Jorge/Livia, your story about the rat is perhaps more relevent to the moral "for want of a nail a kingdom was lost". When successive Govt.s show no political will to solve the Kashmir problem and the country bleeds economically for 50 years, it is time to retreat to the benaulim beach. Believe me, I know, because I took part in 2 wars against Pakistan in 1965 and 1971. Body bags mean nothing to our politicians. So I may say things in jest, but Ive just about had it with politicians who think nothing about escalating the geo-political situation in the subcontinent to the brink of war. regards--Gilbert -----Original Message----- From: Jorge/Livia de Abreu Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: gilbert menezes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, May 23, 2002 8:41 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet] danger in Goa?
>No, Mr. Gilbert Menezes, it is not right to "let Amritsar and Delhi sweat", >while "we can continue walking the beaches". Let me reproduce here "A Simple >Story" from a recent post by Joe Vaz on "The Goan Forum": > >>A rat looked through a crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife >>opening a package. What food might it contain? He was aghast to discover >>that it was a rat-trap. >> >>Retreating to the farmyard the rat proclaimed the warning; "There is a rat >>trap in the house, a rat trap in the house!" >> >>The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said, "Excuse me, >Mr. >>Rat, I can tell this is a grave concern to you, but it is of no consequence >>to me. I cannot be bothered by it." >> >>The rat turned to the pig and told him, "There is a rat trap in the house, >a >>rat trap in the house!" >< >>"I am so very sorry Mr. Rat," sympathized the pig, "but there is nothing I >>can do about it but pray. Be assured that you are in my prayers." >> >>The rat turned to the cow. She said, "Like wow, Mr. Rat. A rat trap. I am >in >>grave danger. Duh?" >> >>So the rat returned to the house, head down and dejected, to face the >>farmer's rat trap alone. >> >>That very night a sound was heard throughout the house, like the sound of a >>rat trap catching its prey. The farmer's wife rushed to see what was >caught. >> >>In the darkness, she did not see that it was a venomous snake whose tail >the >>trap had caught. The snake bit the farmer's wife. >> >>The farmer rushed her to the hospital. She returned home with a fever. >> >>Now everyone knows you treat a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer >>took his hatchet to the farmyard for the soup's main ingredient. >> >>His wife's sickness continued so that friends and neighbors came to sit >with >>her around the clock. To feed them the farmer butchered the pig. >> >>The farmer's wife did not get well. She died, and so many people came for >>her funeral that the farmer had the cow slaughtered to provide meat for all >>of them to eat. >> >>So the next time you hear that someone is facing a problem and think that >it >>does not concern you, remember that when there is a rat-trap in the house, >>the whole farmyard is at risk. >> >In the face of this, would it be correct for people in Goa to walk carefree >on the beaches while Amritsar and Delhi sweat? > >Livia de Abreu Noronha > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "gilbert menezes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 5:47 PM >Subject: [Goanet] danger in Goa? > > >> Folks, >> Took my usual evening walk on Benaulim beach. The sea has roughed up a >lot, >> which is understandable, considering that the monsoon is just 2 weeks >away. >> While watching all those children having a good time, there were signs >that >> all is not so well. At sunset, 2 Tu-142 maritime patrol aircraft of the >Navy >> flew in from westward heading for Dabolim. This has been going on for >some >> days. We are in the frontline for maritime recconaissance, and I can >imagine >> that aircraft flying out of Goa have been tracking Pakistani ships and >> littoral spaces. With tension and rhetoric building up on the >subcontinent, >> one may well ask whether it is risky living in Goa in case of an all out >war >> with Pakistan. The good news is that Goa is out of range of any PAF >fighter >> or bomber, unless they have air to air refuelling capability, which I >doubt. >> The other good news is that Goa does not present a viable nuclear >> target --no worthwhile population or industrial density. >> So let Amritsar and Delhi sweat, we can continue walking the beaches >> > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet =================================================================== For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
