Dear Frederick, This is the point I have been trying to make. Isolated observations such as the ones mentioned below are no use as indicators in judging the overall health of a society. Hence my use of the world "mindless" to describe any attempts to do so.
You will notice how Goa is now being described as "unliveable"and "in a downward spiral" in this forum. The basis for these statement are a few random observations that barely scratch the surface of the issues facing Goa today. Funnily most of the voices advocating the above position are pining for the "village life" of their youth all while living in massive cities in already developed countries. Most of them were absent during the periods when their countries were in transition from developing countries to developed ones.They also conveniently ignore the fact that it is the Goa of old that caused numerous professionals to migrate to the West in search of better prospects. Development will bring with it numerous changes(good and bad). It is or duty to see that the cost to the environment and society is not excessive. It is towards that aim we must strive. Ideas such as visa for Indians, labour control agencies, organ harvesting, mass emigration to the west, return to fascist justice, etc. are pretty lame besides being completely un-feasible. Regards Sunith Velho Is "sleeping with windows open" the only basis of judging how peaceful, just, and sustainable a society is? Or, is the cleanliness of the hospitals a better indicator? This is not a defence for post-1961 prone corruption and misrule, but one can't overlook that a semi-Fascist dictatorship has pros and cons which are quite different from those of a capitalist-if-somewhat-more-egalitarian region where the rulers are hard to reign in, and the sickness of affluenza (overall growing affluence) has come at the cost of the environment, over-consumption, and selfishness. FN _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org