Thanks for saying that - I still question the word "Torture". Do the self-styled FFs know what torture is? Have they read about the recent happenings in Northern India? About what the Britis did (Jallianwala Bagh, retaliation to sepoy mutiny, the treatment meted out to famine victims) in a short span of 200 years compared to 450 years of the Portuguese? How did the Portuguese treat Goans when Goa was blockaded by India? How did the Brit colonials treat the Indians when there were famines raging in the North East?
And yet, India follows the British colonial system of rule (guilty unless proven innocent), and English is the "lingua franca". The hypocrites send their children to the best Catholic schools. One one hand they say get rid of the Portuguese names, on the other hand they accept that the Portuguese uniform civil code is the best India has ever seen. Then again, the age-old Gaonkari system, which appears to be Gandhi's dream become reality, was chucked out by the conquerors in favour of the corrupt Panchayat system. Where were the self-styled FFs when this happened? ----- Original Message ---- > From: Venantius J Pinto <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wed, 16 February, 2011 7:14:38 PM > Subject: Re: [Goanet] Cancel Portuguese street names: Panel > > Who comes up with a name like this: > 'Goa liberation-50: From Torture to Strength and Progress' > > Who was tortured? > > Who showed Strength? > > Who ushered in Progress? >
