On 4 March 2012 17:40, Devine Computers <[email protected]> wrote: > I personally find it Ironic that some of the people "protesting" against > this tower for whatever reason, forget that they have towers on their own > business properties; and some have now come forward offering theirs. A > typical NIMBY (not in my backyard) approach?.
No, Ashley. If what you say is correct, then this is a typical NIYBY approach (Not In Your Back Yard). Or, should we say ESGTMY (earnings should go to my pocket) approach. I find many of the stands taken in this case very intriguing. Usually, people want to dump the problem on someone else, and grab the benefits for themselves. For instance, Calangute garbage alongside Saligao hillock. Saligao plastic collection disposed god-knows-where. Mining in interior Goa (Bicholim, Sanguem) and earnings for coastal Goa or Vasco da Gama and where the other mining company HQs are. In Saligao, the most curious aspect is that everyone seems to be falling over each other to claim more than their fair share of the potential electronic pollution, cancers, etc. If I were to take a selfish approach, I'd say it suits me fine -- the tower is far from my home, and I get the promise of improved connectivity! Of course, the Abreuvaddo residents see it differently, and rightly so.... As Lizzy has pointed out, if you're convinced a mobile tower is really in the interest of the village, we can't afford to lose our calls missed due to slightly poor connectivity, and that this is something we owe to our future generations, then why insist that the tower should be set up at one site itself? > this condition was agreed by All present because as Cyril told them - "if we > stop > work at this site - you will not help us in searching for an alternate site > and you > will say "baba my work is done - I got the tower stopped". when the tower is > up - it will remind you to search for an alternate site". Nice argument, but... also keep in mind: Waiting until the project is finished before objecting does generally not work, since new existing establishments are unlikely to be shut down. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIMBY#In_favor_of_local_sovereignty Rgds, FN -- Saligao-Net is at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe email [email protected]
