[Goanet] What If Only 100 People Existed on Earth?

[Frederick Noronha]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=UbffuGZHeR0

[Goanet] What If .......

[Gilbert Lawrence]

I used to thin that cyclones only affected the Bay of Bengal.  But the current 
situation makes coastal areas along the Arabian Sea also vulnerable.What if 
Cyclone Vayu changed its course or a future cyclone moved towards Goa?  Would 
the state and its villages and individual families be prepared for such a 
disaster.Do the communities and government have disaster drills?
Regards, GL

Re: [Goanet] What if a Presidential candidate grabbed your genitalia?

[Jim Fernandes]

I didn't read the contents of this link and so I don't know what it talks about.

I am responding to the subject line  A very catchy at that ...

I would prefer to change the subject line to "What if a sitting President 
shoved a cigar up your  Would you keep him in office?".

The answer to my question is - YES. Americans did not throw President Clinton 
out of office for the above and they certainly give a rat's @ss about 
presidential candidates' private lives. What matters is whether the candidate 
can be TRUSTED on retaining American jobs in America and whether he/she will 
kick the butt of ISIS and enemies of America.

In America, if the voting public were to vote for a candidate based on a 
candidate's sexual appetite, arguably 90% of American voting public would be 
in-eligible to run for president. Don't forget America voted for President 
Clinton twice - even though they knew of his philandering ways. 

Sex does not matter in American politics. Period. For many folks in the Battle 
Ground states, what matters is - Jobs and Security and whether the candidate 
can be trusted.

Even though the pundits place a huge probability of Hillary winning the 
elections, I still think Trump has the potential to deliver a surprise upset. 
Don't place too much value on the pundits - they lost badly during Brexit.

I am already one up this year for predicting the outcome of Brexit.

Jim Fernandes
Scarsdale, New York.


On Sun, 16 Oct 2016 15:43:08 +1100, "Con Menezes"  wrote:

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[Goanet] What if a Presidential candidate grabbed your genitalia?

[Con Menezes]

 in the news just now  
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[Goanet] What if Aires becomes the chief minister?

[U. G. Barad]

My observation:

Surprised to read questions and advises from a person who proclaims to be a
frequent critic of Aires!




On Thu, 30 May 2013 Jose Colaco cola...@gmail.com wrote:

RESPONSE:

Dear Ana Maria,

Interesting set of queries - they actually invite queries of Ana Maria.

So here goes:

1: When did Aires state that he wishes to be CM of Goa? If he has not, WHY
ask him that question?

2: Is Aires a citizen of India? If so, is he allowed to ask questions of his
political representatives? or is it that Salazarism is alive and kicking in
Goa?

3: Could you name ONE dig from Aires at the politicians which you find to be
unjustified? Would you, please care to expand on why you believe it to be
unjustified?

4: As a private citizen, does Aires have to stand the same public scrutiny
that public representatives are expected to face?

5: Now that you have asked Aires questions.  Are you able to answer same
queries about yourself?   

6: Is there something you wish to tell us about Aires by way of those
questions?

7: Careful now ! Please do not reply without knowing ALL the facts of the
case. Furthermore, please be advised that it is NOT a great idea to get to
entangled into the non-public matters of non-public individuals; non-public
individuals as in NOT paid by the Public Treasury.

jc
a frequent critic of Aires' BUT not of his right to criticize public
officials.

[Goanet] What if Aires becomes the chief minister?

[U. G. Barad]

On Thu, 30 May 2013 Ana Maria Fernandes amferns_n...@hotmail.com writes: Can
Aires tell me what type of Goa will be if you become the chief minister? I
am fed up the way you dig at the ministers at all times. Put your hand over
your chest where your heart is and ask yourself this question "am I a honest
citizen of India? A honest husband, a honest father? Then you have every
right to dig at others. 
 

My reply: 

I'll sum up Ana's post saying, 'Ana, hit the nail on the head.' 

However, since the post is concerned with two personalities i. e. 'Famous
and Notorious' (used interchangeably, by modern Goans, depending on who gets
what from whom [although from one personality nothing could be expected]!)
Ana must gear-up with equally defensive mechanisms to tackle possible
hypocritical attaching posts that are most likely to appear in this forum.


Best regards,

U. G. Barad

Re: [Goanet] What if Aires becomes the chief minister ?

[Jose Colaco]

On May 30, 2013, at 11:34 AM, Ana Maria Fernandes  
wrote:

" Can Aires tell me what type of Goa will be if you become the chief minister ? 
I am fed up the way you dig at the ministers at all times. Put your hand over 
your chest where your heart is and ask yourself this question " am I a honest 
citizen of India ? a honest husband, a honest father ? then you have every 
right to dig at others. "

RESPONSE:

Dear Ana Maria,

Interesting set of queries - they actually invite queries of Ana Maria.

So here goes:

1: When did Aires state that he wishes to be CM of Goa? If he has not, WHY ask 
him that question?

2: Is Aires a citizen of India? If so, is he allowed to ask questions of his 
political representatives? or is it that Salazarism is alive and kicking in Goa?

3: Could you name ONE dig from Aires at the politicians which you find to be 
unjustified? Would you, please care to expand on why you believe it to be 
unjustified?

4: As a private citizen, does Aires have to stand the same public scrutiny that 
public representatives are expected to face?

5: Now that you have asked Aires questions.  Are you able to answer same 
queries about yourself?   

6: Is there something you wish to tell us about Aires by way of those questions?

7: Careful now ! Please do not reply without knowing ALL the facts of the case. 
Furthermore, please be advised that it is NOT a great idea to get to entangled 
into the non-public matters of non-public individuals; non-public individuals 
as in NOT paid by the Public Treasury.

jc
a frequent critic of Aires' BUT not of his right to criticize public officials.

[Goanet] What if Aires becomes the chief minister ?

[Ana Maria Fernandes]

Can Aires tell me what type of Goa will be if you become the chief minister ? I 
am fed up the way you dig at the ministers at all times. Put your hand over 
your chest where your heart is and ask yourself this question " am I a honest 
citizen of India ? a honest husband, a honest father ? then you have every 
right to dig at others.  

[Goanet] What if the Baba had managed to escape from the police at Ram Lila?

[SOTER]

God saved India from another possible disaster like in the case of Babri Masjid 
or Godhra. If the script had gone right the Government and the police would 
possibly have had to tackle widespread riots. In all probability the Baba would 
have done the disappearing act and within seconds thae air would have been 
polluted with rumours about his kidnapping and life being in danger. This was 
the platform that the Baba was possibly constructing by repeatedly claiming 
that his life is in grave danger. The jumping into the crowds and wearing a 
women's Salwar Kameez to escape does not appear as an accident but looks more 
like a well scripted drama. All sorts of rumours would have been floating 
around on mobile phones and internet to agitate the people into violent acts 
ultimately forcing the UPA government to resign or forceng it into declaring a 
state of emergency to drive another nail into its coffin. The people of this 
nation just cannot afford to take this politics from the religious 
fundamentalists very lightly. 
Considering the growing recklessness in the response of India's young middle 
class and the thinkers, this nation has all the potential to move the 
Afghanistan and Pakistan way. This 'Fantasy Bharat' creation of the religious 
fundamentalists on how Swiss bank money returning to India will abolish poverty 
and how Lok Pal Bill will curb corruption in politics may capture the 
imagination of the people, but in the end just like the 'Ram temple' this 
notion of a 'Corruption Free India' will remain a tool for political parties to 
exploit for the next 10 years till something more glamorous gets marketed. Even 
religous heads like the Archbishop of Delhi seem to be falling into this trap. 
If such carelessness and rashness will be the response adopted by citizens in 
social and political action, then it looks like India may lose its way to 
religous fundamentalism.

Soter D.

[Goanet] WHAT IF GOVERNOR HAS HAIRCUT ONLY FROM A GOANETTER?

[rajendra kakodkar]

NEW BOOK: Patriotism in Action: Goans in India's Defence Services. With
Foreword by Gen SF Rodrigues, PVSM, VSM, ADC (retd) former Chief of Indian
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below of where the book is available.
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Chances are high that haircut becomes a throat-cut! 
Rajendra
PS: This is a holiday mood view in the lighter sense.

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http://goa1556.goa-india.org

[Goanet] What if High Risk was .... the story of the hapless Iranian widow

[J. Colaco < jc>]

This is the story of an Iranian widow (and mother of two children)
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani who was convicted of adultery for having
sex with two different men following the death of her husband. She was
convicted of adultery, despite having retracted a confession which she
claims was made under duress.

Human Rights Watch is keenly interested in this case, as this woman
has been sentenced to death by stoning:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ml_iran_stoning

Now, I know that some High-Risk "officer of the court" will jump up
and down and remind us that .that is the law.

Some years ago (Gabe Menezes, please take note), High Risk advised us
(me included) that the law of the land aka Goa was that ALL a  'Person
accused of molesting a child' had to do, was to prove that he did not
do it. He did (correctly) direct us to the s 32 of the Goa Children's
Act 2003 http://www.colaco.net/1/gca2003.htm.

This means that IF High Risk (or anyone else) has an altercation with
me or a priest (for that matter, ALL he has to do is plaster all over
GoaNet and to the police  that we, alone or together, molested a
child at a time when (say) the priest was celebrating Mass (church was
full) and I (say) was a server at the Mass. This complaint could be 9
months after the alleged (implausible) incident.

And IF the implausibility was pointed out to High Risk his next
move would be to conduct a Trial by Media.suggesting (perhaps)
that the priest or I (or any among us) was capable of doing this
because (say) we had a (let's assume) consensual affair with a woman
whose husband was away on board the ship. (Not that these things are
common in Goa !) ..

Let's hope NO one turns round and uses the same s 32 of the Goa
Children's Act 2003 to accuse High Risk of molestation or even Neglect
of Minor children.

On another note  I have an academic interest in the Mickey Pacheco
case. It is my personal belief that Mickey is a no good, philandering,
con artists (iow a typical Goan politician). Even so, it would be
interesting to know the basis for his incarceration before trial.)

I will certainly contact HRW when all the facts of the case are known.

For, today ..High Risk is after the Newtons, Fionas and Mickys of
this world. Tomorrow he could be after us.

jc

[Goanet] What if our economy was not built on competition?

[Venantius J Pinto]

What if our economy was not built on competition? Nobel Prize winner Elinor
Ostrom talks about her work on cooperation in economics.
(subhead from the article by *Fran
Korten
* and *Elinor Ostrom , The Woman Who
Just Might Save the Planet and Our Pocketbooks, as appeared in
alternet.orgvia YES magazine)
*
http://www.alternet.org/economy/145889/the_woman_who_just_might_save_the_planet_and_our_pocketbooks


venantius j pinto

[Goanet] What if a priest really has a mistress?

[JoeGoaUk]

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What if a priest really has a mistress?
 
By default, is this OK?
I wonder what Colva  people or others in their areas would say about it?
 
Would they (or you) say:-
‘Oh! That’s not your problem. Leave priests or religious leaders 
alone.  God will see to it’
Or
‘They are human beings,  so they too have life’
Or
‘you lie saying “No, he hasn’t”,  because it’s your religion you worried about’

As for the Colva case, our Bishop or his spokesperson has 
said nothing about it.
Or did they let Colva people handle it their way?
 
The controversial Da Vinci Code film in Goa, there was a silence too
Or did they let Churchill to handle it his way?

Furthermore, 
Ministers or a politician, or a businessman or a tiatrist  etc 
keeping a mistress with them.

Is this not OK by default?
Why?
Because they are not priests?

If so, I tell you, if I can be one  (by buying jobs as in Govt), 
would buy it for ‘dus petti’
 
Why?
Because of the immunity it enjoys (Thanks to the people)
Women, Money, luxuries, foreign trips, drinking, political 
support etc etc 
No questions asked, No RTI filing, No CBI or IT raids
 
Are we letting this to happen?




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