> --- Mario Goveia wrote: > > > > > George, > > You are entitled to your opinion, but I continue to find it > > ironic that you, who don't even live in Goa, are so > > concerned about what the Goans who live in Goa > > individually and collectively choose to do or what
> > they "deserve", warning them of dire consequences as if they > > don't know what is in their best interests. > --- George Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mario, I find it ironic that you, who don't even live in Iraq, > are so concerned about what the Iraqis who live in Iraq .... > etc. > Mario responds: > I see you are reduced to mindlessly parroting what I wrote, George, but parrots, as you may or may not know, have no idea what they are talking about. > I have not presumed to advise the Iraqis as to what is good or bad for them. I have not warned them of dire consequences if they do something I disapprove of, or threatened them darkly that they will get what they "deserve", all of which you have done with regard to the Goans who live in Goa, all while abandoning Goa for your own personal benefit. It is the Iraqis themselves, who have, on their own, ratified a new constitution and elected a government that they see as in their own interests, without any advice from me. > All I have done is to encourage them and cheer them on, and be proud that it was my countrymen that volunteered to shed their own blood in order to liberate them. Similarly, with the Goans who choose to live in Goa, all I do is to encourage them to do what they believe is in their best interests, to support whatever decisions they may make individually or collectively, and to defend them against those like yourself who presume to lecture them as to "what's best" for them and threaten them from afar. > George writes: > > I am a Goan with one foot physically planted firmly outside > Goa and one foot elsewhere, including ties to Goa. In this > inter-conncected world, emotionally, musically, culturally, > etc. - very Goan. > Mario writes: > Planting your feet "physically" so firmly on both sides of the globe could eventually result in a painful hernia. > How Goan can you really be, when you don't live there most of the time? Such bombastic comments mean nothing. We call this talking the talk, as opposed to walking the walk, which is what the residents of Goa have to live with 24/7/365. > As I said before, you are entitled to your opinion, but the Goans who live in Goa are making individual and collective decisions that they believe are in their best interests, and don't need self-serving non-residents to lecture them on what they ought to be doing, or warning them of dire consequences if they don't. >
