> Mario responds: > > To see why Jason Keith came in for opprobrium in graphic > detail see the following post > http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-March/175458.html > which you seem to have missed or failed to understand. > > Since you apparently know Jason Keith so well, instead of > making snide comments, why don't you defend his column and > the "smackdown" by his critic, if you dare?
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 13:55:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Carvalho <elisabeth_...@yahoo.com> This is the most bizarre conversation ever on Goanet. Jason Keith wrote a column about caste in Goa. Rajan Parrikar in his usual style thought it fit to rip into Jason. And now you, who have for years on Goanet hailed yourself as the champion of casteist indignity, "smackdown" on Jason? I can't follow the logic but I leave you to your own devices. Mario responds: Selma, To follow the logic of a verbal exchange it helps to understand the underlying conversation. It's not that hard if you put aside your pet peeves and pre-conceived emotions and focus on the current debate, not some past discussion you may have had with an individual. For example, you were in such haste to denigrate Dr. Barad that you completely missed the contents of the article he posted on the abuse of Catholic Nuns, as well as who was alleging the abuse - it was Catholics, not Barad. You chose to "smackdown" Dr. Barad based on your pre-conceived notion that he is anti-Christian - and ended up with egg all over yourself. Here, see if you can follow this. 1. The column by Jason Keith in the Gomantak Times and his "smackdown" by Rajan Parrikar is in the archives for all to see. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-March/175458.html My only involvement in this as Goanet's only voice of reason, truth and peace, was to observe Rajan's pawky technique of using another unregulated forum to use fiery language on Goanet that would not pass muster here. 2. Regarding caste, I am not a champion of casteist indignity - I am exactly the opposite - I am an opponent of any delusion by Christians that they belong to some mythical caste. 3. What you are describing as a "smackdown" of Jason by me was a mild pat on the rear end asking why someone like Jason, Marshall or Padre Ivo, all of whom must have seen the report on the abuse of nuns in the Times of India were not outraged enough to post it on Goanet, condemn the findings, excoriate the Cardinal for keeping quiet all these years, and demand that the errant priests be brought to justice and expelled from the Church. We have still not heard from Jason Keith on this, whom you apparently know better than most, or from Padre Ivo, still busy trying to jigger the English language to make up look like down and black look like white and mystical feelings look like science in the Beauregard experiments. We did see a feeble attempt by Marshall to excuse himself by diverting attention to Hindutva and stepping on himself by suggesting that "intra-religious" issues be best left to the religion's adherents, leaving me to wonder if he was a Christian or not. No clarification yet from Marshall as to a) whether he is a Christian, and if so, b) why he avoided this Christian issue after relegating it to only Christians to handle.
