Arwin, I have more serious problems with the new material you have submitted. First, it appears that you are not able to answer the simple basic questions I had raised about your separatist movement. You also make erroneous assumptions about the views of the majority of Goans who are Indian citizens, and are proud to be so.
Second, despite having been asked to do so repeatedly, you have not made an effort to understand the difference between a sovereign nation and its states. You also do not have a proper understanding of the immigration laws of any of the countries you mention below, and are making up your own facts about their purpose in those countries. For instance, the United States of America does not discriminate between people based on any kind of ethnic identity with respect to whom it legally admits, allows to legally immigrate or become its citizen. Each state under the union recognizes the multiple identities that constitute it, and its genuinely proud of its ethnic diversity. I understand that the same is true about the U.K., Canada and Australia, in respect of their provinces. Finally, your separatist movement and the material you have submitted below ignore and disrespect the fact that the majority of resident Goans, especially those who were born after 1961 (now much more than 50% of the population) have absolutely no reservations about being Indian citizens, and that they unabashedly swear their allegiance to the constitution of India. I for one would humbly request that if you want to carve out a separate nation for yourself based on your own unique identity, please do so wherever you have chosen to live at the present time. Cheers, Santosh --- On Thu, 7/3/08, Arwin Mesquita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Arwin Mesquita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Goanet] Goan Identity Movement - Networking New York Goans > To: "Goanet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thursday, July 3, 2008, 6:26 AM > Santosh, > > Should your questions be at all valid, surely they should > apply to all > identities across the world. But this is not the case with > Authorities in > the US, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Gulf etc > enforcing/updating already > strict controls to protect their identity and interests or > having policies > to integrate migrants into their identity e.g. strict > immigration controls, > migrants have to study the local language, history etc. > > ...................................... > > Constitution was imposed on Goa via Conquest. Goa was not > part of its > Framing as such we need to integrate provisions to protect > Goa which is an > exception vs. other states. The Constitution is not God > Sent, but made by > man and hence cannot be perfect. >
