On 17 February 2011 04:33, Santosh Helekar <[email protected]> wrote:
[1] Gabriel is mistaken. India's judicial system practices the principle of innocent until proven guilty. [2] It was in the Portuguese system in Goa that a person who was charged by the police state as being guilty had to prove his innocence. [3] As far as the crap regarding changing street names is concerned, I think it is a ridiculous political stunt. COMMENT: re#1: Please review the Goa Children's Act 2003 as amended. re#2: This is incorrect. The only difference between the Portuguese judicial system in Goa and the British/Judicial system is that the former is based on Roman (civil) law while the later is based on Scandinavian-descent (common) law. As far as the status of "law" in police states is concerned, I believe that there is NO basic difference between the Portuguese one as it existed antes 1974 and the one which exists wherever police states are operative. (I am not sure that any such areas exist on the subcontinent on Feb 17, 2011 - I certainly know they existed at least until Feb 16, 2011). ps: I have intentionally avoided an comment on HOW any "state" CHARGES anyone even in 2011. re #3 and the name changing exercise, I wonder what the original owners of the land (which eventually became Goa) have to say about the names of successive violent invaders who have swiped their land and deprived them (the Kunbis and Gavdes, perhaps, like me) of our land. For starters, I strongly recommend that Flaviano Dias does the following (Please) 1: Change his name forthwith. Here are some recommendations: Phall Dasi, Altu Faltu (since Flaviano - is Roman/Latin in origin - meaning not really worked out - hence classified by me as 'meaningless) and Fuloi Doss. 2: He only writes in Prakrit. 3: Attires himself (with our Kunbi permission) only in a kashti. jc
