Dear Tony, Very well written and Succinctly put.
If I may add: There is a very special reason why, in common law, there is a principle that a Man is Innocent unless proved guilty in a court of law; and why the accused has a right to cross-examine the accuser. And while it may appear that 'good lawyering' can get any criminal off, in the final analysis, the system, if followed scrupulously, works. After much resistance, a number of countries have now commenced televising trials live and in full. No more "hearsay-like' reporting by news reporters with or without biases and/or knowledge; No more hanky-panky either. Even so, as some recent live trials have demonstrated ......the cases do NOT turn on emotions or what one feels BUT on evidence. In this index matter, like you, I too was aware of the Mapusa-Bombay bus-ticket commission et al including the 'non-working electricity meters', and the street lighting contracts. I'd say this to those who are beating their chests with this alleged Video: While I wish you all luck, please review your 'video' and your sources. Please have enough resources to meet the court challenge. Please be aware that not all lawyers are ethical. And then remember what the dispensation of the day did to Tehelka. This is not to say that you should not buck the system; Only to say that to be forewarned is to be forearmed. jc On 7 July 2011 01:40, Tony de Sa <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Roland, Goa is a small place and Goans being what they are, you cannot hush things up for long. So every one 'knows' what x, y and z is doing. This is not a new phenomenon. This has being going on from the time of Bandodkar. There was the husband of this newly resurrected politician who used to make a profit on each bus tyre sold in Goa and each bus ticket to Bombay (oops ....Mumbai) But knowing is one thing, hard evidence is another, and belling the cat is another ball game altogether, not to mention that the vengeance and the retribution for sure to come. It is not that people are unaware and do not want to do anything about the 'situacao'. The attitude is don't buck the system, go with the flow! Samja kya? Tony
