[Goanet] World does not revolve around Goa!

2008-11-02 Thread Mario Goveia
Mario wrote: Here we clearly see Dr. Barad trying to deny the free speech of others. Instead of ignoring posts he objects to Dr. U.G. Barad wants to censor posts he does not approve of. If he is allowed to do this, where does it stop? Such autocratic attitudes cannot be allowed to prevail

[Goanet] World does not revolve around Goa!

2008-10-31 Thread Dr. U. G. Barad
This is in reply to Message: 10, Dated: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 From: Mario Goveia under Subject title as in above. Mario wrote: Here we clearly see Dr. Barad trying to deny the free speech of others. Instead of ignoring posts he objects to Dr. U.G. Barad wants to censor posts he does not approve of.

Re: [Goanet] World does not revolve around Goa!

2008-10-30 Thread eric pinto
--- On Wed, 10/29/08, Gilbert Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:   To me (a conservative), the Republicans would be better off making the case of where in the federal budget to cut; rather than whom not / to tax.  I would rather see Americans taxed; instead of borrowing the money from the

[Goanet] World does not revolve around Goa!

2008-10-30 Thread Dr. U. G. Barad
This is in response to Message: 11, dated Wed, 29 Oct 2008, from: Mervyn Lobo under Subject titled as above. My response: Mervyn's reply is too apt Best regards, Dr. U. G. Barad Marvyn's message: Bosco, Goanet? should be a mine relating to all things Goan. We have 10,000 readers?but only

Re: [Goanet] World does not revolve around Goa!

2008-10-30 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:02:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Mervyn Lobo [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have no problems pointing out personal attacks. I have no problems getting ten people to write to the Goanet Administration pointing out?each personal attacks. The real value of moderation is when readers are

[Goanet] World does not revolve around Goa!

2008-10-30 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:23:57 +0530 From: Dr. U. G. Barad [EMAIL PROTECTED] I request Goanet Owner as well as Moderators of Goanet to STOP the thread on USA election...The thread under discussion is not at all relevant to GOA. May I request, Goanet Owner as well as Moderators of Goanet to be

Re: [Goanet] World does not revolve around Goa!

2008-10-30 Thread Mario Goveia
Mario Goveia wrote: As you well know, I am not the ombudsman for Goanet. If you and the other moderators see an obvious falsehood, don't you think you should flag those posts and return them for re-consideration? Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:31:51 -0400 From: Bosco - Goanet Volunteer [EMAIL

Re: [Goanet] World does not revolve around Goa!

2008-10-29 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Bosco - Goanet Volunteer wrote: RESPONSE: Experts (not me) will tell you, that the impersonal nature of communicating by email sometimes lead us to understand something not what the author intended to say. If you are claiming to be a recipient of a personal attack in the above example,

Re: [Goanet] World does not revolve around Goa!

2008-10-29 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:22:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Mervyn Lobo [EMAIL PROTECTED] A few days ago, I posted a simple explanation showing why/how there are two classes of US citizens. The post was simple to read and hard to prove wrong by argument or evidence. Mario Goviea did not try to prove my

[Goanet] World does not revolve around Goa!

2008-10-29 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
I commend Mario for defending the USA and George Bush - single handedly.  However, my wish is to make him famous - like another Dinesh D'Souza. Perhaps Mario with his extensive knowledge and time on his hands, could write a book responding to / rebutting a book written by an American. Title: 

Re: [Goanet] World does not revolve around Goa!

2008-10-28 Thread Bosco - Goanet Volunteer
Gabe Menezes wrote: RESPONSE: I apologise for my indiscretion, I should not have been drawn in by the spurious posts of Mario Goveia. RESPONSE: Apologies are not necessary. You have important contributions to make here vis-a-vis current financial uncertainties instead of getting caught-up

Re: [Goanet] World does not revolve around Goa!

2008-10-28 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:01:24 -0400 From: Bosco - Goanet Volunteer [EMAIL PROTECTED] There is a fair amount of outright falsehoods expressed here from time to time. I dont see you single-handedly correcting all of them in the interests of fairness and the truth. Does that mean at those times

Re: [Goanet] World does not revolve around Goa!

2008-10-28 Thread Mario Goveia
Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is to clarify that every one of the 15 messages mentioned above were anti-Bush and without foundation, context or perspective. Some were outright falsehoods. Thus I was forced into single-handedly correcting all of them in the interests of fairness and

Re: [Goanet] World does not revolve around Goa!

2008-10-28 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Bosco - Goanet Volunteer wrote: Mervyn Lobo wrote: A discussion where Obama (slightly crooked), was born should not have made it to Goanet in the first place. Once the topic is introduced, everyone has the right to participate in the discussion. RESPONSE: You have alot of rights including

Re: [Goanet] World does not revolve around Goa!

2008-10-28 Thread Bosco - Goanet Volunteer
Mario Goveia wrote: As you well know, I am not the ombudsman for Goanet. If you and the other moderators see an obvious falsehood, don't you think you should flag those posts and return them for re-consideration? RESPONSE: NO! I have made the point repeatedly that Goanetters need not be

Re: [Goanet] World does not revolve around Goa!

2008-10-28 Thread Bosco - Goanet Volunteer
Mervyn Lobo wrote: For the first time in many moons, I clicked on the above link to take a look at the rules and regulations. On the very first page, there is a, DO NOT ENGAGE IN PERSONAL ATTACKS rule. If the moderators strictly enforced this rule, 90% of the junk posts here would be

Re: [Goanet] World does not revolve around Goa!

2008-10-27 Thread Bosco - Goanet Volunteer
-Original Message- From: Gabe Menezes Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 5:02 PM To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! When the USA sneezes, the rest of us catch a cold; when our institutions (other than US) through sheer greed get involved in buying monkeys, we all suffer. So you

Re: [Goanet] World does not revolve around Goa!

2008-10-27 Thread Gabe Menezes
2008/10/27 Bosco - Goanet Volunteer [EMAIL PROTECTED]: RESPONSE: There is no disagreement over the colloquial expression When the USA sneezes, the rest of us catch a cold aka whatever happens in the US affects Goa vis-a-vis the financial implications consequent to the gyrations on Wall St.

Re: [Goanet] World does not revolve around Goa!

2008-10-27 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:21:03 -0400 From: Bosco - Goanet Volunteer [EMAIL PROTECTED] However could you please explain how does Bush's legacy affect Goa as far as the content of the exchanges were concerned?? The particpants in that thread were: Edward - 3 msgs Francis - 1 msgs Gabe - 5 msgs

Re: [Goanet] World does not revolve around Goa!

2008-10-27 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या
2008/10/27 Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is to clarify that every one of the 15 messages mentioned above were anti-Bush and without foundation, context or perspective. Some were outright falsehoods. Thus I was forced into single-handedly correcting all of them in the interests of

[Goanet] World does not revolve around Goa!

2008-10-26 Thread Gabe Menezes
When the USA sneezes, the rest of us catch a cold; when our institutions (other than US) through sheer greed get involved in buying monkeys, we all suffer. So you can be sure that when the USA is in convulsions, the rest of the World will also be rocking. So easy to say keep topics Goa centric.