DEAR OSCAR MARTINS, READ THIS WELL WRITTEN LETTER OF DR FRANCISCO COLACO AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS TO READ . HEMA HAS BEEN PRESSURIZED TO WRITE BY TIMBLO GROUP AND THE GOAN IS PAID FOR THAT. YOU ALL COCKEYED WHO ARE JUST SPREADING DESTRUCTIVE RUMOURS. COLACO LETTER WAS PUBLISHED IN ALL THE PAPERS. AND HATS OFF TO HIM.. I THINK CHURCH AND POLITICIANS PAID YOU GUYS ALSO TO SPREAD RUMOURS AND TO BRING BAD IMAGE TO BISMARQUE? GOD ONLY WILL TAKE CARE OF THOSE WHO ARE BEHAVING IN THIS MANNER FOR A BRIBE. WHEN HUNDRED OF GOANS HAVE TAKEN A PEACEFUL PROTEST AND YOU VERY FEW GUYS HAVE DIFFERENCE OF OPINION ON BISMARQUE IS SAD. LET THE INQUIRY IS OVER AND YOU ALL WILL BE EXPOSED. VERY SOON. DO YOU THINK ALL THE HUNDRED PROTESTERS ARE MAD AND YOU FEW GUYS ARE INTELLIGENT?
STEPHEN DIAS DONA PAULA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub: Portraying Fr. Bismarque wrongly In the wake of Fr. Bismarque’s tragic death and the Government’s callous attitude in refusing to carry out a serious investigation to find out the real cause of the mishap from day one, we have to admire the dogged determination of hundreds of his fans who have vowed not to rest silent until a serious investigation is carried out (despite the fact that a lot of precious clues have been almost deliberately wiped out). Notwithstanding that, it is rather shameful that one of our daily newspapers with a shoddy investigation seems bent on leading everyone off the track. To add insult to injury it has now published an interview with a renowned singer which makes a mockery of Fr. Bismarque. The singer has the audacity to say that “Bismarque was being used by people to pursue their own agenda”. Nothing could be further from the truth. Further, with an “I know- it-all” attitude she reveals that he was suffering from depression from which he apparently never came out. One would even see words, cleverly couched, that would imply that he might have ended his life in despair and she (the singer) was the only one who held the keys of his destiny and the wherewithal to rescue Bismarque. I must confess that when Fr. Bimarque met me at my clinic, two months before his tragic death, he first gifted me the Pope’s gem of a book “Laudato Si”. Then, as we talked at length he appeared lively, cheerful and confident of himself and of his goals in life. We would be most ill-informed if we pay attention to the perorations of one person and confine him within a restricted mould. He may not have been a rock star, but in the eyes of his fans who campaigned with him till the last moment (whether there was a lingering trace of depression or not) he was a master of himself, full of confidence and always committed to a cause. Peace be to his soul and justice to a man who allegedly was done away as he had proven to be a hurdle to one too many. Dr. Francisco Colaço Margao. Goa