Brill....Cecil Pinto should do scriptwriting!..
> Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 15:50:38 +0530
> Subject: [SALIGAONET] Fwd: [Goanet] One Fine Day at the Saligao Church
> Confessional
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
>
>
> And this is Cecil Pinto's response...
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Cecil Pinto <[email protected]>
> Date: 2009/11/9
> Subject: [Goanet] One Fine Day at the Saligao Church Confessional
> To: [email protected]
>
>
> "Forgive me Father for I have sinned."
>
> "But Father you are the Vicar and I am only an assistant priest. How
> can I hear your confession?"
>
> "You can Father. There is no rank in the confessional."
>
> "Ok Father. Tell me what happened."
>
> "Yesterday evening, just when the sun was about to set I saw this tall
> bald man approaching the church from his parked car. Behind him was a
> short driver type guy struggling under the load of a tripod and a huge
> camera bag. It looked like one of those drawings of safari hunters in
> Africa who had slaves carrying their equipment."
>
> "I know what you mean Father. Some people are like that. Can't carry
> their own load."
>
> "So this fat spectacled guy then starts a big production of getting
> his camera and tripod up."
>
> "But Father, I thought you said he was tall and bald?"
>
> "He was tall and bald and fat and spectacled."
>
> "Oh!"
>
> "So anyway this chap starts talking loudly to his driver, Babu, about
> something called ISO 800 and ISO 100 and Canon Tilt-Shift 17mm lens.
> It was obvious that Babu didn't understand and cared even less about
> these technical terms. The braggart was just trying to impress me and
> some other parishioners who happened to be within earshot."
>
> "I know the type Father. We see them around all the while. Was he an NRI?"
>
> "Looked the type. Very boastful. Anyway this ill mannered chap then
> has some problem with his tripod being jammed and utters all sorts of
> vile curses at the tripod and at Babu and at the world in general.
> Even blamed the current Government for his tripod being jammed."
>
> "I know the type Father. Either boasting about or blaming their tools."
>
> "Now I had to intervene since Holy Mass was going on and there were
> parishioners within earshot. I approached him and asked him to stop
> cursing. This got him even more agitated and he started calling me a
> 'tiresome clown' and 'big banana' and he called the parishioners
> chelas."
>
> "Really Father?"
>
> 'Really!"
>
> "And he also called me a little git. What's a git?"
>
> "I don't know Father."
>
> "I politely told him to mind his language or he would have to wash it
> in Holy Water. He started shouting about court fees and applications
> and called me charlatan."
>
> "He called you a charlatan?!!"
>
> "Yes he did! That was the last straw. I told him this was place of
> prayer and place of God and that he should take his equipment and his
> foul mouth and leave immediately."
>
> "So then what did he do Father?"
>
> "He was muttering something about ghantis and exposing me on something
> called GoaNet and putting up large prints of the Church for sale in
> California."
>
> "I wished him luck in his endeavours but insisted that he leave
> immediately and not sully our holy grounds with his vile presence."
>
> "Well done Father. You did the right thing! But then what is the sin
> you want to confess?"
>
> "I wonder if I did the right thing?"
>
> "Of course you did the right thing Father. His curses and foul
> language have no place on church grounds. It has nothing to do with
> photography and all to do with manners and courtesy and respect.
> Dozens of photographers come to our church every day and take photos
> without making a big production of it. We never object to them."
>
> "That I know but maybe I could have responded differently."
>
> "Like how?"
>
> "Maybe I should have kicked him in the butt and physically thrown him
> out of the church compound!"
>
> "No Father. That would have been a sin. But a pardonable sin!"
>
> =============
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rajan P. Parrikar" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2009 7:42 PM
> Subject: [Goanet] Shame on Saligao's parish priest
>
>
> > To Goanet -
> >
> > I had a nasty verbal altercation this evening with, as it turned out, the
> > parish priest of the Mae de Deus church in Saligao.
> >
> > Background: I was at the Mae de Deus church at daybreak a couple of
> > days back and again during the twilight hours yesterday, for what
> > turned out to be fulfilling sessions of photography. I have several
> > captures of the church taken in the years past (see, for example,
> > http://www.parrikar.com/#/Goa/Religion/2).
> >
> > Armed with the newly released Canon Tilt-Shift 17mm lens, ideal for
> > architectural photography due to its Shift capability, I was eager to re-do
> > some of Goa's special sights. During my shoot yesterday, I inadvertently
> > set the camera ISO to 800 (which is not that big an issue with my dSLR
> > body given its superb high-ISO performance). But I wanted to reprise the
> > scene with ISO 100, which is why I was again in Saligao this evening.
> > Earlier at daybreak this morning, I had scored an atmospheric shot
> > of the Panjim church.
> >
> > Since I got there early enough, I sauntered to the front door and
> > watched the evening mass for a while. While fiddling with my tripod
> > there, I discovered to my dismay that it had jammed, and so knew
> > right away that my photo session was shot (pardon the pun). As
> > I made my way back, this small fellow intercepted me and said
> > rather brusquely, "You can't take photographs here." I asked him
> > the reason. He said the committee has decided not to allow photos
> > within the compound. I immediately switched to Konkani and
> > pointed out that tens of tourists stop by inside the compound
> > every evening with their cameras. He was unmoved. I said I
> > had been documenting the major churches and temples in Goa and
> > that this new lens was especially suited to photography of this church,
> > that if he could let all these tourists wield their cameras, I see no
> > reason why he cannot let me, a Goan, do it as well. As I pressed
> > him on this, he whipped out a new one - he said I will have to
> > make an application. He had a companion with him and I had
> > my driver Babu around. I said I will do all the necessary
> > paperwork but that I had to take my shots since the light was
> > fast fading and I wanted to capture the cobalt blue of the sky
> > which lasts perhaps 3-4 mins just before the onset of darkness.
> >
> > I knew I could not do any photography since I was saddled with
> > an impaired tripod but the xapoter in me had been aroused in
> > accordance with Parrikar's Rule #2, which is: If someone tells
> > you that you cannot do something, it is your bounden
> > duty to do exactly that something and then wave it in the guy's
> > face. (Parrikar's Rule #1 had already been satisfied - Open your
> > mouth and let the xapotam flow, but only AFTER you have taken
> > the shot you want.)
> >
> > Mind you, at this stage in my xapotam innings, I still had no
> > idea who this tiny oaf was. I asked again why he was not consistent
> > in enforcing the rules. To that he pulled out yet another rabbit - he
> > said small cameras are allowed but that a professional photographer
> > with my kind of equipment is not allowed until I had prior
> > permission and had paid the stipulated fees. He claimed that
> > I would make money by photographing the church. The tiresome
> > clown was impervious to all reason and good sense, and he
> > was making up rules as he went along.
> >
> > After this, I kicked it up a notch and said I was going to shoot
> > anyway, and dared him to stop me if he could. He shot back
> > with, "I will file a suit." Take it to to the Supreme Court right
> > away, said moi, and that I will pay for the court fee paper.
> > Our decibel level was now high enough that it had drawn a small
> > audience. At this point one fellow softly asked me to "calm down" and
> > that the dude I was speaking to was the parish priest, the big banana
> > himself, the keeper of the Faith (Parrikar's Rule #3: If you want to
> > keep the Faith, stay away from the priest). I then told him that he
> > was no man of God, with his kind of attitude and conduct. As he
> > left the scene, a gaggle of his chelas descended and said that I had
> > "insulted the parish priest." I stood my ground and told them he had
> > no business speaking on behalf of God. They made menacing grunts
> > but it never got close to anything more than verbal fisticuffs. It soon
> > petered out and we repaired to our car for the drive back home.
> >
> > I have had no problems at any of the churches. Some of the fathers
> > have been very gracious and kind to me. Not this git. The only other
> > comparable situation I have found myself in was at the Ravalnath temple
> > in Moolgaon, with a temple official.
> >
> > Shame on the charlatan who serves as the parish priest of Saligao.
> >
> > Aside: What exactly is wrong with making money from honest
> > effort? To stick it to him a little more, I plan to make large prints of
> > the Saligao church when I get back to California and put them up
> > for sale online. Stay tuned.
> >
> > Regards,
> > r
>
> ===============
>
> >
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