Yes, 1-2 guys appear to have left goanet for the over-the-top Goan chat site. And few others who are active on both and other sites, have markedly reduced the "last wordism" on goanet; taking the debate to the other site(s). That is very good for the vast majority of goanetters; but few of us are bearing the brunt of this 'pirachit'.
But truth be told, sometimes their galactic write-up is humorous; because their toothless bloviation (Goenchim xapotam murree) displays strength through ignorance. As they point out to each-other (and rest of us), the writings are layered with half-truths and bursting with straw-men and irrelevant questions. So in honesty, our prayers should go for these 6-9 bloviators. Hope they receive their karmic rewards they have earned as quickly as possible. But very likely they will only get those karmic rewards when they get our names off their spam list. Till then we have to be prepared to be convinced by their logic, if there is one, of: 1. Including the vast majority of us on their spam list. 2. To have an audience to observe their one-on-one slanging match, which often is boring with the same old ... same old. 3. Seeing Goa's funky old men wading at the bottom of the barrel, pulling each-other's kashti. 4. Telling us who is who's friend, because like true friends (condoms) they protect when things gets hard. So I would add my humble voice to the many that have written on this topic. We should be spared of the disparaging comments of these wannabes groping to write something that is brilliantly-stupid. Let us wait, as only time will tell if satire works. The good news, is that the last two days we have been spared of their spam mail. Any bets / wagers that this interlude will not continue? Regards, GL --------- Gabe Menezes I think that since the departure of one, Goanet has become a much better forum. --------- Frederick Noronha wrote: I do not think it is very edifying to see grown men pour scorn and heap abuse on each other's head, by the bucketful, and believe that it is "debate". What is even more tragic is that some of the gentlemen on this list are highly qualified experts in their own respective fields. Have we Goans lost the gene for rational discussion?