cornel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Basilio, > Many thanks for the clarification you provided. I will immediately accept, from you, that you cannot be rightly placed with Gilbert Lawrence as defending the indefensible on caste. However, I must say that your preference for dealing with caste among the Catholic Goans is intriguing to me. I sincerely hope it is one workable technique/strategy among others.
Mario adds: I, too, appreciate Basilio's clarification that he opposes casteism unequivocally, but I am not as sanguine as Cornel in how Basilio proposes to deal with it, with all due respect. I would like to see a far more proactive and aggressive approach to confronting Catholic casteism, especially from those who have a pulpit from which to preach and a position of respect and leadership within the Church. Benign approaches to such abusive practices is what gives it's proponents an excuse to continue the practice.
