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Early Bird Discount Registration closes March 31, 2008 http://www.2008goanconvention.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Neither of us know what the questions were, or at least I do not. My views had strictly to do with adddresing Jerry Fernandes and not merely ignoring his question or saying, "Its cool that India is the sixth most popular country in the world." I have no clue as to who Jerry Fernandes is, and I am sure there will be others who will post such questions; but that question deserved my kind of a response. I do not wish to get into statistical reasoning, but do know enough to say that data, and data towards certain opinions is often made to fit a conclusion. But if it is important to believe India's popularity, and that we should take the "WASHINGTON (Agencies)" excerpt from Jerry Fernandes at face value -- I concede. It does not hurt me to concede, since it gives me a better sense than I thought of how we see things. One example, "The news report that I read said that 55% of the respondents viewed China negatively and 42% positively. I do not think this data would indicate love." The data simply indicates that MORE people viewed China negatively. Why bring in love in -- is this some kind of qualitative analysis? _____________________________ On another note, I finally see that the largely the topics that seems to run well on Goanet are politics as in governing the state, and Valmiki Faleiro's columns. Thanks heavens for those columns becuase no matter what (rain or shine, joy or depressin, I would think) they give one and all (people from every political motivation and those who are independent), glimpses into the near Goan past, while pointing towards the future of our making. This is my last post on "India, sixth 'Wonder' of Americans." venantius > From: Sachin Phadte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Goanet] India, sixth 'Wonder' of Americans > Venantius Pinto says: "I see Indians as reasonably proud people, but I do not > see Indian politicians from the same mould." > > I do not know what exactly are the questions that were asked of the persons > interviewed, but would it not be safe to presume that the opinion sought is > of the Indians as a whole, and NOT of the politicians? > > In his earlier message, Venantius said: "But despite such acts of > belligerence and a fascinating insult to itself,they still love the Chinese." > > The news report that I read said that 55% of the respondents viewed China > negatively and 42% positively. I do not think this data would indicate love. > > In case of India the respective figures are 22% and 69%. > > Sachin Phadte >