[Goanet] My take on Goa and Goan identity [ Starting points ]

2008-04-04 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 00:48:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Carvalho [EMAIL PROTECTED] No Mario, the reason Goans on the street, can't compete with non-Goans, is the same reasons Americans on the street can't compete with the influx of Mexicans and this is a huge election issue, and the same reason that the

Re: [Goanet] My take on Goa and Goan identity [ Starting points ]

2008-04-03 Thread Carvalho
--- Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: but by non-Goans of all kinds, including from other parts of India, with whom the local Goans are unable or unwilling to compete for jobs and property. -- No Mario, the reason Goans on the street,

[Goanet] My take on Goa and Goan identity [ Starting points ]

2008-04-02 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 10:04:32 +0100 (BST) From: JOHN MONTEIRO [EMAIL PROTECTED] But for one nation's hero, the same person is a terrorist for another nation. Mario observes: John, I would be careful of making this questionable moral equivalency if I were you. The term terrorist has a well

Re: [Goanet] My take on Goa and Goan identity [ Starting points ]

2008-04-01 Thread JOHN MONTEIRO
Some folk may say forget the past, some may say no, we need to know even if its too awful to contemplate, we must know. Let us set up a Truth Reconciliation programe to name shame those who lived through these times persecuted us. Some of us need to know for personal reasons, some of us

Re: [Goanet] My take on Goa and Goan identity [ Starting points ]

2008-03-31 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
To Goanet - anand virgincar wrote: And the absolutely central point to my arguments that follow is : FORGET WHAT HAPPENED IN GOA PRIOR TO 1961. Dr. Virgincar, I cannot fully agree with your prescription above. Such willful amnesia about our past is dangerous. What if I want to undertake a