Dear Netters, This message is from Fr. Xavier Pinto, a Redemptorist priest we know personally. He is Secretary to the Commission For Labour, Catholic Bishops Conference Of India (CBCI).
Normally based in Delhi, Fr. Xavier travels widely to help organise the fishing community around the globe. At present he is in coastal South India, helping the Tsunami-hit fishing communities there. In solidarity with our Tsunami-hit brothers and sisters everywhere. Muriel & Mario. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Message from Fr. Xavier Pinto: IN SOLIDARITY WITH TSUNAMI VICTIMS IN SOUTH ASIA Please send this to all your friends in this part of the world TO ALL THOSE WHO NORMALLY EAT FISH: Please consider the following... There is a campaign going on regarding those lost at sea as being devoured by the fish. There is another campaign going on about so many dead fish on the shores of other countriesâ so don't eat fish for some time! This campaign is detrimental to the very livelihood of the people you wish to reach out to in the Tsunami 2004 South Asia disaster Fishing activities in the south of India and in Sri Lanka have been in suspension over the past two weeks. All missing persons at sea have been in that region. The fish coming to your town is from elsewhere and may be from cold storage's. Karnataka and Maharashtra have good storage facilities. Only the following fish feed on alien or human flesh= Scavenger fish, killer whales and killer sharks. These three varieties are not edible varieties like so many varieties in your home aquarium; these are not sold in the markets and do not reach you table. Besides all fish only feed on their own kind, apart from the normal nutrients in the ocean. Dead fish on the shores of other countries do not affect the fish that is being sold in India and Sri Lanka these days. If you have stopped eating fish these days may be you need not contribute to any Tsunami fund at all. In that case praying for them too is rather useless! On the one hand you contribute from your pocket to "save" the fishing community. You " feel good" about this. On the other you do not want their economy to roll. You also obstruct other fishing communities contribute to building up the affected of their own kind in the south of India and Sri Lanka . If you don't eat fish, fishing communities work to get for you, you may be in the category of those who are building up forces for an economic 'tsunami' that will lead to their condemnation and slow death. I'm sure you do not want this to happen. Do not let you contributions and prayers go in vain. Just keep eating fish and you will bring our fishing communities to life again !! Thank you so much on behalf of the beleaguered and traumatised fishing communities of south India and Sri Lanka. PLEASE SPREAD THIS WORD AND MESSAGE - Even if you are not a fish eater! Issued in the interest of fishing communities South Asia by: Fr. Xavier Pinto, C.Ss.R. South Asia Co-ordinator for the Apostleship of the Sea, Member - International Fishing Committee, Vatican City. 876, Alto Porvorim. Goa. 403521. India <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "vati047" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (message ends) -- .................................................... muriel & mario, 4/4 tabravaddo, opp. st. anne's chapel, saligao. bardez. goa. 403511. tel: 0832-278276 / 2409999 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''