Dear Selma and Rajan, Please do not communalise a social issue like SEZ. It is bad enough that it has been politicized. Though I must accept that there are persons who believe that "after age 18 years, everything is political" in India, I do not agree with this view.
Fr. Bismark or Fr. Lino Florindo represent themselves [NOT the Catholic church in Goa Archdiocese] in the GMAS, just as Bro. Orville, Fr. Simon and others represent themselves in SVM. Fr. Maverick Fernandes is a different issue ...because he is the Executive Secretary of the Council for Social Justice & Peace. For details of why and how it is different, contact the office of CSJP or the Archbishop's office at Panaji. It is not as if catholics, hindus and muslims [in case you have forgotten Curchorem, there are Muslims in Goa] drink water from different sources and breathe seggregated air. Those of us who live in Goa are Goans first, religions come later and are often as ambiguous as our political colours. If you have not noticed, Floriano Lobo is in the same outfit and stage as Manohar Parrikar, Christopher Fonseca and Matanhy Saldanha. Some Congressmen may also be with them from behind the curtains! Parde ke peechay kya hai? Kisko pata! SEZ has brought together politicans ...left, right and centre! ;-) Mog asundi. Miguel P.S. South Goa is NOT as "Catholic dominated" as one may like to think after shopping in Margao or on the beachfront. Those days are long past ...and 26.5% population spreads rather thinly in the balance 73.5 % non-Catholic population in Goa. The Julian Calendar may be Roman [even in Devanagri], but it is not Roman catholic. Neither is the New Year celebration. Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 02:56:54 -0800 (PST) From: "Rajan P. Parrikar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Congratulations Goans we've finally done it! Selma wrote: >One has to wonder if such a move was not >pre-meditated and designed to handicap the Goan >Catholic community in the South. This vote-bank is >most dependent on the revenue of tourists as well as >being a Congress vote-bank. Wonder no more. The BJP used its highly secret weapon - Wonder Drug X - to turn the Catholics within GMAS (more than 50%) into unthinking zombies. Men like Floriano Lobo, Father Bismarque etc are now, unbeknownst to them, Trojan Horses The Hindus, on the other hand, were quietly segregated and offered harmless Nescafe and Marie biscuits. Regards, r -- -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. Miguel Braganza, S1 Gracinda Apts, Rajvaddo, Mhapsa 403507 Goa Ph 9822982676 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
