Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 14:50:36 +0000 From: "Gabe Menezes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Comment: The whole sale and retail sale of Goa is now fully underway...kick out the propagators and facilitators of these abominable happenings. People who only look to their bank balance, irrespective of the harm inflicted on Goa...soon we will be like the Costa Brava. > Mario responds: > I understand the sale and retail sale of Goa has been underway for at least ten years now. > In a free market economy, aren't people supposed to do what is in their own best interests, which usually means looking out for their bank balance? Can we expect individual Goan families to look at "the big picture" when they are finally being offered big bucks? Besides, what exactly is the big picture? > The questions raised by Gabe's comment are, "Who gets to decide what is harmful for Goa?" and "What can individual citizens do about this situation?" > Citizens as a group can do great things as the SEZ fiasco proved. > Perhaps a place to start would be to agitate for a change in the law that allows legal partnerships between firangis and local Goans that then enables firangis to buy and control property in Goa. > What about it, Mr. Parrikar? Are you listening, sir? > My advice to my NRI Goan friends has long been to go buy some land in Goa before its too late. If the firangis have discovered Goa, what are the Goans and Goan NRIs missing? >