> Subject: [Goanet] Goanet.....and " To kill a Mocking-bird " > From: anand virgincar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Vice versa , the staunch Congress / Catholic supporters on this forum > would do well to climb into my skin and try to fathom why mild /moderate > persons like me are so strongly in favour of a BJP government in Goa > in spite ( and NOT because ) of their obvious Hindutva agenda and / or > their well known links with hardcore pro-Hindu organisations. You raise some very interesting points. But do note that there are many people who have serious problems with the BJP who are not in the categories you have mentioned above, viz. 'staunch Congress/Catholic supporters' (presumably you mean staunch Congress supporters and Catholics). It is a very common problem on this forum to draw simplistic equations like anti-BJP = pro-Congress and vice versa. Regarding the second point above, your point, 'their obvious Hindutva agenda and / or their well known links with hardcore pro-Hindu organisations', is in itself a scathing indictment of the BJP. What further needs to be said about why so many people are opposed to the BJP? In the face of such a reality, most 'in spite ofs' become redundant. > And I say > persons rather than Hindu's because there are increasingly more > Goan Catholics who are switching loyalties to the BJP ( for instance, > in the June assembly elections , it was pretty evident from ward wise > voting patterns that the Catholics saved Manohar Parrikar's bacon in > Panaji ) Yes, this is a very interesting issue, and responses from informed people would be useful. It is probably only elite Catholics who currently have pro-BJP leanings. Dr. Virgincar, may I say that it is a pleasure to have you posting on this forum. In the short time you have been here, you have done much to improve the tone of the discourse and debate, which had sunk abysmally during the past few months. -- Question everything -- Karl Marx
