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To all those who participated and followed the discourse, I thank you. To begin with the focus of the conversation was: 1. Traumatic Episodes in Goa's history 2. Selective quotations and references to these traumatic episodes on the Goanet 3. This may be related to our lack of knowledge, bias and hang-ups. 4. Request for more research on this subject especially by those who did a partial study or selective reference on the Traumatic Episodes and those with WebPages on the issue 5. From the perspective of the natives, the semantic difference between Conquest and Colonization. It was interesting how the responses changed from: 1. This extensive work would be a thesis paper 2. There are none or one line references in the various historic accounts 3. There was lot of violence with a sword by Muslims and Christians (a very broad brush of history by an intelligent impartial native) 4. Reference to Vajpayee, Bush, Iraq and Afghanistan - none of them related to historical Goa (the last I checked!) I would hence suggest this subject be closed. One can always start a new topic with the issues for discussion outlined. On a lighter note: I have noticed that many topics dialogued on the Goanet are or soon acquire a very international flavor with references to all peoples and places (A debate like the United Nations). This is natural given the distribution of Goans to all countries of the world. (O.K. the countries that count!!!) I hence suggest that we rename our site as Goanet- an UN affiliate. If Kofi Annan does not like it we can drop them of our affiliation. Regards GL _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.goanet.org/mailman/listinfo/goanet
