----- Original Message ----- From: floriano To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 12:48 PM Subject: PRESS NOTE - RE: 'DA VINCI CODE'
May 18, 2006 To, The Editor, Herald, Panjim-Goa. Via e-mail Sir, Sub: Press Note Re: Da Vinci Code Film Controversy. The Goa Su-Raj Party strongly believes in the separation of Politics from Religion since Religion is a private matter of the people and Governments should concern themselves with governance only. Therefore, the Party strongly denounces the involvement of the present Rane Government in this controversial religious sentiments of the section of the Goan people with regard to the 'Da Vinci Code' international film release. The Governments have a role to play in such matters and that role is to keep an eye on things that may result in the attempts by the unruly at destabilizing the peaceful routine of the State and its people. The Goa Su-Raj Party believes that the Religious Leaders are capable of isolating the faithful from fiction based controversies such as 'Da Vinci Code', relying on the strength in the matters of long standing Faith and Beliefs. And the best way to react to such cheap controversies is to totally ignore them and leave them to die a natural death. The Goa Su-Raj Party believes that it is these uproars and unwarranted organized oppositions that give massive boosts to cheap works such as these, undoing the downplay and the irreversible damage caused to them by bad reviews by the film critics, an inbuilt system which does not allow box office benefits to be reaped by sub-standard works put in place to do just that by playing on the deep sentiments of millions concerned. In this case, the Christian Church will do better in instilling a sense of pride in its rank and file the world over by way of reminding its faithful that its Beliefs have withstood the test of time of over 20 centuries and will continue to do so in spite of insignificant forays like 'Da Vinci Code' on its Person. Thanking you, Yours faithfully, Sd/- (Floriano C. Lobo) Spokesperson _____________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)