--- Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There is too much money to be made in Goa right now > for the developers to be "rational". They are in > the business of making money, not in the business of > being "rational". The ugly results are there for > everyone to see through the lens of Rajan Parrikar. > Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 10:01:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I have no idea what point you are trying to make. > Mario responds: > Very simple - if you follow the entire discussion without being distracted. > I was responding to what you said, "Goans have to compromise, they have to recognise what is a true investment opportunity and what is not." > "Goans" have to compromise? "Goans" have to recognize? Who are you talking about? Are Goans a monolith? There are all kinds of Goans with all kinds of interests, and those who are responsible for the blight, the developers, have little incentive to be responsible and a lot of incentive to make money now that Goa is "hot". > Which is why Goa needs local zoning laws to maintain control and balance, which they don't have right now. > Selma writes: > On the one hand you seem to be chastising Rajan for obstructing Builders and on the other hand you want me and my friends to go to his show and peer through his lenses. > Mario responds: > See if you can follow this - you may have to read s-l-o-w-l-y:-)) > I praised Rajan for doing a yeoman's job of exposing the rape of Goa and told everyone I know in Goa to go see his exhibition next week. If you haven't done so yet, there is still time. The same goes for others who have friends in Goa. Don't assume they will hear about it locally. > I criticized him for his specific obstructionist proposals which have a snowball's chance in hell of being implemented. Yet, because I don't like to see Goa defaced any more than Rajan does, I also opined that he and other activists have no choice right now because they have no legal way to control the blight. They can only stop the mayhem by obstructing it. Thus in every project, someone wins and someone loses and mountains of evergy are wasted. > WHICH IS WHY ZONING LAWS ARE NEEDED, so that managed development can proceed in an orderly fashion without obstructing development in the long run, thus providing a win-win situation for everyone. Q.E.D. > If I lived in Goa I would join in stopping these ugly projects, but simultaneously be pushing for zoning laws that the builders would have to comply with to get their projects re-instated. > Please let me know if this is too complicated and I will write more s-l-o-w-l-y:-)) > Selma wrote: > I shall leave you to debate with yourself..... > Mario responds: > That would be a Titanic debate, for sure, with scintillating repartee and brilliant points being made on both sides, without having to worry about those who can't keep up:-)) > Selma wrote: > I'm sure you will single-handedly save Goa from the Builders by instituting zoning laws, right after you have abolished the caste system amongst Goan Catholics. > Mario responds: > If I don't it will not be because I didn't try. > You must have noticed that we have not heard a peep out of the caste supporters recently. I have confidence that most Goans of goodwill who followed the caste debate will be more sensitive the next time they are faced with a decision in which caste may have previously played a role, and, remembering something we said here, will refuse to let it play a role this time. That is how you slowly choke a 450 year old atrocity to death, one Goan at a time making one decision at a time, refusing to discriminate on the basis of an accident of birth. > If they do not institute zoning laws in Goa little is going to change. Those with the power - either money power or people power - will win some and lose some with those with money power winning most of the battles. Development will be uneven. > Years from now Rajan will need a football stadium to fit in all his pictures. >