> --- 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.
>

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