On 3 July 2011 08:35, Eddie Fernandes <[email protected]> wrote:
> Title: Don't Be Cruel! > By: Cyprian Fernandes > Source: Goan Voice UK Newsletter, 3 July 2011 at www.goanvoice.org.uk > > I offer these thoughts not because I am a saint or that I take the high > moral ground, nor is it because I am holier than the next person. I have my > own faults and foibles. Generation after generation, there is one trait in > our gene pool that does not seem to die out. ..... > > > > > The Global Goan Convention which is only weeks away in London has its > detractors. The main argument is that since 2006 its agenda has not shifted > very much nor has it delivered anything tangible and that it does not have > the active support of the local Goan population. I do not know enough about > the subject to hold a candle one way or another but I feel it is somewhat > unethical to criticise folk just for attempting to bang their heads against > perennial brick walls. It is like that childhood story: Goans are like > crabs > in a bucket, when one tries to get out, nine are ready to pull him down. My > question is: if we have a problem why wait until a few weeks before the > event? Surely there must be avenues to explore before the event where > people > can be held accountable with quiet dignity and mutual respect. There is no > room for airing dirty laundry in public or clean laundry fraudulently > presented as rubbish. The truth deserves respect in any argument, without > it > there is no integrity. > QUESTION: On 23rd July at 15.45 hrs a Cypriano Fernandes will be making a concluding address and vote of thanks at the Global Goan Convention. Is it by any chance you? -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
