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TRI Continental Film Festival - Dona Paula, Goa, Sep 28 - Oct 2, 2007 http://www.moviesgoa.org/tricontinental/tricon.htm For public viewing Registration at The International Centre Goa Ph: +91 (832) 2452805 to 10 Online Media Partner: http://www.GOANET.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:49:14 -0700 (PDT) > From: Bhandare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Goanet] Chauvinists > > I would rather have UPwallahs and Biharis come to Goa > rather than muslim fanatics from dharwad and hubli.... > should a need arise in goa to "liberate" a few shrines > we would not need to call people from outside > then...the "ram bhakts" would all be localy > available.. First Bhandare wanted people to 'take the law into their own hands a la Curchorem' (is this a confession of sorts?). Now come the threatening noises about "liberating a few shrines". Which shrines are currently or in future going to be in need of 'liberation' in Goa, may we know? The big 'liberation' of a shrine that took place in India in 1992 employed demolition as a strategy of 'liberation'. In Goa, a few years ago, what was claimed to be a 'Shiv Lingam' was 'liberated' from the Archbishop's Palace by the RSS while their dutiful pupil Manohar Parrikar was in occupation of the CM's residence right opposite (see http://www.goanet.org/post.php?name=News&list=goanet&info=2004-January/thread&post_id=008961). So which shrines in Goa are in your firing line (present or future), Bhandare? All this sounds ever so ominous...and familiar... As to the ridiculous stereotyping of communities above...oh well, let it pass, Bhandare seems to have a sour and embittered view of the world wherein everybody but him and people pretty much like him is beyond the pale. Such a narrow-minded and depressing worldview must be something pretty terrible to live with, and is probably more deserving of pity than censure. -- Question everything -- Karl Marx