--- CARMO DCRUZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There are several Gulfies subscribed here and who > participate (on this forum). Didn't see anybody > throw a fit. (over Carmo's Gulfies and Shippies > posts).......... > Mario responds: > Carmo, > A fundamental of free-market economics, not to mention common sense, is that people make the best decisions for themselves and their families based on the opportunities and choices available to them. > Thus, I have nothing but the utmost respect for your "gulfies" and "shippies" and the previous Goans who migrated to Africa and elsewhere, because they proactively took advantage of the opportunities available to them at the time. > Many of their descendants then used the enterprise of these silent and hardworking heroes - who, by definition, are not given to throwing fits when criticized by those who haven't walked in their shoes - as a stepping stone to bigger and better things for their families. > For anyone to suggest that these Goans deliberately avoided studies and an upscale education in order to take the risks they took and do the hard work they did and do, is simply misguided an unproductive criticism, in my never humble opinion. >
