Re: [Goanet] To who can I attribute this quote?
On Monday, July 22, 2019, 03:12:38 a.m. CDT, Adolfo Mascarenhas wrote: *"Elementary" as my old friend WATSON would say * *The answer is * *Obviously a Goan born near the highest peak in Africa, where the water is so clean that the brain can sprout quotes ...A town called Moshi (not Arusha)* *2) Such a person must also see justice to all people including Arabs in Palestine* *3) Must live in that wonderful land called California. This writer spent his happiest days in LA, field work in Mohave, * *Grandolfo* --- Doc,I did not know Dom Martin was one of us. This is about the best news I have heard this month. Mervyn
[Goanet] To who can I attribute this quote?
In Issue 391 Message: 2 of Sat, 20 Jul 2019 15:03:17 -0700 Message-ID: you ask the simple question *To who can I attribute this quote?* *"Elementary" as my old friend WATSON would say * *The answer is * *Obviously a Goan born near the highest peak in Africa, where the water is so clean that the brain can sprout quotes ...A town called Moshi (not Arusha)* *2) Such a person must also see justice to all people including Arabs in Palestine* *3) Must live in that wonderful land called California. This writer spent his happiest days in LA, field work in Mohave, * *Grandolfo* *Now liviing in Dar es Salaam*
[Goanet] To who can I attribute this quote?
Dear Dom, I find your post ridiculously reductionist and propagating the same stereotypes that we blame the outsider for. There are so many nuanced in-betweens that you conveniently ignore. I expect better from a thinker of your stature. Dramatic hollow soundbytes is not our way. Cheers! Cecil == Message: 2 Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2019 15:03:17 -0700 From: dom martin To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] To who can I attribute this quote? Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" If the language and cynic-syntax resembles Margaret's style, then I am obviously in trouble -- in the thundering sense that some of my other posts may have similarly been auto-credited to her. (Note: Soundly clarifies why I continue to remain ?unsung?:). Otherwise, Cecil, it's my quote. And indeed, with your assistance, I'll be more inclined to stay put on my sinking paper-Mache pedestal if stones(or fators and fatoristas) are summoned for the proverbial stone casting finale! Dom Martin <<<<<<<<<<[Goanet] To who can I attribute this quote?
[Goanet] To who can I attribute this quote?
If the language and cynic-syntax resembles Margaret's style, then I am obviously in trouble -- in the thundering sense that some of my other posts may have similarly been auto-credited to her. (Note: Soundly clarifies why I continue to remain “unsung”:). Otherwise, Cecil, it's my quote. And indeed, with your assistance, I'll be more inclined to stay put on my sinking paper-Mache pedestal if stones(or fators and fatoristas) are summoned for the proverbial stone casting finale! Dom Martin <<<<<<<<<<[Goanet] To who can I attribute this quote? Cecil Pinto <https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=goanet@lists.goanet.org=from:%22Cecil+Pinto%22> Sat, 20 Jul 2019 13:04:40 -0700 <https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=goanet@lists.goanet.org=date:20190720> There appears to be a symbiotic curse associated with being a Goan. If you are born in Goa, there is an exponential drive to emigrate and the likelihood of dying an unsung hero. If you are born elsewhere and immigrate to Goa, the bets likely are you will eventually find yourself swimming upstream to elude the camaraderie of conspiring crabs hurdled below. The rest is history. Bon Voyage, Margaret! Dom Martin>>>>>>>>>>
[Goanet] To who can I attribute this quote?
There appears to be a symbiotic curse associated with being a Goan. If you are born in Goa, there is an exponential drive to emigrate and the likelihood of dying an unsung hero. If you are born elsewhere and immigrate to Goa, the bets likely are you will eventually find yourself swimming upstream to elude the camaraderie of conspiring crabs hurdled below. The rest is history. Bon Voyage, Margaret! Dom Martin
