Hi Cornel, You have good essay-writing skills. Yet that is not the criteria to be a "practicing scholar". (a bit presumptuous - would you not say?). In fact this thought-precess is one that I would say, is similar to a Goan casteist. Do you think you behaved as a scholar in accusing the church of casteism, when you had no evidence to support that charge? If your brother was the Bishop of / a priest in Goa, would you have taken such accusations kindly? This, when the Church has done so much to uplift us and our ancestors over all these generations? Please see Eric Pinto's post on the near-free education the church provided hundreds of thousand of poor Goans - Hindus and Catholic. With due respect, the paucity of your ideas cannot be camouflaged by the verbosity of your post. That is the usual MO (modus operandi) of casteists and Church-bashers. In my view, you have a long ... long way to claim the mantle of "knowledge to a practicing scholar on issues like fascism." You are inflating your honors by bashing other individuals and institutions.
I noticed via your post on a related thread, that one of your ardent supporters described your posts on caste as "baiting" Goans. For all your "scholarly essays" and "IPs", that is an very unkind characterization, though it may be very true. In case you do not see his point, even your supporters have deserted you on this issue, even though they are likely with you on church-bashing. I hope Bhandare gets it that, Catholic Goans love to bait - when they have nothing better to do. And as you demonstrate they TRY to do it in a 'scholarly' manner, while boosting their ego. I hope this can be my last post on this and related threads. Regards, GL ------------------- CORNEL DACOSTA I'll take your word for the above and your implicit assumption that a medical doctor somehow has the knowledge to impart to a practising scholar on issues like fascism. As I have never questioned your expertise in medicine, but know that you like to respond to everything else under the sun, my obvious question to you is whether there is anything you do NOT know outside medicine? Regards, Cornel
