Dear Bernado, Whatever harm the goons of the Azad Gomantak Dal may have done to Goa's civil society, it did not provide justification for the suppressive actions by the PIDE against Goan intellectuals and other members of Goan society.
Would you agree with me ? BTW: I could not tell you if ALL the pre-1961Goan intellectuals were innocent or not. I will only say that - unless they were found guilty in a just court of law, they are presumed innocent. There are numerous 'charges' and accusations. Unless they have been proven or the criminal acts self-accepted, I suggest that we consider the folk innocent. Talking about violent acts (or what Mario Goveia would calls "acts of terror") there are a few chaps who have proudly claimed ownership of those acts, and have been rewarded for them.( I will locate the link and post it another time) About Fr. Chico Monteiro please see here. http://www.colaco.net/1/chico.htm Livia de Abreu Noronha's One man's meat is another man's poison: http://www.colaco.net/4/GoaLib18.htm 3 authors: A Goan village circa 1961: http://www.colaco.net/1/Circa1961.htm Alfredo de Mello's Inquisition: http://www.colaco.net/1/InquiForeword.htm Godfrey Gonsalves' : Inquisition distorted: http://www.colaco.net/1/GGinquisitionLies.htm sincerely jc Bernado Colaco <ole_...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: Doutor Jose, First of all Ich Nicht Salazarist. Secondly how much freedom of speech are you talking about? You mean the terror actions of tha Azad Gomantak Dal against a legitimate sovereign government (bharat recognised the Estado India Portuguesa) as OK for freedom of speech? Further those intellectuals you are talking about were they all innocent? What did Bharat do to Fr. Chico Monteiro for defying their rule. Their rule is democractic innit? Clearly Goans have not reacted to the actions of 61 don't you think they would also face PIDE type actions from the bharat CID? Are you not aware that many Goans were chased, letters censored etc post 61! The confiscation of Evacuee Property how democratic is it? Why was it confiscated in the first place? What happened to the Vaz lad during the Concani actions. We are living in a liberated democratic society! BC