------------------------------------------------------------------------ Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical references, some photographs and documents)
------------------------------------------------------------------------ Antonio Menezes wrote: > There was this lawyer from Porbandar who saw nothing wrong in his own > backyard...snip...He simply renamed these suffering people as children > of God. To the best of my knowledge he did not utter a single word > agains the perpetrators of the worst kind of social discrimination. I > suppose for a bania to criticize brahmins would be agains his dharmic > duty. There you are sub-continental hypocrisy for you Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2009 18:04:53 -0400 From: Venantius Pinto <venantius.pi...@gmail.com> I agree with Antonio Menezes' point, "To the best of my knowledge he did not utter a single word against the perpetrators of the worst kind of social discrimination." Perhaps as a lawyer he may have sold it to his colleagues as some essential strategy. Mario asks: "To the best of my knowledge...?" What knowledge? Has Google and other search engines been shut down? Once again, I see some Christians trying to deflect attention from racism in the Catholic Church, the subject of this thread, to some other person's alleged transgressions - as if two wrongs make a right, even if true. BTW, the man from Porbander, regardless of how he came upon his epiphany, has been recognized around the world as a modern reincarnation of the proposition that "Everyone is created equal." for which he was eventually assassinated. These insinuations against Mohandas Gandhi are despicable, not to mention false. See also: http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761575565/gandhi.html Excerpt: In September 1932, while in jail, Gandhi undertook a “fast unto death” to improve the status of the Hindu Untouchables. The British, by permitting the Untouchables to be considered as a separate part of the Indian electorate, were, according to Gandhi, countenancing an injustice. Although he was himself a member of the Vaisya (merchant) caste, Gandhi was the great leader of the movement in India dedicated to eradicating the unjust social and economic aspects of the caste system. [end of excerpts]