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Dear Goanetters, The good book tells us, "When a wiseman argueth with a fool; whether he laughs or he raves, there is no end." After a long, off-net discussion with Samir Kelekar[ with quite a few folks in the loop]:I see the wisdom of those ancient words. Never in my life has any literate person brought my children into a discussion with me by connecting a subject of discussion to an unrelated topic. How low can one get and still expect respect? That Samir Kelekar is a bachelor[ and has no known daughters] is no excuse for him to write loosely about girls in Goa; whether Goan or not, unless he can substantiate it. ............................................................................ .. "Frederick Noronha(FN)" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote > On Sun, 21 Nov 2004, jerry fernandes wrote: > > Hello Samir > > I read your article, and was surprised that you are demanding an > > apology from Joel. We Goans who are far away from Goa, appreciate the > > good work that Joel does by providing us the daily dose of the news of > > Don't take it too seriously Jerry. This doesn't seem to have been > targeted at Joel. I just think this was Samir's way of responding to > those who have been demanding an *apology* from *him* (Samir) on the > 100-girls issue. > > On a more serious note, one can't help wonder how strong a gene we Goans > have in reducing almost every debate into a name-calling, slanging match > between individuals and personalities, rather than allowing it to be a > battle of ideas that allows truth to surface and a diversity of > perspectives to flow. > FN Samir Kelekar wrote the following on Goa-Net on Mon Nov 1, 2004: < This is what I heard from a reliable source. At a recent male-only retreat by an Indian company in a renowned 5 star hotel, *100 male members were supplied with 100 YOUNG GIRLS as companions for the evening.* The girls turned out to be LOCAL teenage girls from the surrounding villages. .....I think it is time Goa legalize and regulate prostitution.> ................................................................... Samir Kelekar is using the above and an archive posting on a matrimonial to obfuscate the issue that he has no evidence of the story he posted on the *100 girls and one five star hotel *and legalizing prostitution in Goa. Putting a ;-) sign does not make his postings funny at all. I am going to ignore his postings on Goanet ...or privately. viva Goa. Miguel