Gabe, Let me try to take the devil out of the misunderstanding: There is an old man (the clubhouse) whose death (sale) will result in a financial bonanza for the relatives (members).
While the old man lives, money is required for his sicknesses and his upkeep while his relatives continue to live in penury. Now, an armed burglary takes place and the old man is shot dead. Now should that event be considered a tragedy like Mervyn Maciel did, or a bonanza which you some members maintain it was. Perhaps like MM there are others who will take a windfall when they get it but will rue it should it not come in the natural order of things. Roland. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S III -------- Original message -------- Subject: Re: [Goanet] The tale behind the tail(Mervyn Maciel/Gabe Menezes) From: Gabe Menezes <[email protected]> To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <[email protected]> CC: On 3 August 2012 14:08, Mervyn & Elsie Maciel < [email protected]> wrote: > In his recent, albeit belated posting, Gabe Menezes wrote: > > RESPONSE: > > I fail to see where Gabe gets this idea that I might have > insinuated that "it is not proper to give an impression that we would still > be the inheritors of a Clubhouse and grounds". Nothing could be > further from the truth. > I merely pointed out that despite the setback of the arson attack, > The Goan Association(UK) was still functioning and continuing to > provide a valuable service to the Goan community at large. > > > Mervyn Maciel > RESPONSE: This is what was written :- A clubhouse and grounds which we had bought in 1983 from the Times Group of Newspapers, and where we held many of our sports and social events, was sadly to fall victim to an arson attack, when it was burnt to the ground in 1998. A sad blow, but the Goan Association (UK) remains undaunted and continues to flourish. COMMENT: What exactly was meant by "was sadly to fall victim to an arson attack, when it was burnt to the ground in 1998. A sad blow...." Had it not have been for the arson, we would have still had the Club House and grounds? May be I am getting a bit too old to understand.....My take it was not a sad blow but as told to the members at that time it was a "God send" please kindly correct me if I am wrong. The devil is in the writing and in the understanding! -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
