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Goanetters in Goa and visiting meet Jan 6, 2009 at 3.30 pm at Hotel Mandovi (prior to the Goa Sudharop event, which you're also welcome to). Join in for a Dutch dinner -- if we can agree on a venue after the meet. RSVP (confirmations only) 9822122436 or 2409490 or f...@goa-india.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mervyn Lobo mervynalobo at yahoo.ca Sat Jan 3 17:26:37 PST 2009 What on earth is a "Marxist intellectual"? I did a goggle of the term and it seems like only two people have used it before. Santosh Helekar wrote: > When I did a Google search for "Marxist intellectual" I got 14,100 hits. > Please see: > http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22Marxist+intellectual%22&btnG=Search Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 13:54:27 -0800 (PST) From: Mervyn Lobo <mervynal...@yahoo.ca> > Santosh, > The goggle search works well today. > 14,300 hits. Mario observes: Clearly this new search engine, previously showing only 2 hits, today beat Google by 200 hits:-)) However, isn't "Marxist intellectual" an oxymoron, based on the less than splendid success of Marxism? "A Marxist is someone who reads Marx. An intellectual is someone who understands Marx" - adapted from a quote by Ronald Reagan:-))
