Frederick is right about local carpet-baggers selling Goa illegally for their pieces of silver. However, I have been clear (perhaps not clear enough), that I am not opposed to migrants nor do I subscribe to a "Goa for Goans" only policy. Many migrants have come to Goa and enhanced and added value to it (Claude Alvares, Heta Pandit, Anna Goswami, etc.) ALL IN A LAW ABIDING way. The law and order piece is key, hence the emphasis in caps in the previous sentence.
What I am opposed to is rich migrant builders and rich migrant miners bringing in poor migrants workers to ILLEGALLY mine in Goa or ILLEGALLY build mega-projects which are marketed to foreign nationals and non-Goans. Is it ok for migrants to commit serious crimes on Goan soil and at the expense of Goans? That is the heart of the matter - law and order. And the usurpation of land, defecation, filth, etc. further adds to the problem. Does it not? Goans who illegally build mega-projects and illegally mine belong in Goan jails/prisons. Rich and poor migrants who break the law belong in their respective state's jails/prisons. Hardly a controversial view unless one does not support the rule of law. George --- On Tue, 12/8/09, Frederick Noronha <fredericknoro...@gmail.com> wrote: ... going by George Pinto's logic, it would depend on the ethnicity of who owns those Vedanta stocks. Non-Goan owner bad, Goan owner not so bad :-) I am very disappointed to see a well-intentioned George buying big-time into the logic of regional chauvinism just because that cry is so shrill here (in cyberspace, and on the ground) oftentimes. In my view, you don't need to be a "non-Goan" or one of those much-derided migrants to eat into Goa's heart! Local carpet-baggers can fly local carpets too! Just look around and confirm.
