--- On Mon, 6/22/09, Gilbert Lawrence <gilbert2...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > What Frederick Noronha, now Maurice Machado and myself have > written is antithetical to the image of the Goa Inquisition > promoted by some Goan Catholics and Hindus. Individuals like > Santosh could better serve by working to modulate the > hate-Christian and hate-Goa blogs and writings of Hindutva > (sites) instead of being an Inquisitor on Goanet; > especially when it comes to facts about the Goan and > European Inquisition. >
I have asked Gilbert to provide a list of books and articles that he has read on the Goan inquisition, which has given him an authentic and unbiased understanding of that subject, and created the "antithetical" image in his mind that most of us do not have. I have also asked him to tell us which facts stated by Alfredo de Mello and the historian Anant Priolkar are wrong, and how he knows that for certain. If he could provide me with this information on Goanet, I would be able to glean the same unbiased and objective insights that he has gleaned, and "modulate" hate-Christian and hate-Goa blogs and writings of Hindutva sites. Of course, Gilbert would also have to explain to me what he means by such "modulation", and how to do it. In the meantime, I would rather not buy into the communal paranoia, persecution complex and unnecessary sectarian controversies created by political campaigners, journalists and religious chauvinists on Goanet. I am quite secure in the belief that 99.99% of Goan Catholics and Hindus, like me, are smart and sober enough to know that nobody alive today is responsible for the inquisition, and that there is no reason to hate each other on any account. To us it does not matter who instituted the inquisition, and how many people were tortured and murdered in it, and for what reason. We accept our history as it was, good, bad or indifferent. Cheers, Santosh
