Folks,
In the quest for more participation from the silent
members here, may I suggest the following?
One of the other nets I subscribe to, has a heading
called Hatch, Match and Dispatch reserved for
announcements of births, marriages and deaths.
Births and marriages are surely happy
Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mervyn,
You and some of your fastidious friends seem to see
name-calling and abuse where none exists.
Mario
And now you include my friends too into this
discussion?
Mervyn3.0
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Fr. Ivo Da C. Souza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
3. Do you believe homosexuality is evil?
Homosexuality is an aberration. It is abnormal.
Father Ivo,
I have a quick question.
Should there be homosexual Catholic priests?
Mervyn3.0
Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If push come to shove maybe we can just take all
that
Canadian oil. All it would take would be the police
force of a decent sized city to do that.
Mario,
But would you also wipe out the liberal dictatorship
and install democracy? :-)
Mervyn3.0
P D [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Some men, in their disillusionment or through
subjugation, play the devil's advocate.
Admittedly women are much smarter than the male homo
sapiens. They have and wisely use their innate
sixth sense :-)
Pat,
This sixth sense, that you talk about, includes the
Helga do Rosario Gomes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mervyn3.0
Can you accuse only the US of this? I am not seeing
any ethics in the politics of any country lately!
Canada has just increased it's aid. The percentage
increase in aid is higher than the percentage increase
in military spending. But
Santosh Helekar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You know there is a fourth choice. Why keep up the
pretense when you have lost faith? Be honest with
yourself. Give up the whole charade. Liberate
yourself. Live a reason and evidence-based life.
Santosh,
I have had two spiritual experiences in this
Marlon Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The targetting of the poor for
conversion is very logical, just as a business would
study its target market and selectively go after
segments it deems would be the most profitable.
Marlon,
If you start with the premise that God rewards his/her
George Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Let us say one had a daughter who grew up to be a
CEO candidate in a major company and the Board
said to her: we cannot make you CEO because we think
you can't keep company secrets. Or she was
denied the Prime Minister's job because she could
not keep
George Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What specific attribute that
priesthood requires which women do not have? What
specific conceptual difference which matters
to priesthood?
George,
I was told by the nuns in the Convent school I went
to, that no one would go and confess to a female
Nasci Caldeira [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi goanetters and friends,
Melbourne newspapers are saying: To satisfy the
opposing factions of the Catholic Church, the next
Pope may have to be a very clever compromise. I
tend to agree with this analysis.
Folks,
Surely the above is the truth.
Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
f) History is filled with atrocities. In my
opinion, we need to remember history as a learning
experience, fix the harm caused to actual living
victims of mass atrocities, and move on.
Mario,
I just can't believe these words are coming from you!
May I
George Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Goa Sudharop would like to welcome and publicly
thank our new volunteers. As we celebrate our 5th
anniversary this year and the Year of the Goan
Child, we wish to thank our many past volunteers,
supporters, and donors and welcome our new
volunteers. They
Frederick Noronha (FN) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Would there be an interest in building up a public
archive of old Goan
photographs? I think pictures tell a story well, and
we need to collate
and put out in cyberspace photographs that tell the
story of Goa.
If this suggestion makes sense
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote,
Dear Cecil,
Thanks for the clarification. Yours is an
extraordinary talent,
and it won't be long before you are a true shining
light in Goan literature, and not just in Goan
literature. All the more reason for you to be
scrupulous (but delightfully
Cecil Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Santosh, you need never apologise to me. Even if you
spell apologise the American way with a 'z'.
Cecil,
Spelling is always important.
This week I had a posting rejected with the
instructions to run a spell check on the posting.
Then the re-posting, with
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
To all other Goanetters I would like to say thanks,
I have learned and laughed a lot.
Rebecca O'Leary,
Being a bit selfish, ain't we, Rebecca?
You extract all the laughs from Goanet and give
nothing in return?
Unless, of course, this is your attempt at humour
The lack of honesty and integrity we seeing
displayed here by these people is truly
breathtaking.
Sort of reminds you of Bush and gang, eh!
Mervyn2.0
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Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The hysterical calumnies of Santosh Helekar continue
unabated. This guy is either delusional or
paranoid.
Mario,
IMHO, Santosh is, without doubt, the best asset this
forum has. You, on the other hand, again IMHO, are the
opposite.
Mervyn2.0
Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If Karl actually said this then he did not seem to
have followed his own advice in arriving at his own
theories, which have now been relegated to the
dustbin of history where they rightfully belong.
Mario,
FYI, Karl Marx was a leftist.
Mervyn2.0
Folks,
According to this article in today's, The Globe and
Nail, India is the second largest supplier of Catholic
priests to Canada. The largest being Poland.
Mervyn2.0
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Friday,
Folks,
In the absence of any info from the Goanet management
team, my ASSumption is that the blank postings we saw
on Maundy Thursday are the result of a ceremonial
washing? :-(
Mervyn2.0
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Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A young girl, engaged and about to be
married in a couple of months, was pricked while
the movie was going on. The tag with the needle
had the message Welcome to the World of HIV
family.
Mario,
My guess is that you got trapped into spreading this
xembuh Moidekar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So maybe its time to change that well-known phrase
so that we say, A banana a day keeps the doctor
away!
Tanzanians and Ugandans have another use for the
banana. They make an alcoholic drink out of it.
If ever you want to give up drinking, try some
Cecil Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There is a Goan saying that one must not eat
watermelon for at least a few
hours after consuming alcohol. This is a total myth.
I have consumed a half watermelon (the best from
Parra) after consuming 2 half-quarters (3 pegs /
180 ml/ 18 dl) of Siolim
Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
1. We can use caste to punish an unruly offspring by
forcing him or her to marry a dominant person of
the same caste, citing the caste system. That
should
really straighten them out in a hurry, eh? But what
if the dominant person belongs to another
Cecil Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Isn't it strange how we indicate the size of a
snake or a fish by extending an arm out and
indicating the size by placing the other hand on
the forearm, biceps of shoulder of the extended
arm. Whereas in the West the size of a fish (or
snake) is
D'Souza, Avelino [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The question regarding pros and cons of caste system
was asked to find an in-depth awareness of the
caste system. I don't know any pros about the
caste system yet.
Folks,
I think I have a pro.
Hear me out on this one.
Suppose there are parents
Folks,
After listening to the debate here, I think the
vestiges of the caste system is actually a good thing.
It allows for young women to separate the men from the
boys.
Surely, the young men who tell their sweethearts that
they need to consult their daddy and mummy in order to
get married,
Teotonio R. de Souza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
With so much caste-noise broadcast on goanet, is it
really a war against castes or a war of castes?
Could each one writing on the theme indicate what
caste he belongs to? It could help to filter the
emotional ingredients of the debate. I am
Eddie Fernandes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
However, the person credited with introducing it to
Goa is the late Gines Viegas (ex-Tanzania), when he
opened O Coqueiro in Porvorim. His version was
using a green chilli and coriander paste whereas
the African marinade is red. The green has become
FERNANDO DO REGO [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Alfredo, like me, is a grandson of the village of
Benaulim,of the same Pulvaddo ward from where my
mother (Helena Correia Afonso) came, he being the
son of the wellknown scientist and parliamentarian,
Dr.Froilano de Mello.Their homes were close to
--- Gabe Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The ongoing discussion and reports on the
forthcoming Royal Wedding of
HRH Prince Charles and Mrs. Camilla Parker-Bowles;
according to The Daily Mail Newspaper today, Mrs.
Parker Bowles' marriage has not been
disolved by the Catholic Church and
Gabe Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I trust you have all heard that our dashing Prince
Charles is to marry the stunning, vivacious,
gorgeous Mrs Camilla Parker-Bowles. She will
receive the title of H.R.H. Duchess of Cornwall.
Princess Consort.
Gabe Menezes,
There is a small article in
Philip Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A personal listing (in random order)
1. The wonderful monsoon season with hardly any
water logging
-snip-
9 and 10. Give me some time and I should be able to
think of a couple more.
Philip Thomas,
How about:
9) Monkeys dancing on roofs?
Mervyn2.0
PS.
Eddie Fernandes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How to stop the monkey business in Goa: Some friends
of mine in Goa are plagued by monkeys. Dozens of
hefty langurs conduct daily jumping matches on
their roof, destroying up to 1,000 tiles annually.
Friends suggested a coating of cheetah droppings
By the way, I'm sorry for Mr. Hallums but he does
not belong to the US armed forces. I understand he
was in Iraq on his own as a civilian contractor,
so Mr. Bush is not the one who pushed him into
any hellhole.
Seems like everytime the Americans are caught spying,
they come running to
I'm not asking for any help from President Bush
because I know of his selfishness and unconcern to
those who've been pushed into this hellhole.
Roy Hallums, American being held hostage in Iraq.
25th Jan, 2005.
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Folks,
The following is from the Letters to The Editor
section of The Globe and Mail of 22nd January, 2005.
The author seems to have a nice Canadian name ;-)
Mervyn2.0
Bush's freedoms.
Re: The Freedom Doctrine and George W. Bush:
Freedom to submit to authority,
freedom to
The Toronto Star
Jan. 20, 2005. 01:00 AM
Welcome to Bush Fantasy Land: The Sequel
It has been said that George W. Bush is in denial of
reality, in Iraq and elsewhere. But what of America
itself? More particularly, what of the majority of
Americans who re-elected him?
They had the right to their
George Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a high school parking lot here in California
yesterday, Lance Cpl. Andres Raya, 19, a Marine
who just returned from Iraq, shot and killed a
police officer and wounded another before he was
shot to death by a police officer. His family blames
his
January 12, 2005
Bush abandons hunt for Saddam's WMD
By Jenny Booth, Times Online
The fruitless hunt for Saddam Husseins alleged
weapons of mass destruction has come to an end,
the White House confirmed today.
Well, George Bush's intelligence sent 1,300 young
Americans to their deaths.
Folks,
I am real glad that people hitting the delete key,
instead of the reply key, when they see the posts from
the devil and his junior here :-)
Mervyn2.0
PS What else can you call a person who is fixated on
hot air?
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How do I explain the following to Tanzanians?
Mervyn2.0
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PM promises dual citizenship to all NRIs
MUMBAI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday
announced dual citizenship to all
Indians who migrated after Jan 26, 1950 and said
details will be worked out soon.
I am happy to announce that we have decided to
extend the facility of dual
Philip Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
2. The closure of Dabolim after 7 pm is implicitly
attributed to the Navy.
However, the Navy claims the airport is available
from 6:00 pm to 6:00 am. It blames the AAI for
being unable to operate at night due to problems
of overtime payment etc.
cornel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My goodness, Cornel!
Just the kind of email I needed before popping a cold
one on a Friday night :-)
Am going to re-read your work tomorrow morning, but
for now, the following are my (light hearted?)
comments:
1) 80% of your description could be inter-switched for
Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I had chided Tim of making a facetious comment while
operating on feni fumes, which Santosh pounced upon
as a gratuitious personal insult. I would be
rich,
not insulted, if I was paid a $1 everytime someone
accused me of drinking our special nationsl
Tim de Mello [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On the face of it this seems a very laudable effort.
But let us stop and think for a minute.
-snip-
Similarly, the G.O.A. told us that they are a
social organization and they considered the
problem in Goa political and such the cause was
outside their
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I do not see why my (tax payer's) money should go in
funding an institute such as NIO (National
Institute of Oceonagraphy)if such an all important
event about our ocean such as tsumani goes
unpredicted by the institute.
This is infinitely more important than
Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Bush has done nothing as you mention. This is
typical bovine excrement from the Globe Mail.
All American companies have always had the same tax
advantages, and virtually no restrictions on how
they do business. The US economy, after the
economic
cornel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was staggered and disgusted to learn that you were
effectively 'done' at a
Bangalore restaurant when a payment demand was made
at a tourist rate
following your use of a domestic menu. I would
find such practice
unacceptable in any part of the world on
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