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Gilbert and others have made a very good case for why people of America,
including many Goans who live there, badly needed health care reform.
But I believe Viviana and other genuine and honest opponents of the reform law
that has just been enacted, have some valid criticisms. She has tried to
Here are objective facts about the Maoist violence in India, which Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh has described as the biggest internal threat to India
since independence:
http://www.alertnet.org/db/crisisprofiles/IN_MAO.htm?v=in_detail
Cheers,
Santosh
--- On Tue, 3/23/10, Marshall Mendonza
--- On Tue, 3/23/10, Gabe Menezes gabe.mene...@gmail.com wrote
QUESTION: Thank you for pointing to us the the sites above; what is your
opinion, if any, on the credibility or otherwise of Frederick Zugibe who
put forward some compelling evidence? Is the man a fraudster,
perpetrating hoaxes?
Here are two critical-minded investigative articles debunking such miracles:
http://www.csicop.org/si/show/eucharistic_miracles/
http://skepticreport.com/sr/?p=358
I was also forwarded the following report about unmasking of a fraud being
perpetrated by a Hindu godman on TV:
. Please
see:
http://www.mail-archive.com/goanet@lists.goanet.org/msg56275.html
Cheers,
Santosh
--- On Sat, 3/20/10, Marshall Mendonza mmendonz...@gmail.com wrote:
Santosh Helekar:
India figures very high only in the social hostilities
index, which is
obvious because this index is skewed
--- On Fri, 3/19/10, Marshall Mendonza mmendonz...@gmail.com wrote:
Selma,
The following article which appeared in the Times of India
on Dec 22, 2009 would perhaps be of interest to you.
This distorted news story, with information cherry-picked to show India in bad
light, was already
--- On Fri, 3/19/10, Marshall Mendonza mmendonz...@gmail.com wrote:
Response:
I had already pointed out the flaws in Santosh's reasoning
in my earlier post
http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2010-January/187914.html
Would Santosh be kind enough to provide the links in the
--- On Fri, 3/19/10, Santosh Helekar chimbel...@yahoo.com wrote:
I have already pointed out all the misrepresentations and
flaws in Marshall's above response on Goanet. Please see:
http://www.mail-archive.com/goanet@lists.goanet.org/msg56234.html
I am sorry, the above link is wrong
Selma Carvalho wrote:
It's about just how much of a citizen of India am I and is my freedom based
on the merit or demerits of my religion in India? Why are minorities lesser
people in India? This is the actual battle.
Most people want life in India to be much better than it is right now
--- On Tue, 3/16/10, Carvalho elisabeth_...@yahoo.com wrote:
They are never eliminated, the only counter is to have their power
neutered by counter-propaganda.
They need to be countered by providing cold hard facts and by educating the
public, not by engaging in counter-propaganda. Propaganda
--- On Sun, 3/14/10, Marshall Mendonza mmendonz...@gmail.com wrote:
Response:
I find it highly amusing to find the pot trying to paint
the kettle black.
Perhaps the author has forgotten his skin deep secularism
displayed during
the debate on the Orissa pogrom against christians.
This
There are many differences between Marshall and Sandeep. Sandeep can
distinguish between political propaganda and factual reporting. He recognizes
the importance of verifying the authenticity of statements made in the news
media and on internet websites. He knows the value of independent
--- On Sat, 3/13/10, Frederick Noronha fredericknoro...@gmail.com wrote:
Does the secular democracy as defined below exist in reality?
Yes, it does. Having lived in both India and the U.S., I know from personal
experience that it does in both these countries.
Secularism exists in both
In a secular democracy with full rights and liberties, one ought to be
free to do the following:
1. Voluntarily wear the burqa.
2. Use loudspeakers with the permission of the local community and authorities.
3. Impart religious education in private schools, not supported by tax
payer or public
Accusing an artist of hypocrisy for creating something based on his/her own
likes and dislikes is pointless and silly. The essence of any art is artistic
freedom. An artist is free to create anything he fancies or fantasizes about.
Nobody can tell him what to create and what not to create. All
It looks like Sandeep and I agree on all issues below, except one. The only
point on which I disagree with him is on the freedom to impart and seek
peaceful religious education through private schools and institutions that are
not supported by tax payer money. I submit that in a secular
and/or weird beliefs, as long
as they do not cause personal or public harm, or infringe on the
rights, freedoms and privileges of others.
UNQUOTE
.Santosh Helekar
8. Why dissuade? Don't people have the right to decide for
themselves?
Dissuade because people have the right to decide for themselves
The letter by Hilda Raja spreads falsehoods and smears. For example, Husain has
never painted Saraswati copulating with a lion, which Raja claims he has. I
urge people not to trust everything they read and see in this age of photoshop.
It has been pointed out that many of the paintings
Dear Vasant,
Good to hear from you. My point is limited to the fact that her letter contains
misinformation, and that many charges made against Husain are unfounded,
especially the ones that ascribe sexual and communal meanings to his art. Those
who are offended by the three or four verified
Husain has sound reasons for not painting nude pictures of icons from other
religions. They are:
1. There is no strong tradition of erotic art in those religions.
2. Eroticism and sexuality are taboo in those religions.
3. None of the icons of those religions inspires him to paint it in the
This is pseudoscientific nonsense.
Cheers,
Santosh
--- On Fri, 3/5/10, Con Menezes cmene...@tpg.com.au wrote:
From: Con Menezes cmene...@tpg.com.au
Subject: [Goanet] Understanding “Genetic Diseases” in the context of GNM
To: Goanet goanet@lists.goanet.org
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Dear Mr. Dessai,
Were you
Here is why what is written in the post appended below defies reason and
reality.
None of the claims made by the author Gabriel has any factual basis.
1. Scientific skepticism is supposed to be based on conflicting scientific
data. It cannot be based on newspaper columns, sound bites of
OK. Now the man has graduated to making wild accusations of corruption against
reputed governmental scientific organizations just to support his own ideology.
Does he also believe that the moon landing was a hoax?
Please note that he does not accuse the newspaper political columnists of
Looks like this geology graduate gets his scientific information only from
newspaper columnists and bureaucrats. For those who would prefer to look at
real scientific data, instead, here are the actual monthly temperature
anomalies for 2009 and all prior years since 1880:
--- On Wed, 2/10/10, Francis Rodrigues fcarodrig...@hotmail.com wrote:
Langoti Long John Silva is a globe-trotting Goencar,
always accompanied by his foul-mouthed parrot Cocky
N.Y. conman Mauvin Bobo's starched shorts fuels his chronic
bile.
I don't think this would make any difference to people who treat this as a
political or ideological issue rather than a scientific one. If one is
interested in scientific facts and debates then it is best to consult only
authentic scientific sources such as science journals and magazines, and
I have already provided factual data that debunk the global cooling in the
1970s myth. Here are the facts provided by the University of California at San
Diego that support the conclusion that anthropogenic rise in CO2 is responsible
for global warming:
To find out real facts regarding melting Himalayan glaciers uncovered by Indian
and Nepali scientists, please refer to the numerous authentic studies published
in scientific journals. Here is one such study entitled Glaciers, glacial
lakes and glacial lake outburst floods in the
Mount Everest
The hyperbolic claims in the post appended below by global warming deniers that
Himalayan glaciers are not receding, are bogus. Here is a 2006 peer-reviewed
scientific research article in the journal Annals of Glaciology giving us the
evidence for recession of Himalayan glaciers:
I am afraid, Shri Averthanus D’Souza gets a zero on the latest answers he has
submitted to Goanet. All seven of his answers are wrong. It appears that he has
simply made up his answers without acquiring real knowledge from reading or
listening to knowledgeable teachers. Here are my corrections
Venantius,
I am a founding member of the Association of Friends of Asrronomy, Goa. Today,
there are many budding amateur astronomers who are its members. The AFA has
organized talks by several eminent astronomers and astrophysicists over the
years. Indeed, one of the first talks we organized
Ivo da C.Souza icsouza at bsnl.in wrote:
The issue is not religion, but science. The
beginning of human life is at the conception, as the
science of Human Embryology has clearly stated
(cf.http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/kisc/kisc_01humanembryology.html):
The above website has nothing to do
It is amusing to see political propaganda in the form of a religious prayer in
a state legislature of a secular country being touted as the bare truth and
as a desideratum for India by people who claim to be secular. It is
illuminating to find out that these secular folk are against the
The information provided in the post appended below by Fr. Ivo is completely
bogus. In India medical abortion or medical termination of pregnancy is
completely legal. It is NOT regarded as murder. Contrary to what is claimed in
the bogus post, the details of the legality of this medical
--- On Fri, 1/22/10, cyril D'Souza cyril43deso...@gmail.com wrote:
The sad part is that the article has come from least expected quarters and
should serve as a wake up call to the church authorities in Goa who now
should aggressively try to strive to promote the right values especially
I understand why human beings hate human beings from other nations, groups and
tribes. But I have never understood self-hate. As far as some Goans are
concerned, the only explanation I can think of is that they want to deny their
Indian origin.
Cheers,
Santosh
--- On Thu, 1/21/10, Salus
This new installment on the above-referenced subject from Shri Averthanus L.
D'Souza appears to be a rambling diatribe meant to deflect attention from the
serious scientific and philosophical points made in my earlier responses. The
use of “we”, “our” and us in this screed makes it appear that
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--- On Thu, 12/31/09, SHRIKANT BARVE shri8...@yahoo.com wrote:
IS THIS NOT CHURCH SPONSORED GOONDAISM?
No it is not. It is goondaism sponsored by the person who rang the church bell
and the person(s) who authorized or approved the ringing, as well as the people
who took part in the
Here are my responses to some comments in this thread.
--- On Wed, 12/30/09, Gabriel de Figueiredo gdefigueir...@yahoo.com.au wrote:
So in your opinion, when does an embryo begin to possess a living and
functioning brain and thus become a sentient being,
From a neurophysiological
Averthan avert...@gmail.com wrote:
The vast majority of medical opinion holds that a human
embryo or foetus is a distinct human person. This should be
obvious to anyone with common sense.
This is pure nonsense. The term human person is a religious term. The vast
majority of medical
If I understand Mario's ideological position on this issue correctly it is the
following:
1. He does not deny that there is strong scientific evidence for global warming.
2. He does not deny the evidence that there has been a continuous increase in
the carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere,
This news story is a travesty. The finding that is highlighted and
sensationalized is cherry picked from within the bowels of the original Pew
report. That finding is not even mentioned in the executive summary. The title
is completely misleading.
Here is the link to the executive summary of
--- On Mon, 12/14/09, Ivo da C.Souza icso...@bsnl.in wrote:
***Was it suicide? The neuroscientist is trying to bluff
the readers and me...
The above accusation is false. Here is the statement by Victorbab that the
concerned patient committed suicide:
when he could not take the pain and the
--- On Sun, 12/13/09, Frederick Noronha fredericknoro...@gmail.com wrote:
Is Samadhi the same as suicide? Here's another view:
Here are the legal and medical definitions of suicide, which apply to the act
of taking a samadhi, prayopavesa or santhara:
Suicide - The voluntary and
I point out below two absurdities regarding medical cures posted in this forum.
The first one demonstrates faulty logic. Here is the relevant quote:
QUOTE
Yes, the oncologists could not even prolong his life. That confirms what
I said. I find a confirmation in the statement of medical
Fr. Ivo wrote:
Homeopaths are not giving you statistics of the cures that they have
achieved so far. They go on curing people without any fuss...
Even people who are gullible enough to believe that plain sugar pills can cure
serious diseases should find it hard to swallow the applesauce that
--- On Sat, 12/12/09, From PAES bennetp...@yahoo.com wrote:
Does anyone have the right to end one’s life, even under any religion?
Any person can end his life by Samadhi in Hinduism and Buddhism, and by
Santhara in Jainism. A woman could end her life by Sati in Hinduism before it
was
--- On Sat, 12/12/09, Victor Rangel-Ribeiro vrangel...@yahoo.com wrote:
Largescale clinical trials would be needed to determine the efficacy of the
following: a)medication made using oil and feni from the same trees, vs.
that made from different trees; b) palm feni/coconut oil/holy water
Photos from Goa's 2009 mando festival:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/sets/72157622843319441/
Event on Wed, Thurs evening from 5 pm onwards, Kala Academy, Panaji-Goa
Marlon forgot to take into account the homeopathic principle of increasing the
potency of a drug by repeated dilution. According to homeopathy, the more
dilute a drug, the stronger are its therapeutic effects. The strongest drug
solution is one in which there is not even a single molecule of
The article appended below appears to have been faithfully plagiarized from the
internet. Plagiarism is as bad as the independent journalism against science
and reality that we see in this forum from some quarters.
Cheers,
Santosh
--- On Tue, 12/8/09, Paul Fernandes paulj...@gmail.com wrote:
--- On Tue, 12/8/09, Frederick Noronha fredericknoro...@gmail.com wrote:
Eric, This is apparently an urban legend
http://www.snopes.com/medical/disease/cancerupdate.asp
probably as accurate as the science-can-do-no-wrong logic
we see here. FN
How long will this Goanet administrator be
--- On Tue, 12/8/09, Victor Rangel-Ribeiro vrangel...@yahoo.com wrote:
Johns Hopkins is now suggesting that prevention is better than that type
of cure---chemotherapy successful because it killed the
cancer cells, but the patient died as well!
This is the problem we are faced with
--- On Wed, 12/9/09, Ivo da C.Souza icso...@bsnl.in wrote:
I refer to Christian theology. There cannot be incompatibility between
Christian Revelation and Sciences.
There is also a faith-verification. Scientists may not understand it.
As a gazetted
--- On Mon, 12/7/09, Gabriel de Figueiredo gdefigueir...@yahoo.com.au wrote:
Thalidomide? hGH (causing cjd)?
These are wrong examples. Thalidomide was not approved by U.S. FDA when its
teratogenic (birth defect causing) effects were discovered. The naturally
occurring human Growth Hormone
--- On Mon, 12/7/09, Ivo da C.Souza icso...@bsnl.in wrote:
There cannot be incompatibility between Reason and Faith, between Theology
and Sciences.
All 1200 or so theologies and atheologies of this world are completely
incompatible with science for two main reasons:
1. Because unlike
The post appended below provides us with an important lesson. The moral of the
story told in it is, please do not rely on anecdotes. What they tell you cannot
be generalized. The reason for this is very simple. Most things in life and
about life are very complicated, including the genes that
--- On Sun, 12/6/09, Gilbert Lawrence gilbert2...@yahoo.com wrote:
The readers can read the following and make their own
judgment of who is giving us the BS.
Reading the two excerpts below that Gilbert provided did not give me any reason
to doubt the authenticity of any of the statements
--- On Sun, 12/6/09, Ivo da C.Souza icso...@bsnl.in wrote:
Theology is a deeper reflection on the Word of God in the light of today's
philosophy and sciences.
Today's sciences have nothing to do with anybody's theology or atheology. I
would urge Goanetters not to mix their religion with
Floriano wrote:
Can you elucidate me some as to how these drugs did get the OK in the first
place if the prio proven results were completely documented?
Dear Floriano,
Assuming that a regulatory agency is functioning optimally and responsibly, two
reasons why a drug that got an approval
--- On Fri, 12/4/09, floriano floriano.l...@gmail.com wrote:
But Mario, one thing puzzles me. We in Goa ate nothing but
coconut copra oil for ages and if people died of choked
cardio vascular systems and high LDL we would never know.
But sure as hell they didn't die at 40-45 :-)). Then, all
Folks,
As a charitable activity of his post-presidency, President Pandurang has given
me permission to launch the Pandurang Project, an adult science literacy drive
to provide free remedial education to a cyber-audience whose members have been
ill-served by their browser, inbox and spam
The post appended below contains bogus and dangerous information regarding
coconut oil and human health and disease. The U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services has issued a strong warning against irresponsible alternative
medics who propagate these myths on the internet. Here is a copy of
Corrections of misconceptions contained in the post appended below are as
follows:
1. Rabies does present as psychiatric illness in many cases because of the
encephalitis that it produces. Indeed, on rare occasions it can manifest as
severe depression.
2. There is no evidence that virgin
--- On Thu, 12/3/09, SHRIKANT BARVE shri8...@yahoo.com wrote:
The conversion might also be a deterrent for the others to come to Goa who
knows? I wonder if President Pandurang from Pandurangstan has implemented
this programme.
President Pandurang is retired. The new president is Urrak Mama
Knowing how Noronha operates in cyberspace and in print media, it is not
surprising to see why Mervyn is having such difficulty obtaining a straight
answer to a simple question from him. However, there still seems to be
something strange about this episode. Why is Noronha behaving in this
Bloody why are you Goanese fellows freaking out man? It is a bloody comedy show
man. Go have a bloody rice cake with feni or something and bloody integrate
with Hindus, Muslims and tings like that.
Cheers,
Santosh
--- On Sun, 11/29/09, Frederick Noronha fredericknoro...@gmail.com wrote:
It is best not to trust medical and health-related information on the internet
or in public forums such as this one, unless it is provided by recognized and
responsible public service agencies or institutions. These institutions have
the responsibility to be truthful to the victims of illness
I think Noronha is part of a deeper phenomenon that afflicts Indian and western
society, in a reciprocal manner on the left and the right fringe. He and others
of his ilk have a giant persecution complex fueled by various conspiracy
theories. In India, it is the persecution of the east by the
--- On Sun, 11/22/09, Frederick Noronha fredericknoro...@gmail.com wrote:
When JC enters the discussion, it's time to say, I'm outta
here! --FN
Noronha does not practice what he preaches. Please note above that he exempts
himself from abiding by the following quote, which is a statement he
Mario,
As you know, people respond on Goanet to express their likes and dislikes.
Augusto Pinto does not like science. I suspect he too believes it is a
capitalist, racist and casteist conspiracy against the proletariate. But he has
his pet obsessions, which, unfortunately, do not get aired as
Here are the top ten causes of death in India, which I had provided before on
Goanet:
Ischemic heart disease - 15% of all deaths
Lower respiratory infections - 11% of all deaths
Cerebrovascular disease - 7% of all deaths
Perinatal conditions - 7% of all deaths
Chronic obstructive pulmonary
recognized way in which depression by
itself can cause death, if you discount any associated life threatening ailment.
Cheers,
Santosh
2009/11/19 Santosh Helekar chimbel...@yahoo.com:
Here are the top ten causes of death in India, which I
had provided before on Goanet:
Ischemic heart
--- On Mon, 11/16/09, Mario Goveia mgov...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
I didn't know the world contributed much if anything to the Marshall Plan.
Actually, Marshall agreed with the Noronha plan even though his was different.
Nobody agreed with Marshall.
Cheers,
Santosh
What kind of study is this? Is he simply extrapolating over the next 40 years
from current rates? No mortality rates have been given for AIDS, Tuberculosis,
breast cancer and depression, even though he claims they will be the biggest
killers in 2050. Does he assume that the mortality rate will
--- On Sat, 11/14/09, Marshall Mendonza mmendonz...@gmail.com wrote:
Frederick makes a valid point.
This is incredible! Does it require a special alliance of minds or an
identification with a certain shared ideology to believe what Frederick Noronha
claimed and what has been written in the
--- On Fri, 11/13/09, Frederick Noronha fredericknoro...@gmail.com wrote:
I do not believe World War II was our war, despite all
the rhetoric about the fight against Nazism and what not. It still
seems to me to be a ruthless scramble for colonies between a Britain that
had an unfair share at
--- On Fri, 11/13/09, augusto pinto pinto...@gmail.com wrote:
I think that what FN is saying is not so far fetched unless one wishes to
view the world in black and white terms as Santosh wishes
to do. I'd recommend Amitav Ghosh's novel 'The Glass Palace' for a
very nuanced reading of the
--- On Wed, 11/11/09, Frederick Noronha fredericknoro...@gmail.com wrote:
Couldn't hypnotism also be considered a pseudo-science in its early days:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnotism#History
Hypnosis has always been regarded as a legitimate natural phenomenon, although
explanations to
I am talking about priests who are not professionally qualified in any
scientific field i.e. who have not obtained legitimate advanced scientific
education and training. An example of such a priest is one who is posting bogus
and dangerous pseudoscientific nonsense in this forum, and
Hi Selma,
I do not know what it is that irked you in Gilbert's missive, other than the
excessive use of misplaced scare quotes, which by the way is his trade mark. I
found it surprisingly sober. No Goan historian was gratuitously trashed in it,
nor was any customary attempt made at revisionism
--- On Mon, 11/9/09, Ivo da C.Souza icso...@bsnl.in wrote:
Not every Hindu priest has the competence to discuss the relationship
between Science and Religion. It is quite true that a scientist may not be
able to tell us anything about religion, as it is the case with Dr.Santosh
for the last
--- On Sat, 11/7/09, SHRIKANT BARVE shri8...@yahoo.com wrote:
Stating that Ayodhya is a holy place for both Hindus and
Muslims, the RSS leader said, It is the birth place of
Hazrat Nuh (one of the messengers of God according to
Quran).. Manu and Ram were also born here.
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