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Hi Bosco and Julian,
Thanks Bosco for taking my post together with the humor it contained.
You and Julian make a good point. I usually let pass posts from novices, whose
writings may not pass mustard. The experiences of writing outweighs the
contents of the written material.
However I have a difficult time passing REPEATED posts from seasoned
Goanetters; from whom we should expect higher standards. Unfortunately some of
them are egged-on by a small coterie of like-minded individuals. As you seem to
agree, many of them cross the line, by their absurdities.
I can give you and other (silent majority of) Goanetters a quote: "For evil to
triumph, all it takes is for good people to stay silent".
And for the Goan context I may add: "For evil to triumph, all it takes for good
people to wake-up too late."
I would be glad to see the moderators assume the role of putting the writers
out to pasture for crossing the line. And it would be nice to see posts from
the "silent majority", instead of being bombarded by the same vocal minority.
As we have seen, the posts in addition to being the poster's fantasies, they
(posts) are also "reference material" for future posts and web sites.
Kind Regards, GL
------------ Bosco D'Mello
I believe Julian Gonsalves articulated that POV very well this past week. Here
it is, verbatim:
"May i suggest that we start by impose on ouself a code of conduct EVEN if the
other party does not. Some of us can stop sending out those vindictive
messages,,,others can stop reacting to them. We should ignore whats being said
if its being said in a derogratory manner. What is better than ignoring such
statements. Just ignore. Do not get provoked. Soon some of us will find that
its not worth ourwhile to be selfish bigots and maybe we can be constructively
positive and be of help. Can we try this for a while and can the rest of us
start to think of positive themes to focus on?"
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