:40:54 +0530 > From: "Ivo" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Goanet] All Religions for Human Integral Development > Message-ID: <014e01cb2e99$5f833760$0201a...@ivo> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > > From: "U. G. Barad" <[email protected]> > > Fr. Ivo vide Message: 7, dated: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 finally wrote on above > > subject: "Dear Dr.U.G.Barad, You are distorting my clarion-call and the > > teaching of Christianity by linking with "gay sex scandal" in Italy or in > > India. I have quoted Hindu wisemen and people of integrity..." > > > > My response: Fr. Ivo it is up to you to interpret on my straight-forward > > questions posed to you. In fact, your earlier message(s) prompted me to > > ask > > you those questions. Most importantly I have not linked Christianity with > > gay sex scandals. If at all you have to blame for destroying your > > clarion-call and your teachings ..blame those clergy involved in gay sex. > > For entire world knows the involvement of clergy in gay sex scandal as > > well > > as the apologetic response of most respected Benedict. > > ***Dear Dr.U.G.Barad, > There is no need to be so pessimistic. Scandals have always been in the > world. Jesus says: > "Woe to the world because of its stumbling blocks! For it is inevitable > that > stumbling blocks come; but woe to that man through whom the stumbling block > comes!" (NARB, Mt 18:7)). The Church is not going to fall because of those > scandals. Christianity cannot be judged by those scandals. We live in a > time > in which media can give us a distorted image of the real reality. Also > money > is involved in this issue. Where there is money, there is devil's workshop. > "The love of money is the root of all evil" (1 Tim 6:10). My answer to you > was in terms of the Hindu reformers and wisemen. It is a difficult > situation > for our beloved and great Pope Benedict XVI. There is a need to analyse the > whole situation: the sexual revolution, the media hype, the economic power, > the political gimmicks... I did not speak about our problems of today. > India > has to shine in the future, therefore we need introspection and hard work. > > > > More over, you being a clergy I thought I would get more clarity on the > > issues involved. But from your above answer I conclude that our "India > > will > > never shine" in the way you projected it earlier. > ***I do not see any connection between the two points. Why should India not > shine if there are "gay scandals" in America? India has its problems, some > of them are rooted in the culture, others in the religion itself. All of us > need a cosntant renewal... > Regards. > Fr.Ivo > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:26:46 +0530 > From: "Ivo" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Goanet] Celibacy Today > Message-ID: <014b01cb2e97$668c9620$0201a...@ivo> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > > From: "Venantius J Pinto" <[email protected]> > > Very Interesting article, but unless I am misreading it, there is > > something > > odd in: Some kinds of sexual behavior are always > > DONE BADLY, like promiscuity, rape, and pedophilia. Could this be an > > American inflection? > >> Can they be DONE BETTER? What was intended perhaps WAS: > > Some kinds of sexual behavior are always BAD, like promiscuity, rape, and > > pedophilia. > > **Dear Venantius, > I shall give you the answer in three parts. > A.The Author is an American psychologist. > 1.Let us see the full text: > "Let's tell the truth. Any kind of sexual behavior (and celibacy is a form > of > > sexual behavior) can be done badly. Some kinds of sexual behavior are > > always > > done badly, like promiscuity, rape, and pedophilia. Some sexual behaviors > > are inherently immature and pathological. Celibacy, its critics > > notwithstanding, is not one of these. I have been celibate all my life (I > > knew when I was eight years old that I was called to be a priest). Those > > who denounce celibacy as immature or perverse or manipulation by > > ecclesiastical authority I accuse of ignorance, ill will, or perversity. > > Period! I welcome the opportunity to take the saner people with this > > position on in > > public debate". > > 2.The Author has mentioned three types of sexual behaviour: the first one > is > always wrong ("done badly"). It is "intrinsically evil"--according to > situation ethics, some moral rules may be "virtual" absolutes, in > the sense that it is hard to envisage the possibility of there ever being a > proportionate reason for going against > them. The prohibition of rape, forcing another to violate his or her > conscience, dropping a nuclear bomb > that would kill a million people, pedophilia, would for them be in this > category. > > 3.The second one is "inherently immature and pathological". > It can be wrong, but there is a difference: for example, homosexuality can > be a result of immaturity, as in the case of young boys, or pathological. > Scientifically > there is no "gay gene" nor is it genetically determined. There is free > will, > it is the outcome of several factors. See the website: > http://www.narth.com/docs/hom101.html > "Homosexuality 101: > What Every Therapist, Parent, And Homosexual Should Know > Julie Harren, Ph.D., LMFT > "Homosexuality is an issue that has often been mishandled by therapists due > to misinformation on the topic. Although not supported by the research, > many > therapists believe that homosexuality is solely biological in nature, and > therefore unchangeable. Yet despite ongoing efforts, researchers have not > discovered a biological basis for same-sex attractions. In fact, many > researchers hypothesize that a homosexual orientation stems from a > combination of biological and environmental factors. For example, when > asked > if homosexuality was rooted solely in biology, gay gene researcher, Dean > Hamer, replied, "Absolutely not. From twin studies, we already know that > half or more of the variability in sexual orientation is not inherited. Our > studies try to pinpoint the genetic factors...not negate the psychosocial > factors" (Anastasia, 1995, p. 43). In addition, brain researcher Simon > LeVay > has acknowledged that multiple factors may contribute to a homosexual > orientation (LeVay, 1996)". > > "What, then, are the causes of homosexual attractions? These feelings > typically stem from a combination of temperamental factors and > environmental > factors that occur in a child's life. According to Whitehead and Whitehead > (1999), "Human behavior is determined by both nature and nurture. Without > genes, you can't act in the environment at all. But without the environment > your genes have nothing on which to act" (p. 10). One way of understanding > this combination might be expressed in the following equation: > > Genes + Brain Wiring + Prenatal Hormonal Environment = Temperament > Parents + Peers + Experiences = Environment > Temperament + Environment = Homosexual Orientation" > > "While environmental factors may include experiences of sexual abuse or > other > traumatic events, a common contributor to same-sex attractions is a > disruption in the development of gender identity. Gender identity refers to > a person's view of his or her own gender; that is, his or her sense of > masculinity or femininity. Gender identity is formed through the > relationships that a child has with the same-sex parent and same-sex > peers". > > "...Research studies have revealed that change of sexual orientation does > take place (see Spitzer, 2003; Byrd & Nicolosi, 2002). It is not a quick or > easy process, but as with any other therapeutic issue, varying degrees of > change are achievable through therapy and other means". > > "The inaccurate concept that homosexuality is solely biological is > extremely > misleading. Many therapists tell their clients that homosexuality is > biological and therefore unchangeable. These therapists encourage their > clients to embrace a gay identity, even when such clients are seeking > change > for their orientation. In doing so, therapists negate clients' rights to > self-determination. Clients have the right to choose their own goals for > therapy and should be allowed to pursue the path they desire. Clients > should > not be discouraged from pursuing change when change is what they seek. In > order for clients to have the options made available to them, it is vital > that therapists as well as clients become better educated on this issue". > > References: Byrd, A. D., & Nicolosi, J (2002). A meta-analytic review of > the > treatment > of homosexuality. Psychological Reports, 90, 1139-1152; LeVay, S. (1996). > Queer Science, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press; > Nicolosi, J. & Nicolosi, L. A. (2001). Preventing homosexuality in today's > youth. InterVarsity Press. > Satinover, J. (1996)." The gay gene?" The Journal of Human Sexuality. > Spitzer, R. L. (2003). "Can some gay men and lesbians change their sexual > orientation? 200 participants reporting a change from homosexual to > heterosexual orientation". Archives of Sexual Behavior, 32:5, 403-417. > Whitehead, N. & Whitehead, B. (1999). My genes made me do it: A scientific > look at sexual orientation. Lafayette, LA: Huntington House Publishers. > Archives of Sexual Behavior, Vol. 32, No. 5, October 2003, pp. 403-417". > > **On the contrary, the consensus from the American Psychiatric Association, > American Psychological Association, and other institutions in other > countries, is that the research and clinical literature demonstrate that > same-sex sexual and romantic attractions, feelings, and behaviours are > normal and positive variations of human sexuality. But there are those who > think that it was a political decision (due to pressure from the gay > groups). > See the history of this issue: > The American Psychiatric Association: The Diagnostic and Statistical > Manual, > also known as the DSM, is the official list of mental disorders that all > mental health professionals refer to when diagnosing patients. The first > version, released in 1952, listed homosexuality as a sociopath personality > disturbance. In 1968, the second version (DSM II) reclassified > homosexuality > as a sexual deviancy. Soon afterward, gay protestors began picketing at the > APA's annual conventions, demanding that homosexuality be removed from the > list completely. In 1973, after intensive debate and numerous disturbances > by gay activists, the APA decided to remove homosexuality from it's next > manual (DSM IV) completely. What followed was a swarm of outrage from > psychiatrists within the APA who disagreed with the decision and demanded > that the issue be reconsidered. In 1974, a referendum was called and > approximately 40 percent of the APA's membership voted to put homosexuality > back into the DSM-IV. Since a majority was not achieved to reverse the > decision, homosexuality remains omitted from the APA's Diagnostic and > Statistical manual. Many in the scientific community have criticized the > APA's > decision to remove homosexuality from the DSM-IV, claiming its motives were > more political than scientific. > > **Dr. Ronald Bayer, author of the book, > Homosexuality and American Psychiatry writes: "The entire process, from the > first confrontation organized by gay demonstrators to the referendum > demanded by orthodox psychiatrists, seemed to violate the most basic > expectations about how questions of science should be resolved. Instead of > being engaged in sober discussion of data, psychiatrists were swept up in a > political controversy. The result was not a conclusion based on an > approximation of the scientific truth as dictated by reason, but was > instead > an action demanded by the ideological temper of the times". Along these > same > lines, a recent radio documentary on the subject of homosexuality revealed > that the President-elect of the APA in 1973, Dr. John P. Speigel, was a > "closeted homosexual with a very particular agenda". Some have exaggerated > or misrepresented these studies in attempt to prove that homosexuality is > genetic. Others insist that homosexuality is developed after birth as a > response to one's environment. The truth is that we have no conclusive > replicable research to prove either conclusion. However, most researchers > have come to the conclusion that sexual orientation is likely determined by > a complex interaction between a person's genetic make-up and their > environment. Even the American Psychological Association asserts that: > "There are numerous theories about the origins of a person's sexual > orientation; most scientists today agree that sexual orientation is most > likely the result of a complex interaction of environmental, cognitive and > biological factors. In most people, sexual orientation is shaped at an > early > age. And the American Psychiatric Association wrote: "Currently there is a > renewed interest in searching for biological etiologies for homosexuality. > However, to date there are no replicated scientific studies supporting any > specific biological etiology for homosexuality". Whatever the case, we know > from the personal testimonies of thousands that homosexuality is a > changeable condition. Stanton Jones, who is Chair of Psychology at Wheaton > College states: "Every secular study of change has shown some success > rate..." > Regards. > Fr.Ivo > _____________________ > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > * * * > > UK STOCKS EXHAUSTED! After a community-supported launch at > Croydon, Selma Carvalho's *Into the Diaspora Wilderness* is > available at Broadways Book Centre, Panjim [Ph +91-9822488564] > Price (in Goa only) Rs 295. 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