Response to Selma's response to Freddys comment: Hope Selma is not suggesting that in a democracy the only recourse available to the aggrieved and misrepresented is to roll over and die, or perform the proverbial "turn the other cheek"...
Subject: [Goanet] Bollywood Should Stop Insulting Goans Message-ID: <715452.26179...@web33008.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Freddy Fernandes wrote: "Over here liquor is cheap but women are cheaper" this disgustingly unethical summation would be insulting and derogatory to all the women of any locality referred to and should be by all means. When entertainment becomes irrational it becomes the cause of fury and anger, especially when the whole community is targeted, made fun off and offended. The whole world knows that we Goans are peace loving and hospital people but that does not give anyone the right to assume anything irrational about Goans. We ourselves are not irrational people and there is a limit to the irrationality that we can take. -------------------------------------------- Response: In a democracy, freedom of speech is sacrosanct.? No government has the right to meddle in an art form or an artistic interpretation of life. If we don't understand that basic principle, we don't deserve democracies. We need more thought and less jingoism in India. ?Best, selma