Richard Zimler has issued a strong rebuttal on Goa Research Net to the vacuous innuendo and prejudiced stereotyping that he has had to endure, both publicly and privately, from his detractors, on the basis of a fictional novel that none of them seems to have bothered to read.
In addition to cringing from Gilbert's rehashing below of his longstanding baseless hypothesis that Goan inquisition was a law enforcement exercise against criminals, I noted that he was accusing Zimler of making a claim that the latter had never made, namely that the inquisition was directed at non-converted Hindus. Zimler had clearly stated that its targets were the New Christians - converted Jews, Muslims and Hindus - with the intent to deter them from lapsing into their old ways. Cheers, Santosh Gilbert Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > We are not "deniers" of the Goa Inquisition, > as Richard Zimler and few > > others claim! > > > > It is well established by British historians, who were > based in India > > around the time of the Inquisition, and others, that > the main targets of > > the Goa Inquisition were Catholic Europeans and > Catholic natives. Richard's > > twist (sensationalizing) to make everything about Goa > Inquisition what it > > ain't, is not going to succeed, despite his > sophisticated English, many > > books and attempts to present himself as a historian. > >
