------------------------------------------------------------------ Domnic Fernandes continues (Part III) his reminiscence of Mapusa of the 1950s http://www.goanet.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=426 ------------------------------------------------------------------ ----Gabe Menezes writes Sun Apr 9: > > Nasci, you are correct on the first assumption > that 'one' has changed their attitude and > confrontational style towards Portugal and > Lusophiles, in short, volte-face! > Mario responds: > The above claim of a volte-face by me is patently bogus. > Anyone who has read my hardly-nuanced opinions on this subject would know that I have always clearly distinguished between colonial Portugal, which I strongly opposed, and modern Portugal, which I have described as a second-class European country that is not coming back to Goa again to be a nanny for the benefit of the upper-class Goan Portophiles. > I have also expressed delight at hearing from Henrique Salles da Fonseca , a REAL Portuguese citizen by the way (as opposed to a Passport-Portuguese) that Portugal is implementing economic policies that will make it a first-class European country. > Finally I have always expressed an appreciation for the REAL Portuguese people, then and now, for being the nicest and least discriminatory of all Europeans, and compared them favorably with the snobbish Brits of colonial times who looked down on native Indians. > The Goan Passport-Portuguese could learn a thing or two about looking down on others, like the Kannadigas, Keralites, Bhayyas, Kashmiris, etc., from the REAL Portuguese, who have accepted people of all races and treat them all the same. >
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