On Nov 24, 2013, at 4:40 AM, augusto pinto <[email protected]> wrote: "*Internet bullies spring up by the minute and they think they can get away with anything. The latest kid on the block is one Stephen Dias from Dona Paula, whose address suggests he is a rich and privileged kid indeed! *
Comment: Having read Stephen's various posts wrt the woes of the residents of Dona Paula, I believe that Stephen has a reasonable point wrt IFFI. When I consider how Govts generally utilize money and manpower, I often "ask" the following questions of the Govt: Have you met the basic needs of the population in terms of Proper Roads and Drinking Water (mentioned by Stephen in his post)? Are the public Hospitals reasonably clean and equipped with certain basics eg bed sheets? How is the garbage situation? Do you have enough trained personnel to handle the drug-crime situation? The new buildings having been noted, do the populace of Goa receive timely and satisfactory responses and service from civil servants? etc etc. Additionally, I believe that anything which adds to the traffic in Miramar also adds to the inconvenience to the already bottle-necked Caranzalem-Dona Paula area. Even if all of the above issues were being handled par excellence and Stephen (the retired NIO scientist) was indeed a 'rich and privileged kid', does he not have a right to raise what appear (to me at least) to be reasonable objections (some of which are often also raised in many developing nations)? I wonder: Could the argument pro IFFI-continuing have been made without getting too personal against the person who placed an argument contra IFFI-continuing? I believe so. jc
