Eugene Correia wrote: Fred Noronhan said that Gabe Menezes is doing a good job of being inhouse critic though I fail to understand why he used a smiley. Was it a joke or a poke? He also said that criticism is tolerable upto a point and beyond it it becomes counter-productive. I would like to hear from Fred what yardstick he would use to say that the final point is reached. In this particular case of the Global Goan Convention, I haven't seen Fred express his views. He would rather hold his comments but would not hold back telling others that criticism is fine as long as it goes to a point after which it becomes counter-productive. As a critic himself, since he writes the Devil's Adovate column in Oheraldo (Aug 24), Fred perhaps knows when his criticism or praise has reached that point when he would go no further. He doesn't seem to be interested in what the convention achieved or not achieved but he was keen to ask goanetters for information on the Goan population in their respective areas. This accumulation of information made his his recent column where he titled the piece, Who's Goan Where? Like some headings to his pieces, I found this one also hard to understand. What the hell is the question mark doing in the heading, may I ask the erstwhile columnist. Fred has laid out the cold figures, and that too without acknowledging the persons who gave him the details with the exception of just one. That privileged person is John Nazareth whose photo was on the Goanvoice.uk website. By the way John still lives in Toronto, more specifically in Mississauga, and not lived in Uganda and Canada, as Fred mention., ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Eugene, Your posts are usually difficult for me to read but this one was exceptional. Exceptionally difficult, to be precise. I had to stop reading here. In case you have forgotten, both Mississauga and Toronto are in Canada. John lives in Mississauga/Toronto and thus in Canada. To be on the generous side, I will give you some leeway considering that you are probably still under the influence of prescription drugs. As reciprocal gesture, could you please not let of all your negative energy on poor Fred? Mervyn1961Lobo
