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August 25, 2009 - Goanet's 15th Anniversary
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--- On Thu, 8/27/09, Frederick Noronha <f...@goa-india.org> wrote:
>
> One of the sad duties on Goanet -- after being around for
> so long --
> is to announce the departures of our friends (whom we have
> come to
> know close through their many posts).
>
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One of the unsettling things about the cyberworld is that we tend to think that
not just us but the other person is also immortal. The net is very impersonal
that way. I never met Phillip THomas but he was one of those rare things - a
genuinely good person, on a public forum. We sometimes corresponded off-lines
as our views were very similar. He was testimony to the fact that what draws us
together and binds us in friendship is the person and not his culture or
nationality.
He shall be deeply missed and although his family do not frequent Goanet, my
condolences to them.
best,
selma
