Re: [Goanet] Re: Goan Association uk from Conception to Ruby

2006-06-23 Thread cornel
also loved her singing. The group she sang with were Sounds Unlimited in London. Cornel - Original Message - From: Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@goanet.org Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 5:15 AM Subject: [Goanet] Re: Goan Association uk from Conception to Ruby

Re: [Goanet] Journalism in Portuguese India 1821-1961

2006-06-23 Thread cornel
with you. I did not ask for any apologies from you as they were not necessary. It is unfortunate that there were intrusions from others over a simple matter between us. I sincerely hope this matter can be closed now. I am happy to retract absolutely everything that passed between us. Cornel

Re: [Goanet] Re: Goa History: Destruction of Temples/In defense ofMarlon

2006-06-22 Thread cornel
to retort with equal vitriol. I don't allow myself to get baited by Mario's vacuous rhetoric now. I let him stew in his own biliousness. Cornel - Original Message - From: Aurelius Figueredo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@goanet.org Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 6:01 PM Subject: [Goanet] Re

Re: [Goanet] RE: TRAFFIC SAFETY IN SCHOOL SYLLABUS

2006-06-22 Thread cornel
that there is no such thing as your true knowledge. This is because all knowledge is provisional. 2+2= 4 is part of this provisional knowledge that we all use for now. Cornel - Original Message - From: Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@goanet.org Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 5:32 PM Subject: Re

Re: [Goanet] Re: Goa History: Destruction of Temples

2006-06-22 Thread cornel
it? Cornel - Original Message - From: Aurelius Figueredo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@goanet.org Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 5:08 PM Subject: [Goanet] Re: Goa History: Destruction of Temples * G * O * A * N * E

Re: [Goanet] Further to the Da Vinci Code (Re evangelisation)

2006-06-22 Thread cornel
to be rational now on this issue rather than hope that an unthinking mob will not act unpredictably. Cornel - Original Message - From: Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: cornel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 9:04 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Further to the Da Vinci Code (Re

[Goanet] Re: More spin or is it 'non-knowledge' from Cornel

2006-06-21 Thread cornel
criticism, please do it. However, please let me alert you that I have a lot of 'ammunition' at the ready including for every line I wrote re In The Portuguese Vortex because I can easily defend absolutely everything I wrote in 2004. Good wishes Cornel PS Please do not forget to reply to my long

Re: [Goanet] Journalism in Portuguese India 1821-1961

2006-06-21 Thread cornel
of our brief exchange of posts will alert Constantino that one has to be cautious when responding with an unmistakable sting in the tail, especially when this happened (not to your knowledge) a second time. Cornel - Original Message - From: HELGA GOMES [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Goa's premiere

Re: [Goanet] RE: CORRECTION: Boiling Temp: Equation:

2006-06-21 Thread cornel
think it would be too much for our resident sage in the Rust Belt. Incidentally, wherabouts are you located? Do let me know privately if appropriate. Thanks Cornel - Original Message - From: Francis Rodrigues [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@goanet.org Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 6:33 AM

Re: [Goanet] Journalism in Portuguese India 1821-1961

2006-06-21 Thread cornel
, entirely on me! Regards Cornel PS I will not respond to people who harp back to our posts. My reply to Helga was definitely the last one even though I have not seen it yet on Goanet. - Original Message - From: Constantino Xavier [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@goanet.org Sent: Tuesday

Re: [Goanet] 1700 hrs and it's pouring in Goa

2006-06-21 Thread cornel
Gore as a loser. However, he seems to have re-invented himself via the environmental issue. I reckon he has surprised himself with recent success and may well think of a second go for the Presidency. If this were to happen, would choosing Hilary as a running mate help him? Cornel

Re: [Goanet] Flexible code - response to Dr. Helekar

2006-06-21 Thread cornel
commandments is very much an absolute demand on humans to be unthinking slaves to a presumed Deity. Even further, the view that any religion has the monoploly of 'truth' is too ridiculous for words. Cornel - Original Message - From: Vivek [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@goanet.org Cc: [EMAIL

[Goanet] Further to the Da Vinci Code

2006-06-21 Thread cornel
on the temple/church issue (hopefully temporarily exhausted), is insignificant compared to the monster being officially unleashed by the Church in a highly volatile India over religion. Cornel _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list

Re: [Goanet] Re: DEAR AUNTY - No. 9: WEEKLY HUMOR :-))

2006-06-20 Thread cornel
your humour. I haven't stopped laughing at times. Please keep it up. You have an eager audience amongst some of us. Regards Cornel - Original Message - From: George Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@goanet.org Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 1:00

[Goanet] Goan discussion on degrees of affiliation to differnt faiths

2006-06-19 Thread cornel
and a serious decline in entry into the vocation. Are such people anti-Catholic as per your highly questionable and indeterminate criteria? After reading the above, I would be interested to see if you might wish to reconsider your blanket term anti-Catholic. Kind regards Cornel - Original Message

Re: [Goanet] Destruction of Hindu temples and replaced byCatholicChurches

2006-06-19 Thread cornel
community would be wholly in agreement with this position. Cornel - Original Message - From: Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@goanet.org Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 3:29 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Destruction of Hindu temples and replaced

Re: [Goanet] Journalism in Portuguese India 1821-1961

2006-06-19 Thread cornel
! If in doubt, please read his first reply to my very humble question. I really would be very intrigued if you disagreed with the comment above. Regards Cornel - Original Message - From: Paulo Colaco Dias [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!' goanet@goanet.org

Re: [Goanet] RE: TRAFFIC SAFETY IN SCHOOL SYLLABUS

2006-06-18 Thread cornel
Mario Pull the other leg it has bells on it.You draw a fine distinction to take credit for yourself while ridiculing others. Not many are amused by your antics as the posts on Goanet indicate. Cornel - Original Message - From: Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Goa's premiere mailing

Re: [Goanet] Boiling temperature of water

2006-06-18 Thread cornel
of yours called true knowledge. Just check with any good text on the nature of knowledge and also check with any properly trained scientist. Better still why not put money where your mouth is. How much can you afford to wager? Cornel - Original Message - From: Mario Goveia [EMAIL

Re: [Goanet] Re: The destruction of Hindu temples to build Churches

2006-06-18 Thread cornel
, my hunch is that Marlon's is the more persuasive of the two versions. However, as all knowledge is provisional, I am sure we will discover much more on this theme--particularly from historians. Regards Cornel - Original Message - From: Gilbert Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet

Re: [Goanet] Goanet a wonderful platform

2006-06-18 Thread cornel
Ana Maria I would never have imagined that my view that Goanet was a learning instrument would have been noted much. Yes, Goanet is also most helpful in making contact with people. In my case I made contact with some after 44+ years. However, what about the learning aspect? Cornel

Re: [Goanet] RE: Boiling Temperature of Water

2006-06-18 Thread cornel
Francis Did this really appear in the Toledo Observer? Surely not, but then again, possibly yes in the Rust Belt. Cornel - Original Message - From: Francis Rodrigues [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@goanet.org Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 12:15 AM Subject: [Goanet] RE: Boiling Temperature

[Goanet] Child labour the world over

2006-06-17 Thread cornel
the challenge may be. When I raised the point about child labour in India today, I would in no way have minimised it as an evil in socialist or capitalist India. Cornel DaCosta, London, England - Original Message - From: Jason Monserrate [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Goa's

Re: [Goanet] Re: Dubai Terrorism/response to Mario

2006-06-17 Thread cornel
which run into many many thousands are not even recorded by the American administration. I once said that if the whole world said that the sky was blue, Mario was capable of insisting it was red! Need I say more? Cornel - Original Message - From: Elisabeth Carvalho [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Goanet] Destruction of Hindu temples and replaced by CatholicChurches

2006-06-17 Thread cornel
Mario I definitely made no claim that I was in any way certain that Hindu temples were destroyed for Catholic churches to be built over them. To say I had read about this is not to make a claim. Are you experiencing some difficulty in comprehension? Cornel - Original Message - From

Re: [Goanet] RE: TRAFFIC SAFETY IN SCHOOL SYLLABUS

2006-06-17 Thread cornel
Very strange that Mario says that those not living in Goa just pontificate about the road situation in Goa. As I know that Mario lives outside Goa and indeed a long distance away, is he not pontificating as per his own criterion? Just puzzled really! Cornel - Original Message - From

[Goanet] Re Goanet

2006-06-17 Thread cornel
develop an essential and valuable writing skill. Cornel _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)

[Goanet] Incomprehension from Jose Colaco

2006-06-17 Thread cornel
Hi Jose Thanks for your brief response. As often, I haven't got a clue as to exactly what you are talking about in this post. Are you trying to spin some kind of yarn? I hope you will try again with less incomprehension. Cheers Cornel - Original Message - From: Dr. José Colaço [EMAIL

Re: [Goanet] Albert writes

2006-06-17 Thread cornel
mention might bring about less tension than exists at present. Just a thought! Cornel - Original Message - From: Albert Desouza [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@goanet.org Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 4:19 AM Subject: [Goanet] Albert writes Dear friends There is hue and cry on account

Re: [Goanet] Goan Association U.K., Ruby Anniversary. (1)

2006-06-17 Thread cornel
issue until now. Further, I can't believe you could ever be challenged by height on the dance floor Gabe. Please let me desperately continue to believe this! Cornel - Original Message - From: Gabe Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@goanet.org Sent

Re: [Goanet] India gobbling the world

2006-06-16 Thread cornel
are right in this instance and that I am wrong. I do want India to make it big in my lifetime--in what's left of it. I'm sure you also wish India well in your life-time too. Cornel - Original Message - From: Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet

[Goanet] Science or no science

2006-06-16 Thread cornel
Gabe I agree, Mario needs some basic science lessons. However, he shows a strong inclination to want to learn. On second thoughts, it may well be the opposite of what I said in the above sentence. Cornel - Original Message - From: Gabe Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Goa's premiere

[Goanet] Boiling temperature of water

2006-06-16 Thread cornel
Hi Mario Yes it does. Water boils at different temperatures related to the altitude. This is something pretty basic in science. Cornel From: Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@goanet.org Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 11:02 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet

Re: [Goanet] Re: Da Vinci Code

2006-06-16 Thread cornel
Joe This idea that someone had been found as the last in a bloodline of Jesus struck me as one of the most ridiculous aspects of the film. If it is true that Christ was married and had children by Mary Magdalene, by now there would be many many thousands of issue. Cornel - Original

Re: [Goanet] Hindu temples and Churches/chapels in Goa

2006-06-16 Thread cornel
George I really do enjoy your humour. Please do let us have more. Cornel - Original Message - From: George Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Goanet goanet@goanet.org Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 1:38 AM Subject: [Goanet] Hindu temples and Churches/chapels in Goa The Panjim main library

[Goanet] Mario's science and true nowledge

2006-06-16 Thread cornel
and discussion--but only in unnecessary wasteful put-downs. Ever yours Cornel _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)

Re: [Goanet] Traffic Safety In School Syllabus /Melinda Coutinho Powell

2006-06-16 Thread cornel
that might work is if there are severe punitive measures for infractions of rules on the road. However, things are so bad that even this would take time to work. Thanks for your concern about this matter. Cornel, London, UK. - Original Message - From: Melinda Powell [EMAIL PROTECTED

[Goanet] Re: Inquisition, Denial and Spin - a response to Marlon, Gilbert and Cornel

2006-06-16 Thread cornel
to Marlon, Gilbert and Cornel If there is one lesson to learn from all this, it is that Religion has been used by man, not to attain peace and understanding BUT for suppression of those who dissent. In effect, it is about power and control. The naive follow like sheep. HOW DO YOU KNOW THIS JOSE? HAVE

[Goanet] Goanet as a learning instrument

2006-06-16 Thread cornel
are definitely due to the founders of Goanet and the admin team who must sometimes feel that they are engaged in a thankless task. Cornel DaCosta, London, UK _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)

Re: [Goanet] Goan Association uk from Conception to Ruby

2006-06-16 Thread cornel
Hi Gabe I did read your email in full but when replying to Melvyn, was to lazy to check, on the spot, for the name. Regards Cornel - Original Message - From: Gabe Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@goanet.org Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 1

[Goanet] Destruction of Hindu temples and replaced by Catholic Churches

2006-06-15 Thread cornel
, on roughly the same sites where the temples were destroyed? This may possibly be a religious matter for you but I definitely do not need a sermon. Just give me the shortest, and most succinct answer you can manage please. Cornel _ Do not post

Re: [Goanet] Goan Association uk from Conception to Ruby

2006-06-15 Thread cornel
. Was the last Goan dance held there in Dec 1979 before the fire at the place? And just by way of interest, does anyone know the whereabouts of Joey (sax) and his charming lady singer? I can't recall her name this moment. Regards Cornel - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet

Re: [Goanet] Any Goan in Hanover or Vienna ?

2006-06-15 Thread cornel
to the same school, college, and even taught in the same school for a while. I can't think of anyone here having his current phone number, but will check. The internet may be helpful. Good luck. Cornel DaCosta, London, UK. - Original Message - From: airesrod [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Goanet] RE: *** Goa wants expats to leave (Pushpa Iyengar in DNA)

2006-06-14 Thread cornel
of Attorney can get the ten fingerprints as are required now? Does anyone know the answer? I doubt I could get an answer from the bureaucracy. Cornel - Original Message - From: Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@goanet.org Sent: Tuesday, June 13

[Goanet] Filling space in an empty coconut!

2006-06-14 Thread cornel
Portugal to protect it from fellow Indians. Will your specific reply ever come? I think I doubt it, as personal abuse is really your style. Cornel - Original Message - From: Jose Colaco To: cornel Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 12:01 PM Subject: More spin or is it 'non-knowledge' from Cornel

Re: [Goanet] Re: India gobbling the world - Malthus be gone!

2006-06-14 Thread cornel
had a day's schooling. Tonight there ought to be a programme on child labour in China. Yet another one, on the relentless rush to world economic status. Need I say more? Cornel - Original Message - From: George Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994

Re: [Goanet] Fr. Jorda at Loyola High School

2006-06-14 Thread cornel
Hi Themistocles Many thanks for your kind reply. I am now getting a clearer picture of the Matriculation issue in the 1940s. Asking people around at that time has been my strategy and it has paid off. Regards Cornel - Original Message - From: Themistocles D'Silva [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Goanet] Fr. Jorda at Loyola High School

2006-06-14 Thread cornel
Hi Tony Many thanks for your firm info. I had a problem with someone claiming she passed her matric at 11 and that others did so as well. I had felt that this was well nigh impossible! Thanks again Cornel - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@goanet.org Sent

Re: [Goanet] World Cup Goan sweepstakes to benefit a Goan charity

2006-06-14 Thread cornel
To Gabe and George Please count me in, if not too late. I will send £10 to Gabe. Good wishes Cornel - Original Message - From: George Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@goanet.org Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 4:28 AM Subject: [Goanet] World Cup

Re: [Goanet] [OFFTOPIC] One-Way Trip to Disaster (IPS, on Portugal and the environment)

2006-06-14 Thread cornel
adverse about Portugal and seems to see everything in 'paranoid' conspiratorial terms. Nevertheless I hope we can look forward to a coherent critique from him about this environmental disaster report from Portugal. Cornel PS I seem unable to get this in Plain Text - Original Message - From

[Goanet] Re True Knowledge

2006-06-13 Thread cornel
as a starter and good on 'Wall Street' and modern globalization. With very best regards and every good wish. Cornel _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)

Re: [Goanet] Goan Association U.K., Ruby Anniversary. (1)

2006-06-13 Thread cornel
Gabe You are absolutely right re the Catholic Society. You do have a better memory than me. However, I can still recall Camilo arriving with his family to the UK some time after me and meeting them all at Speaker's Corner on one fine summer's day. Cornel - Original Message - From

Re: [Goanet] Fr. Jorda at Loyola High School

2006-06-12 Thread cornel
or so? Many thanks Cornel - Original Message - From: Themistocles D'Silva [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@goanet.org Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 7:21 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Fr. Jorda at Loyola High School Fr. Jorda S.J. was my first Principal

Re: [Goanet] Theist v/s atheist?

2006-06-12 Thread cornel
it would always happen. People have survived falling from tall buildings! Do you fancy trying again? Cornel - Original Message - From: Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@goanet.org Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 6:03 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet

Re: [Goanet] reply to Jerry

2006-06-12 Thread cornel
of the type you describe. Nevertheless I was most impressed by one (sorry forget his name) who played keyboard, tenor sax, trumpet, soprano sax, lead guitar and sang very well too. He was worth his weight in gold, but sadly, I am sure he has to struggle for a living. Cornel - Original

Re: [Goanet] Goan Association U.K., Ruby Anniversary. (1)

2006-06-12 Thread cornel
attended this meeting. There was already the East African Catholic Society (or Association) in existence and this gave way to the Goan Association later on. I am sure I have some records in my garage of this early stage of development. How quickly Ruby has come along! Cornel - Original Message

Re: [Goanet] The destruction of Hindu temples to build Catholicchurches in their places.

2006-06-11 Thread cornel
Hindu temples destroyed for the construction of Catholic churches in Goa. However, I have not done such research myself and do not know how hard is the evidence that I encountered. I hope you have now understood something quite simple that I was saying. Cornel - Original Message - From

[Goanet] The destruction of Hindu temples to build Catholic churches in their places.

2006-06-10 Thread cornel
be appropriate as I have been busy doing other things! b) built on top in the way you used it, did not quite strike me as a possible interpretation in our discussion i.e using part of an old structure to hold up the new one. We live and learn! Regards Cornel. - Original Message

Re: Re: Re: [Goanet] Theist v/s atheist?

2006-06-09 Thread cornel
Val Many thanks for your kind reply. Regards Cornel - Original Message - From: Valmiki Faleiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Goa's premiere mailing list,estb.1994! goanet@goanet.org Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 4:31 PM Subject: Re: Re: Re: [Goanet] Theist v/s atheist? Sorry, Cornel, I

Re: [Goanet] Theist v/s atheist?

2006-06-09 Thread cornel
the boat along the way on this kind of discussion? Cornel - Original Message - From: Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@goanet.org Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 5:39 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Theist v/s atheist? --- cornel [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Goanet] Goa importing poverty

2006-06-09 Thread cornel
who rushed to migrate to the USA? Just asking? Cornel - Original Message - From: Gilbert Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@goanet.org Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 10:09 PM Subject: [Goanet] Goa importing poverty The Goa importing poverty thread evolved in a very enlightening

Re: Re: [Goanet] Theist v/s atheist?

2006-06-08 Thread cornel
Valmiki I do not believe that I have said that Mario is not an insightful person. However, if this has been inadvertantly implied I do regret it as this was definitely not my intention. Cornel - Original Message - From: Valmiki Faleiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Goa's premiere mailing

[Goanet] Re: Mario's mantra about a rock solid code

2006-06-08 Thread cornel
that, Gibraltar, the Rockies...will crumble some day-- they're only made of clay. Of course, you must believe that your rock solid code is more than rock solid and here to stay because you say so. Do dream on--we could even put a tune to this Mario mantra! Cornel PS. Could you please provide at least one

[Goanet] The International Film Festival India

2006-06-08 Thread cornel
Goanetters, Will the the reputation of the Goa site for the IFFI be tarnished somewhat because of the debacle over the Da Vinci Code? Cornel _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)

Re: [Goanet] Churchill Alemao is a Master of Pests n Our Daily Breadalway Support for Goan!

2006-06-08 Thread cornel
something similar about Churchill from Catholic Goans. Cornel - Original Message - From: Stephen Fernandes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@goanet.org Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 5:10 PM Subject: [Goanet] Churchill Alemao is a Master of Pests n Our Daily Breadalway

Re: [Goanet] Re: Goanet Digest, Vol 3, Issue 565 Message 6

2006-06-07 Thread cornel
matter has been cleared up. Among others, I found your explanation for the term continental Portugal helpful. Cornel - Original Message - From: Gabe Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@goanet.org Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 6:13 PM Subject: Re

Re: [Goanet] India gobbling the world

2006-06-07 Thread cornel
Hi Gilbert, As you know, I have felt some scepticism about India's rapid growth to super economic status in the imminent future but I dearly hope it is true and that we will not be disappointed. Cornel - Original Message - From: Gilbert Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet

Re: [Goanet] Woman priest says Mass

2006-06-07 Thread cornel
matters on Goanet. I don't respond to everything for lack of time. I am sure that this must also be what you and all of us do but for one well-known exception. Regards Cornel - Original Message - From: Gilbert Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@goanet.org Sent: Wednesday, June 07

Re: [Goanet] Theist v/s atheist?

2006-06-07 Thread cornel
higher education without being touched by it. But there are insightful individuals who have not been near any higher education and yet developed much depth of understanding of the human condition. Cornel - Original Message - From: Elisabeth Carvalho [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Goa's premiere

Re: [Goanet] GOA INITIATIVES: THEN AND NOW.......

2006-06-07 Thread cornel
not encountered your name on Goanet before. Cornel DaCosta, London, UK. - Original Message - From: Jean Marcos Catao To: goanet@goanet.org Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 5:47 PM Subject: [Goanet] GOA INITIATIVES: THEN AND NOW... I wanted to make a few comments on two pertinent points/questions

Re: [Goanet] Re:Boycott Inox multiplex Cinema Hall for Showing theFilm, despite Ban in Goa

2006-06-07 Thread cornel
, then hopefully, a determined effort against corruption may be next to be addressed. I will keep my fingers crossed re such a hopeful endeavour and would support it strongly. Cornel - Original Message - From: Joe Vaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: GOANET@GOANET.ORG Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 7:14 AM

Re: [Goanet] RE: Cornel's response to searching questions from JoseColaco

2006-06-06 Thread cornel
Hi Jose Will send the requested article as soon as I can send it as an attachment. Have experienced some difficulty doing this. However, please note that it is not an updated version. It is the original version rather than the draft that originally got to Goanet. Cornel - Original Message

[Goanet] Re: Journalism in Portuguese India 1821-1961

2006-06-06 Thread cornel
Hi Jose, I am sure you will have read my email to Constantino confirming that we do not need to take this matter further following Constantino's clarification of my genuine query regarding his use of continental Portugal. Thank you very much for your interest in the matter. Cornel

Re: [Goanet] Re: *** Goa wants expats to leave (Pushpa Iyengar in DNA)

2006-06-06 Thread cornel
Re tourist visas and purchase of land in Goa/India etc, surely it must be possible to purchase land in absentia irrespective of a motive. Is this not so provided all local payments/taxes etc are paid? Just seeking a clarification on a technicality. Cornel - Original Message - From

Re: [Goanet] Re: Journalism in Portuguese India 1821-1961

2006-06-06 Thread cornel
wishes, Cornel - Original Message - From: Constantino Xavier [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@goanet.org Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 1:06 PM Subject: [Goanet] Re: Journalism in Portuguese India 1821-1961 Dear Cornel, Doutor Colaço has already given his opinion about this. I just want

Re: [Goanet] Goan Taliban?

2006-06-06 Thread cornel
not emphasise a little more. It is the often found, sheer parochialism, that would drive me potty. The situation on the Da Vinci Code is a classic case in point of such painful parochialism that I am most happy to avoid and I wish you could too. Cornel - Original Message - From: Cecil Pinto

Re: [Goanet] Woman priest says Mass

2006-06-05 Thread cornel
Gilbert Are you seriously saying that Hindu temples were not destroyed by the Portuguese so as to build churches atop the destroyed buildings? Please clarify this point in case I have misunderstood you. Cornel - Original Message - From: Marlon Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Goa's

Re: [Goanet] Journalism in Portuguese India 1821-1961

2006-06-04 Thread cornel
on Goanet that you were a regular writer for the weekly Observer in Goa? The mind simply boggles, but I wish you well. Cornel - Original Message - From: Constantino Xavier [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@goanet.org Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 12:21 AM Subject: [Goanet] Journalism in Portuguese

Re: [Goanet] Past BBC programmes on Goa

2006-06-03 Thread cornel
and India, I had inadvertantly overlooked the important point made by Marlon that, Portugal later recognized India's annexation of Goa. Does anyone readily have the date for this please? Cornel - Original Message - From: Marlon Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb

Re: [Goanet] PREACHING AT TIMOR

2006-06-02 Thread cornel
. Cornel - Original Message - From: Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@goanet.org Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 8:27 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet] PREACHING AT TIMOR * G

Re: [Goanet] Journalism in Portuguese India 1821-1961

2006-06-02 Thread cornel
belowcontinental Portugal? Thanks Cornel - Original Message - specially in continental Portugal, _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)

Re: [Goanet] OR NOT TO BE

2006-06-02 Thread cornel
for a pretty mixed up reply. I can't figure out what on earth you are trying to say despite your best efforts! Thanks once again. I don't intend to pursue this particular issue further. Cornel - Original Message - From: Ricardo Nunes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@goanet.org Sent: Tuesday, May

[Goanet] Cornel's response to searching questions from Jose Colaco

2006-06-01 Thread cornel
in colonisation. With best regards Cornel - Original Message - From: jose colaco [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@goanet.org Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 2:02 PM Subject: [Goanet] RE: Cornel's contention with WE ARE ALL GOANS Dear Cornel, I am in the process of reviewing your Vortex

Re: [Goanet] WE ARE ALL GOANS

2006-05-29 Thread cornel
would any sensible person want to waste time on a daft assertion like that? The ball is now in your court re the specific point I make above and I await your reply. Cornel - Original Message - From: Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet

Re: [Goanet] Re: Da Vinci Code': Christians catch the fundamentalist

2006-05-29 Thread cornel
by Indians is indicative of very little knowledge about the place in which I have lived for decades and have kept my ear to the ground. I have no disagreement only with your last paragraph. Cornel - Original Message - From: Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb

Re: [Goanet] RE: Viva Goa

2006-05-29 Thread cornel
is or is not appropriate for its site. Cornel PS You can't have been to Goa recently to say no one speaks Konkani any more! - Original Message - From: Pires, Frances [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@goanet.org Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 3:42 AM Subject: [Goanet] RE: Viva Goa Dear Meera, I

[Goanet] Re: *** BRIEfnCOUNTERS: A Legacy of Blood ... in Dhaka

2006-05-29 Thread cornel
drawn our attention. Cornel - Original Message - From: Frederick Noronha (FN) [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet-news@goanet.org Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 3:53 PM Subject: *** BRIEfnCOUNTERS: A Legacy of Blood ... in D _ Do not post admin requests

Re: [Goanet] TIMOR LESTE

2006-05-28 Thread cornel
Martinho I have read about Australian interests in untapped oil in the region and the tensions this has generated. I doubt that Australia is merely returning the favour. If I am not mistaken, your John Pilger takes a rather different view. Cornel - Original Message - From: Anthony

Re: [Goanet] The Building of our Nation

2006-05-28 Thread cornel
Tom In your post below, it is unclear to which nation you refer. Is it India (Goa), or China (Hong Kong)? Please will you clarify? Cornel DaCosta, London, UK. - Original Message - From: Tom Carolina [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@goanet.org Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 7:45 AM Subject

Re: [Goanet] TIMOR LESTE

2006-05-28 Thread cornel
Bernardo Can you please help me to understand what exactly you mean in your sentence below? Thanks Cornel - Original Message - From: Bernado Colaco [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@goanet.org Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 5:19 AM Subject: RE: [Goanet

Re: [Goanet] Just curious

2006-05-28 Thread cornel
names largely unknown to me. Cornel - Original Message - From: Gabe Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@goanet.org Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 12:51 AM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Just curious On 27/05/06, Anthony M Barreto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I

Re: [Goanet] Re: Da Vinci Code': Christians catch the fundamentalist

2006-05-28 Thread cornel
of the true faith etc but neither my teachers nor the priests were able to give me an adequate reply except to say you must ask God to help you to believe what we teach. Of course, they were barely educated in the true sense of that word, but merely schooled. Cornel PS At least you had the good

Re: [Goanet] WE ARE ALL GOANS

2006-05-27 Thread cornel
Mario Thanks for considering me contentious on Goanet. That is indeed a compliment. Contentious views are welcome on Goanet as per the moderators. You also refer to intemperate language which I do not recognize in my post. Cornel - Original Message - From: Mario Goveia [EMAIL

[Goanet] 5th of October

2006-05-26 Thread cornel
very clearly, the ambience of that charming specialist shop, its exact location and the ancient buses running past it on a dusty red road. Cornel _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)

Re: [Goanet] Congrats to Beatrice and Cecil Pinto

2006-05-26 Thread cornel
Cecil All good wishes to you and your dear wife (plus family). There was no hint from you, when we met recently, about your big day but I did read it on your happy face. Regards Cornel - Original Message - From: George Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Goanet goanet@goanet.org Sent

Re: [Goanet] Proposed Goanet fundraiser for a generous christian

2006-05-25 Thread cornel
Hi Marlon I can't believ you are serious re Dan Brown. Whatever happened to Christian compassion? Cornel - Original Message - From: Marlon Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@goanet.org Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 3:46 PM Subject: [Goanet

Re: [Goanet] RE: Cornel's contention with .... WE ARE ALL GOANS

2006-05-25 Thread cornel
. I may then comment on it. Cornel - Original Message - From: Ricardo Nunes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@goanet.org Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 5:40 AM Subject: [Goanet] RE: Cornel's contention with WE ARE ALL GOANS Dear Cornel, I did not say ³all Goans would have been

Re: [Goanet] I'm back!!!

2006-05-25 Thread cornel
Hi Gilbert As a matter of interest, I couldn't tell from your long post(s) whether you have seen the controversial film The DaVinci Code or are planning to do so. Cornel - Original Message - From: Gilbert Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@goanet.org Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Re: [Goanet] WE ARE ALL GOANS

2006-05-24 Thread cornel
. Nevertheless, I sincerely wish him well with all my heart. What would Goanet be if it did not receive contentious material? Cornel - Original Message - From: Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@goanet.org Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 4:20

Re: [Goanet] Re: War and women

2006-05-24 Thread cornel
and manifestation of aggression inwards onto the man of the house. Men's are channelled externally for the above reason! Regret I can't vouch for the authenticity of the second saying. Cornel - Original Message - From: George Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb

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