I will assume from FN's pathetic response (infra) that his categorical statement that 'Catholics HELD the arrogance of we-share-the-rulers'-religion biases and more till 1961' was based on GAS.
How does he know that? Was he a neonatal genius to come to that conclusion? jc 2011/7/3 Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا <[email protected]> > > [1] Since this is not a court of law but a public mailing list meant > for discussions, I obviously do not have any intention to adduce > evidence to my comments and opinions. Any reader is free to judge > these and see whether the views expressed are reasonable or otherwise, > unrealistic or tally (to some extent) with reality. > > [2] Secondly, quoting and debating part of my views (as done below) > might give a wrong impression of my wider argument. I request that my > comments be seen in the proper context they were made, that is, the > full comment made by me. FN > > On 3 July 2011 18:58, J. Colaco < jc> <[email protected]> wrote: > > 1: If you ask me, the Catholics held the arrogance of > > we-share-the-rulers'-religion biases and more till 1961. > > > > 2: Strangely, Catholics in Goa are perhaps a rare minority that have > > the arrogance of a majority > > > > REQUEST: > > > > While I have come to realise (rightly or wrongly) that FN (a well > > known journalist) has become accustomed to making sweeping statements, > > which may or may not be based of facts, I make the following request > > of him: > > > > Could you, FN, please provide factual evidence to support the above 2 > > statements from you? You may wish to include, in your response, any > > social or anti-social studies you or anyone else may or may not have > > conducted to study this 'strange' phenomenon. > > > > I can only add this: as a simple, average-knowledgeable physician, I > > know that I could not get away with making sweeping generalization (in > > the field of medicine) without referring to well tested research > > papers.
