You are right Soter. Most names and SURNAMEs of Goan Christians of earlier generation (including among the erstwhile FFFG-[Fearless Freedom Fighting Goans]are Portuguese/Spanish Christian names for sure. Since given names come from many places and times regarded Christian.-- what I was unclear about and meant, was that the FFs should drop their Portuguese christian FAMILY names, and regular names too which are not all Portuguese names, but certainly Christian (from what was considered as Christendom).
Ex: Venantius/Venanzio is a christian name but does not come out of Portugal. Venantius of Camerino (this bloke was beheaded), Venantius Fortunatus, also of Italy. Furthermore, venantius is also an intensely Christian name by virtue of who these guys were--their lived and practiced spiritual aesthetic. This as opposed to say a name like Happy, Jolly, all those names ending in "ette" etc. which are names for sure, and appear christian to many ears. Like taking Lin (from ??? in the mind) and adding ette--to get Linette. Anyway, In this way the FFs could bring their POLITICAL aesthetic into the PERSONAL. That is called livings ones politics--which is what others are saying much more elegantly. ++++++++++++ venantius j pinto Message: 8 Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 20:15:15 +0530 From: "soter" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Cancel Portuguese street names: Panel Message-ID: <000901cbcde8$249b5ee0$1901a8c0@user77948b9580> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Venantius wrote: "FFs should also drop their Christian names." Comment: These names are not christian but Portuguese christian names. All FFs must first drop their christian names before changing the names of the street. These names were cleverly exploited by the BJP regime in giving a Ram-Rahim-Rebello appearance to the panel constituted to approve the controversial CD on Goa's liberation. Now the saffron flavoured committee of 'Goa liberation-50: From Torture to Strength and Progress' has resorted to the same strategy of presenting a Rebello first with a Ram propelled machinery driving the agenda. Goa's 50 years of so claimed liberation can well be summed up as 'Goa's 50 years of Indian Torture called strenght and progress'. Is this a case of 'Bharat chorancho ulto boball?' -Soter
