It is only worthwhile to talk about "most" Goans, and the sane ones at that. It is very likely that most in this case is more than 90%.
>From what I have stated it should be clear that I am talking about ethnicity, >not nationality. Nationality is established by birth or naturalization, >irrespective of ethnicity. Grown siblings who do not agree on their ethnicity >can be subjected to molecular genomic analysis. Cheers, Santosh --- On Wed, 8/17/11, Bosco D <[email protected]> wrote: > > RESPONSE: Nice safety with the adjective "most". > > RESPONSE: Does this imply that the earlier referred "most" > Goans "know the history of Goa and India, beyond stupid > sound bites" ??? How does that correlate?? > > I think Santosh is simplying the issues of ethnicity and > nationality. Nationality is more like a commodity these days > when one is retained depending on one's circumstances or > requirements. However it is evident here that the usual > India-baiters are nor resident in India. At other times I've > seen grown siblings who cannot agree on their own > ethnicity. > > > It would be interesting to know what the subjects of > > Ashokavardhana Maurya's Indian empire in 250 B.C.E. > called > > themselves. > > RESPONSE: Perhaps some considered themselves Greek > (descendants of Alexander's cavalry)!! > > > - B >
