> From: "Rajan P. Parrikar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Goanet] Paan, Piss, & Panji > > The first sight in Panjim during my drive home from the Dabolim > airport last evening was that of two tourist buses offloading > products of their metabolism on the Miramar beach, near > Sharda Mandir.
We get information about the return of certain people to Goa by the arrival of a fresh load of ordure in our inboxes. It's not just the prejudice and bigotry that is on display -- in fact, by now I have developed a certain admiration about the way these attributes are proudly and shamelessly flaunted, as a kind of badge of honour, to an extent that even Bal Thackeray is yet to match. "Admire me, I'm more bigoted and abusive than anybody else," seems to be the mantra here. Truly, nirlajjam sada sukhi! They say in a pithy proverb in Marathi (which happens to be the mother tongue of this particular ghati), 'Hagnara tari lajto nahi tar baghnara tari lajto' (if the defecator isn't embarrassed, the watcher is). Well, in the role of 'baghnara', the person who writes these posts seems to be unfazed and, leave alone feeling embarrassed, is perpetually heading out in search of more 'hagnaras'. Verily, seek and ye shall find -- in unlimited quantities, at every turn, all the time. You'll even find yourself dreaming about it if you persist... The posts themselves are repellent and abusive loads of crap about, predictably, shit! But I, as a 'baghnara' in this case, am by now acutely embarrassed at this outpouring of effluvium and am in future just going to be pressing the delete button when such mails appear. In any case, this particular psychological problem seems to be so deep-rooted that it is more deserving of pity than censure, and bothering to respond is just a waste of time. But here are some links that may cast some light on the problem and maybe help to alleviate it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anal_fixation -- Question everything -- Karl Marx
