On 22/04/05, Cajetan Rego <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would like to express my opinion on a few points > people have raised on this topic.
> Will Christians be disenfranchised? > I think we are simply overreacting by saying that > Christians will be disenfranchised by the BJP. This is > Goa as against Gujarat where explicit official orders > were issued to burn houses. Just because such a thing > happened there, it does not mean that it will happen > here. Disenfranchising Christians is just not > practical in a high-literacy state where the Christian > population is significant. A few incidents here and > there caused by overzealous people cannot be > generalized as an assault on any religion. Not > bringing Parrikar back to power, just because of this > hypothetical fear, we will be depriving ourselves of > an efficient Government. RESPONSE: Respectfully I think your reasoning is clouded or blinkered. Parrikar has filled all this faithfuls in Government positions, Catholics were left out en masse. I also quote from today's ebytes:- o Real estate developer, a close Parrikar aide, joins Congress: Prominent real estate developer and builder Dinar Tarcar who was known to be a close associate of the former chief minister Manohar Parrikar joined the Congress party, along with a large number of his supporters and friends Wednesday. Tarcar is a partner of Landscape Developers. Tarcar said the last four-and-half years had been a bad experience in Goa, alleging that there was rampant corruption. Tarcar said the Congress party had a long, healthy and democratic tradition and does not involve in politics of vengeance, and had no dictators. (H) So it seems people are now coming forward with their gripes. Perhaps you are one of those quite happy to tolerate a dictator and someone who will eventually kick your butt. As I have written before the true extent of the corruption will only come to light when a full and complete audit is undertaken by the Governer, hopefully. Cheers, Gabe Menezes. London, England