I sometimes suspect that the term "Inquisition" is played up by a set of interests who would like to create a contemporary Inquisition -- this time based on political interest, and communal ideologies.
We know the Dutch created a "black legend" about their colonial (and other) rivals, the Spanish [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Legend] Is there a similar playing out in this case too? While one needn't be defensive about the realities of the past, we also need to question how many of these "realities" reflect a realistic portrayal of what went on in those days. Can anyone enlighten about the ideologies and interests of the repeated-cited authors of the Goa Inquisition? Yours provocatively, FN -- FN * http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com http://twitter.com/fn M +91-9822122436 P +91-832-2409490 http://fredericknoronha.multiply.com/ http://goa1556.goa-india.org "Every time I look at you I get a fierce desire to be lonesome." - Oscar Levant