Re: Somewhere between leftist nonsensical platitudes and rightist 'grabiliciousness', you have forgotten the people who live there (Goa)
Mervyn Lobo <[email protected]> responded thus: 1: The people who live there ( ? MOPA ? Goa) do not have 24 hour electricity. 2: This is the year 2013 and most do not even have water 365 days a year. 3: I cannot tell the residents of Goa how they should live. I can, however, point out that if every successive govt can get away without providing basic needs like electricity and clean water then 4; however much the residents yap, they are missing the whole concept of government and the PREMISE of Mopa. ::::::::::response::::::::: Mogal Mervyn a: I will start by stating that our house in Velim had water 365 days of the year until recently when the water table started drying up. ( You could conveniently blame it on Global Warming) b: The sad story about Goa is that all the 'Gold Diggers' from wherever came to Goa with Promises and Premises. A zillion jobs and glorious freedom was PROMISED. All Goans have to do, is to get to the other side of the Rainbow. c: Anjadiva has been swiped, Dabolim is being 'quieted' and a good part of Goa is being dug up and concretized sans planning or regard for Goa's environment; and the water and energy needs for all this? d: What has Goa got in return besides polluted rivers and negative water and power supply? e: Have you seen the state of the public Hospitals? Is that how they were before the Hunky Dory? f: Have you seen the state of Public Squatting, Paan Spitting and allied "activities" in public, NOT to mention the garbage and crime? Is that how they were before the Hunky Dory? g: You ask a very good question about Elections. A better set of questions would be these: (1) who decides which candidates get the 'ticket' to contest? (2) where is this decision made? (3) on what basis is this decision made? (4) what happens to candidates who refuse to toe the "Bhaillo Line" and contest as independents? (5) what do you personally know about the machinations controlling elections esp in Goa? (6) what do you know about the Press, its advert-based control and its influence on the public? (7) what is the eventual effect of the continued repetition of half-truths and other misrepresentations? (8) how do elected officials become disproportionally hyper-wealthy? h: If you have not much personal knowledge of the above, it might be wiser to gain some before teaching a course at the Open University. jc ps: My gut feeling is that like Anjadiva, Dabolim will go and MOPA will happen. The forces of reason and sense will be overcome by the In-Vested interests who will be aided, albeit unwittingly by the Mervyns and Tims of this world AND the lines outside the Portuguese Consulate and at the Swindon Employment centers will get even longer, AND we will all be celebrating Hunky Dory every year.
