What a tangled web we weave indeed! FN who has always contributed to Goanet and is most probably the moderator (I came into this forum a couple of years ago only) has always contributed some interesting topics and has started a new thread to provide the discussion of the good/bad or ugly side of the blog so yes, that is what I assume he meant by 2000 words! What I find so interesting on Goanet that it covers a wide spectrum of topics to interest even the discernable reader! and creates a platform for a debate highlighting pros and cons from both sides - that is what it is all about rather than finding out who is at the top or to throw little pebbles resulting to stones and boulders huh? Being from East Africa, came to the UK when very young, so it was interesting to see good prolific writers like Melvyn, Rose and even Gabe (simply love his songs of the day!) pick some loopholes in the book, some of it very true, having read the book now, and likewise good prolific writers like Mervyn (Maciel) and Eddie add their side of the debate to Selma's book, which again shows the good informative bits that younger folk need to know and understand. Why Melvyn, Rose and Gabe cannot write little excerpts of their researched knowledge and experience for us to absorb and read is indeed a question. Likewise Roland and others on their take on Mumbai - that is what I find so enlightening, interesting and fab! I can go on naming the topics, but picking just recent blogs. One can't get all on the same page at the same time but for someone who loves to know anything Indian/Goan, be it politics, or experiences, or more interestingly enough debates on any topic, I suspect this is what Goanet is all about - getting us interactive on topics close to our hearts and perhaps by introducing the Goanet story topic all will come to light why it was set up, by whom, when and who the nuts and bolts of this wonderful platform are!! Suffice to say, I will get well hammered for my "opinion" and is it 2000 words? or one..... I care not! but just had to have my say...guess this is what this blog does, spurs on to express their opinion ! and I love it! Julia London.
> > MODERATOR'S NOTE: Pls trim the Goanet Digest before replying to it. . > Message: 12 > Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2014 10:37:23 -0700 (PDT) > From: Mervyn Lobo <[email protected]> > To: "estb. 1994!Goa's premiere mailing list" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Goanet] The Goanet Story > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > On Fri, 6/6/14, Frederick FN Noronha ????????? ???????? *??????? ???????? > wrote: > For starters, it could be titled '*The Robert Mugabes of? Goan Cyberspace'*. > And while on the topic of Mugabe, may I point out that, at one point in > time (too many points here!) Mugabe too was a hero. Recall? his 1983 CHOGM > visit to Goa, his powerful oratory then, and btw, it is now believed that > "at least 20,000" people were killed in an ethnic cleansing? and buried in > mass graves between 1982 and 1985, at the very same time when the > Commonwealth of Nations (an association primarily of former members of the > British Empire... nothing in common and little by way of wealth, most of > which has been sucked away) was feting him big time! Anyway, I had and have > a sneaking admiration for the man who did law degrees while? in jail and > whose only friends were books. > -snip- > So please go ahead and give us 2000 words. Many thanks! > Asante sana! FN > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > FN, > 1) I am at a loss as to who the reference of Bob Mugabe is vis-a-vis Goanet. > > 2) You have still not attempted to answer my query as to who the Goanet > administrators are. > > 3) 2,000 words? Why use ten when I can make myself perfectly clear using one? > > Mervyn > San Francisco > > > > > End of Goanet Digest, Vol 9, Issue 342 > **************************************
