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--- Vidyadhar Gadgil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: When you say something disparging about my race, culture or religion , you are a bigot. When I do the same about yours, I am just refusing to bow to the winds of political correctness. > While agreeing with the general sentiment expressed > by Helga do Rosario > Gomes criticising Chris Vaz's comments, I really > fail to understand why > Tariq's being "Goan" is offered in his favour. What > does this have to do > with the issue? What if he was Somalian, Afghan, > Sudanese, or American, > British or French, or whatever... For that matter, > what does the fact > that his father did so much for Goa and Goans have > to do with the issue? > > All too often such views seem to come across > subliminally on Goanet. > Don't insult others on Goanet, because they're > Goans? Be nice to ... > Goans? And to the rest of the world, it's all okay? > > > From: "Helga do Rosario Gomes" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > You may be unaware of this > but Tariq was raised in Goa. His father was > a very highly > respected > geologist who until his premature death was > the Director of the > National > Institute of Oceanography in Dona > Paula....Goans now come in a > variety of names like Siddique, Shastry and > Swami. Like > the spectrum of American names from Obama to > Oliveira. > > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com