Dear All, This is in response to Florinos outburst at the Apathy Action plan by Melinda Roland et al. I think I can understand his anger at the apathy demonstrated by the public, politicians and the newspapers towards the garbage issue. In any evolved society in this planet the polluter would have paid dearly for the crime of bulldozing garbage into a river as the Mhapsa municipality has done. But in Goa agitations occur only where the bhaille is percieved to be involved as in the Meta strips and Konkan Railway/ Mopa agitations. As long as the abuse of Goa by Goans-be it pollution, illegal conversion, hill/tree cutting, CRZ violations etc ;it is going to be OK. Goa for Goans !!
Florianos grouse is that instead of holding these namby pamby workshops we should be voting out these theives. The problem is that most of the middle class rarely vote and most of the theives are elected from the block voting in the various nagars that have flourished in our towns and villages. These workshops are an attempt by Roland Martin to educate the so called educated middle class on their rights and duties as consumers and citizens. Dr.Pascal Pinto
