There are those 'professional letter writers', who keep writing letters-to-the-editor by the dozen, if not the hundred. Some in Delhi have entered the record books for writing the largest number of letters to the editor and having them published.
So, to say that Goanet is a surrogate letters-to-the-editor column when you seldom get rejected is, in my view, untrue! I think it's the closest thing to the Goan cyber-taverna for the following reasons: * You can get into a fight for absolutely no reason, shouting all the time "soddat reh maka" (leave me, you guys... I'm going to bash him up) and someone will actually come along, massage your ego, hold you needlessly when you don't need to be held, and implore you not to get into cyber-fisticuffs with someone else. * You can drink without ever having to pay. The more you drink, the more someone else pays (by way of spam overload!) * There are no women in the taverna (and almost none have survived on Goanet) * You can make a drunken boast, and nobody will hold you down to it the next morning. * You can curse (in polite language only please, it needs to get past those maderateurs), insult, offend, twist someone else's words... and pretend nothing ever happened the next morning. * You can curse the taverna owner (as long as you pay your bill!) Likewise, you can curse the "extremist moderators" if they block a post, or even if they release a post... or even if they allow through a certain post on Christmas eve or on Boxing Day! Their sins are anyway many, and their curses are proportionate. * You can gossip, slander (but please do it smartly, it needs to get past the post) and so far nobody has been held up for contempt of court or breach of priviledge by our very honourable judges and politicians. * Even Aires Rodrigues posts on Goanet (and maybe even the spiciest of cyber-chicken dishes is served in this cyber-restaurant). Never mind that Babush's supporters and other finger-cutters haven't found this cyber-address yet. * Every byte you post on Goanet somehow goes to support a good cause (think of 'Goa Sudharop', Goa books, the stray dogs, politicians and their supporters seeking to discredit their rivals, the many attempts to target 'ghantis' and Muslims, etc). Did you even suspect that every peg you drank in a Goan taverna, a tiny micro-paisa worth goes to support some library cess somewhere in the State? And you thought the Portuguese brought in only bad things to Goa like when they imported the cashew some five centuries ago! FN Frederick Noronha +91-9822122436 +91-832-2409490 On 27 August 2010 11:51, Antonio Menezes <[email protected]> wrote: > What is about Goanet that you will not find anywhere else ? > One is a Goemkar or Goes or Goan , and obviously he has an idea that he > would like to > share with fellow Goemkars. > Let us see. He writes to any chronicler of Goan news like: padris, festam, > feasting, > tiatrs gauntti football and above all obituary notices. It is possib le that > only one of > his ten missives addressed to the editor will have a chance of getting it > published. > The beauty about Goanet is that all your letters will see the light of the > day and > believe me there are more than a thousand pair of eyes who will notice what > you > have to say. > Need I say anything more about Goanet ? * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Goa-launch of the well-received *Into The Diaspora Wilderness* by Selma Carvalho on Aug 29, 2010 (Sunday) at 11 am at Ravindra Bhavan, Margao. Meet the author, buy a signed copy (only Rs 295 in Goa till stock lasts). http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/
