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Follow the online presence of the Museum of Christian Art, Old Goa Contacts: Tel: +91 832 2285299 Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://christianartmuseum.goa-india.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jose Colaco wrote: >I'd like to make one tiny suggestion: We as a people appear to be >going at each other's throats on the basis of religion. At least that >is the perception one gets here. It might be worth it if we just stop >fighting each other and blindly following these politicians who seek >to profit personally by dividing us. >If we are Goans - we are Goans whether we are Hindus, Catholics or >non-believers. It is time to work together and help each other. It is >time to understand WHY we are Goans and not Karwaris or Ratnagiris. Good idea. Let's go at the throats of each other on the basis of ethnicity, region, or caste. How about adding gender to that list? (Has anyone seen how hardly any women have been able to survive the intense male chauvinism on Goanet all these years?) We could also go at each other's throats on the basis of skin colour! Why not!!! FN