With so many replies to Cornell, here may be consensus statement around which many Goan Catholics participating in this thread may find acceptable.
I do not want to sound a linguist. But at the same time the issue of caste seems to affect our Goan society, judging by the posts it generates on the net. Hence, rather than loosely / pejoratively calling Goan Catholics 'casteist' (and worse still drag the Church into it) or 'Catdus' (presumably Catholics who behave like Hindus) we should more correctly state: "Some Goans still continue to have some deep-seated caste instincts and unfortunately a few of them happen to be Catholics." This makes a lot more sense without wounding any individual, group of individuals, segments of Goan society or Goan institutions. Hopefully we then can continue to have a more intellectual and constructive dialogue on finding some specific solutions. Regards, GL, Utica, NY.
