From Filomena Giese I like Message 2 from Mervyn Lobo: "At times, it feels that they have given up god and use Goanet like a prayer platform.?"
A good topic for a Goa research paper? On Tuesday, March 23, 2021, 04:12:24 AM PDT, goanet-requ...@lists.goanet.org <goanet-requ...@lists.goanet.org> wrote: Send Goanet mailing list submissions to goanet@lists.goanet.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to goanet-requ...@lists.goanet.org You can reach the person managing the list at goanet-ow...@lists.goanet.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Goanet digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Goa?s Election Results (George Pinto) 2. Re: Is Goanet being a "Platform for Resentment"? (Mervyn Lobo) 3. JUDGEMENTS MUST MEET THE ENDS OF JUSTICE (Aires Rodrigues) 4. Re: Goanet Digest, Vol 16, Issue 184 (John Eric Gomes) 5. IN RIBANDAR THE MAJORITY VOTED AGAINST BABUSH MONSERRATE (Aires Rodrigues) 6. ARE WE A HAPPY NATION? (John Eric Gomes) 7. AIFF Report & Video: Three-way battle for Top Scorer award set to go down to the wire on Hero I-League D-Day (Shraishth Jain) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2021 15:54:57 +0000 (UTC) From: George Pinto <georgejpi...@yahoo.com> To: "Estb. 1994! Goa's Premiere Mailing List" <goanet@lists.goanet.org> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Goa?s Election Results Message-ID: <1717859055.834618.1616428497...@mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 # 1. and # 5. below explains 99% of Goa's elections. In one word: greed. Or in a few words: selling your mother (land) for a few bucks is ok. On Monday, March 22, 2021, 07:28:05 AM PDT, Roland Francis <roland.fran...@gmail.com> wrote: Is the pattern of Goa?s voting because: 1. People are influenced with money and other illegal gratification at election time. 2. Votes of the educated and aware are drowned by politician-cultivated illiterate vote banks. 3. There is no good choice of? candidates. One set is as bad as the next. 4. Real Goan voters don?t vote. It?s the slum dwellers and other illegally registered voters that outweigh the balance. 5. It?s a vicious circle. You need heaps of money to win and only those in power have access to that kind of money. 6. Religious and caste considerations influence the vote. Roland. George Pinto wrote:? The vote count is in: the land mafia and corrupt politicians won, the rest of Goa lost. New election, same result as before.? ?? ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2021 15:29:05 +0000 (UTC) From: Mervyn Lobo <mervynal...@yahoo.ca> To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <goanet@lists.goanet.org> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Is Goanet being a "Platform for Resentment"? Message-ID: <1230386143.2191894.1616426945...@mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Monday, March 22, 2021, 08:59:10 a.m. CDT, Naguesh Bhatcar <sgbhatcar@hotmail. com> wrote: Having been on Goanet since 1996/97, I must say I have seen a lot more and worse than what is going on now! There used to be a lot more feuds, skirmishes and wars, personal attacks and scores to settle. ? Of course, there will be misunderstandings and disagreements, but in some cases, the 'holier than thou' attitude of some, was astonishing. ------------------------------------------------------ Naguesh Bhatcar, I don't believe that the heading is correct. My belief is that Goanet is now a platform for the retired.? The youngest person around or the one with the freshest views is Cecil Pinto - and he already has more grey hair than most of us.?? I used to wonder why some members would post the same views, year after year, on subjects that the rest of the world had agreed upon and moved on. Then I realised that some members memories are not what they used to be and out of forgetfulness, kept posting on topics that irritate them - microwave towers cause cancer and coconut oil is good for you - are amongst the often repeated contentions. ;-)? The other norm here is for some members to post everyday and sometimes more than once a day. At times, it feels that they have given up god and use Goanet like a prayer platform.? Lastly, it seems (to me) that there is a dearth of quality posts here. However, once in a while you will get that post that makes one think and at the same time, expands knowledge. Mervyn ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2021 00:53:37 +0530 From: Aires Rodrigues <airesrodrigu...@gmail.com> To: goanet <goa...@goanet.org> Subject: [Goanet] JUDGEMENTS MUST MEET THE ENDS OF JUSTICE Message-ID: <CAHriWMgJPBDgvWds9DN1cGzgf_c7_oX3SHfekUQ=j-ybbf9...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Temples of Justice are the ultimate hope for those in the quest for Justice, which needs to be delivered by well reasoned Judgments within the parameters of law. There is no clear cut formula for writing a judgment. In the writing of a judgment the supreme virtue for every judge however should be clarity and precision and consistency. Nobody being above the law, judges should while dispensing justice be blind to the social status or financial standing of the parties to the litigation. Caste, creed and other considerations should never be taken into account except the Rule of law. Judgments should not be tailored to benefit the rich, powerful or the influential. Under no circumstances can Courts be casinos where the litigants gamble their luck to secure favorable orders. A judge while battling with varying facts of the various statutes involved and the differing perceptions acquires skills of his own. Eventually, it is experience that enables the judge how to go about the job. There are gifted judges who stand above others in writing judgments. The foremost duty of every judge is to deliver a rational judgment. At the start of one?s judicial career some judges rightly adopt the traditional way of writing judgments. Years of experience and a little innovation can improve the quality of their writing. No judge should think that the sheer length of his judgment will be an index of quality. The quality depends on the presentation of facts, discussion of the issues of both fact and law and the quality of the reasoning. Judgment-writing is indeed an art. There are judges who are highly technical in their approach and have no mind for justice. At the other end of the spectrum are those whose sense of justice totally overrides the bounds of law. Both these paths are unacceptable. The Judge must always try to render justice but that does not permit him to transgress the limitations of the law. Drawing the line is not normally difficult except in very rare cases. It is said that judges have their own personal pre determined view on various issues. It is presumed that some judges are pro-landlord or pro-tenant, pro-individual rights as against community interests, or pro-women/children as against men, pro-labour or pro-management. No doubt Judges are human and their family background, education or environment may influence their decision-making process. But over a period, the Judge must detach himself from these fixations and keep the oath of his office in mind and decide every case strictly in accordance with law and the set principles of justice. Lord Justice Templeman divided Judges into three categories on the basis of their judgments. The three categories being philosophers, the scientists and the advocates. He had said that all these three elements were present in Lord Denning?s judgments. If all Judges were like Lord Denning we would have had an ideal situation. Aires Rodrigues Advocate High Court C/G-2, Shopping Complex Ribandar Retreat, Ribandar ? Goa ? 403006 Mobile No: 9822684372 Office Tel No: (0832) 2444012 Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com Or airesrodrig...@yahoo.com You can also reach me on Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues Twitter@rodrigues_aires www.airesrodrigues.com ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2021 12:11:19 +0530 From: "John Eric Gomes" <joe...@dataone.in> To: "Goanet Lists" <goanet@lists.goanet.org> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Goanet Digest, Vol 16, Issue 184 Message-ID: <78F18576AB3D4DF7BA0129010AD13F96@xp> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original PLATFORM FOR CORRUPTION OR OTHER LABELS It is good that people speak out and not hold "discretion is the better part of valor" or maintain "cowardly silence" or given other labels like "holier than thou" etc. It is better to ask dumb questions than perpetrate dumb actions or laugh at other's perceptions. Why same old election results, no solutions to some problems etc if derogatorily there is accepted a goan crab mentality , icon worship, corruption and the same old rigid perceptions. Change comes gradually in their own time and the only person one can change is oneself and hope the "Sankaras" you positively send out will matter. Goanet will evolve depending on the intelligent levell of respect, toleration, information and discussion instead of arguments, accusations etc? All praise to those giving their time and energy to sustain and prod people to raise the standard! ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2021 14:25:20 +0530 From: Aires Rodrigues <airesrodrigu...@gmail.com> To: goanet <goa...@goanet.org> Subject: [Goanet] IN RIBANDAR THE MAJORITY VOTED AGAINST BABUSH MONSERRATE Message-ID: <CAHriWMgar0QT_-JERr9=xhrwssvpkwv5ppbhdwnmfmbnzhz...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" In the Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) a big chunk of Ward No 28 besides the entire Ward 29 & 30 comprises of Ribandar. In the elections held on Saturday in these three wards a total of 2627 voted. Of these 1131 voted for Babush Monserrate while a majority which is 1496 voted against him. We must salute those 1496 who did not succumb to the temptation of Babush Monserrate?s volcano of overflowing money that had erupted two days prior to the polls. Ribandar has never witnessed such huge and abundant organized distribution of money during any election. With Babush Monserrate having splashed around a crore on each of these three wards, we can just imagine how lucrative controlling the CCP nest must be. The good news for Ribandar is that in terms of educational qualifications all the three new Corporators have done better than their Guru Babush Monserrate who had dropped out of St Theresa?s High School at Bandra in Mumbai without completing his 8th Std. While Ward no 28 Corporator Vithal Chopdekar has passed his SSC from Panaji?s People?s High School, the Ward No 29 Corporator Silvestre Fernandes has passed 8th Std from Bal Bharati High School in Ribandar while Ward No 30 Corporator Sandra da Cunha has a MA from Kolhapur?s Shivaji University. The other good news is that all these three Ribandar Corporators have no criminal cases pending against them, unlike their Boss and Panaji MLA Babush Monserrate who is facing very serious criminal charges against him in various Courts. Aires Rodrigues Advocate High Court C/G-2, Shopping Complex Ribandar Retreat, Ribandar ? Goa ? 403006 Mobile No: 9822684372 Office Tel No: (0832) 2444012 Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com Or airesrodrig...@yahoo.com You can also reach me on Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues Twitter@rodrigues_aires www.airesrodrigues.com ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2021 15:01:29 +0530 From: "John Eric Gomes" <joe...@dataone.in> To: "Goanet Lists" <goanet@lists.goanet.org> Subject: [Goanet] ARE WE A HAPPY NATION? Message-ID: <6F05392B4453492DB942814413B85DC5@xp> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" WORLD HAPPINESS INDEX The UN report says Finland is the happiest country and the top 10 happy countries include Denmark, Switzerland and New Zealand. From the149 strong nations surveyed, USA is listed as 20, China 85 and guess where India is listed? It is at 140! No doubt our government will pooh pooh this report as biased etc, but it is drawn up based on many criteria like GDP, citizens and life expectancy, freedom, corruption in government and business, law and order, medicare and malnutrition etc. I am certainly not happy with the polarization of our country, restrictions being put on what people may eat, drink, wear. speak out freely and as an adult change religion, whom someone goes out with or marry, imposition of some nationalistic culture restricting privacy and freedom to choose and watch what people want. The Farmers agitation, CAA and other impositions despite massive democratic dissent is being steamrolled! We must have a concrete GDH (gross domestic happiness) index to be a sucessful nation rather than a vague GDP! We need to acknowledge our problems, accept facts or live in a fools paradise! Our great nation will be truly respected in the world only if we can improve the happiness index for all our people first before trying to become a world power. ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2021 16:01:19 +0530 From: Shraishth Jain <shraishth.j...@the-aiff.com> To: undisclosed-recipients:; Subject: [Goanet] AIFF Report & Video: Three-way battle for Top Scorer award set to go down to the wire on Hero I-League D-Day Message-ID: <cafhzlp0ixliohk6-trw58jdfavbvfnbd13pnjzt29nuriy0...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Dear colleagues, Please find below a story from the Hero I-League. *Three-way battle for Top Scorer award set to go down to the wire on Hero I-League D-Day* With just the last round of fixtures remaining, three teams ? Gokulam Kerala FC, TRAU FC and Churchill Brothers FC Goa ? are in the running to be crowned champions of the Hero I-League 2020-21. 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