(1) jc wrote: However, there are some important facets of life namely: family, children's education, safety from the marauding thugs and the general peace of mind. We who might be sitting in armchairs, might wish to keep that in mind.
(2) Mervyn Lobo wrote Once, WHEN I WAS a twelve year old visiting Goa, a teenager from the village threatened me and ordered me to keep quiet else he would throw stones on the tiles of my grandmoms house. Not knowing Goa or the ways of Goa, I followed him to his house and later told HIS DAD what the kid had told me. I then forgot all about the incident. 30 years later, that former teenager informed me that he got a spanking that day. That's when I realised had I kept quiet, I would have been the one with the bitter memories and the other guy would have become a bully jc's RESPONSE: Brave man, Mervyn. Typical teenager and Dad of yesteryear. Yesteryears, by definition, have passed. This is today replete with the ground realities of today. Besides, Apples are also fruits, but not the same as oranges. Goa is not Canada. A visiting 12 year old's responsibilities are not the same as that of a Goa journalist who is a bread winner. I assume that the 12 year old (in the story above) did not have a wife and children living in Goa. Talk is cheap. Armchairs are convenient perches. Unfortunately, While some Goa Dads are politicians and some Goa politicians are Dads Some Dads and ALL politicians in power are ruthless animals. The lip service of Glorious Democracy and platitudes of the brilliant 'Librashun' having been noted, let's NOT forget that It is all about the Poixe and How much and How quickly it can be minted (for want of a more appropriate term). Part-Plagiarizing from your in-law state, the prevailing dictum is: 'Don't Mess with My chance to make my Poixe'. BTW: which 'DAD' will you go and report the Goa politician to? jc Will gladly change my view when Mervyn is able to have published in the Goa mainstream print medium - a series of articles critical of the Goa Alibabadom, even while sitting in the comfort of the armchair in Toronto.....and which disrupt the ability of the Alibabas to make their poixe. Please note: those posts which have no traction with the voters, are normally placed in the folder marked BIN.
