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I do not have a beef with your stance and in fact, heartily support the sentiments. In a normal situation, this logic is definitely appropriate. Had I revealed this info on a whim solely because the person who we all agree is repugnant, your criticism would have been justified. However, when this individual makes "only IIT education" and a "Ph.D" the sole criteria for berating fellow-goans (set aside the constant picks on shippies, gulfies, butlers, cooks, upper castes, lower castes, Bardezkars and Sastikars, threatens to sue, etc, etc.) on any given topic. Then uses 'slurs' when major skeletons exist in his own closet !! Extremely naivé and foolhardy, don't you think? It then becomes vital to stop the issue from getting out of hand even if it means bringing up an issue from the past. Many of his Junior Collegemates will bear me out with these facts which were well known. John Kerry did the same when he ran on the platform of "service to his country", kept on pounding the issue and then began calling 'foul' when the skeletons in his closet kept popping up during the election campaign. It is said that "people in glass houses should not throw stones." After Aubrey had asked him to "cut the crap" regarding the "shippie" issue, I had informed Carmo, a month ago about this fact from his background and asked him to leave this education issue, well alone. Hopefully, the 10,000 Goans who are now aware of the truth will understand the rationale. Olav Athayde ==================================================================================================================== Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] What I don't want to read on Goanet Dear fellow Goanetters, Is it really necessary to let 10,000 Goans know that someone tried to cheat on their exams? Making such an accusation without any need to provide proof is really unscrupulous. And even if you could provide proof, is there any merit in spreading such information to thousands of fellow Goans at the press of a button? It is truly and despicably shameful of us as Goans to do things like this. This is the cyberage where much damage to reputation can done at the press of a button. With technology comes responsibility and our set of ethics must expand to keep up with new questions of morality that face us. This is not the village tinto, where like a fishwife you can hitch up your gaagra and talk about Carmeline to your heart's content. This is a cyberforum that reaches thousands. I am sick and fed up of discovering nuggets of personal information about fellow posters, information that has no business being made public, however repugnant you might find that poster to be. I do not ethically have the right to that kind of information and you, (you know who you are) have no right to make it public. I hope each and everyone of us Goans here can act with some amount of dignity and responsibility. selma -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/attachments/20070612/6c1a6799/attachment.htm ------------------------------------------------------- Goanet recommends, and is proud to be associated with, 'Domnic's Goa' - A nostalgic romp through a bygone era. This book is the perfect gift for any Goan, or anyone wanting to understand Goa. Distributed locally by Broadway, near Caculo Island, Panjim & internationally by OtherIndiaBookStore.Com. For trade enquiries contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------