Hi Eugene, I, for one, don't ever believe that Dr. JdeS was a man who would sell Goa, especially after following him around as a kid with the "don panna" slogan, in Panjim and in Loutolim. Having listened to his passionate speech in Loutolim, in front of the Church, I understood then, as I understand now, that he was clearly making a distinction between the options and presenting the same in simple words to the population: "If you vote for merger, you will have to deal with Bombayites to handle your problems; if you vote for non-merger, you will only have to go to Panjim to get your problems resolved" etc. I don't know what's what with those who have never lived in Goa during the periods they write about, yet claim certain "knowledge", that was obviously obtained through some obscure manner. Logic would dictate that such a man as Dr. JdeS would never stoop so low as to betray Goa. The betrayal of Goa appears to be the prerogative of the current crop of unscupulous rascals who call themselves politicians. I do agree with you that some "sour grapes" are out to destroy the character of Goa's saviour. Gabriel.
>________________________________ >From: Eugene Correia <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Monday, 5 March 2012 6:15 AM >Subject: [Goanet] A thought on Triumph of Secularism > >I raised the issue on the goa-research.net but there was just one >irreverent reply. I, at least, expected the editor of the book, Victor >Rangel-Ribeiro, who is its member, to say something. The authors >maintain that "according to information" Dr. de Sequeira got the >approval of his party's top brass for the plan. It seems that some >disgruntled members of the UGP or some others bent on casting the UGP >leader as a selfish person ready to sacrifice his ideal of keeping Goa >a separate state may have spun this tale to the authors. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
