On the points you have picked out ;I have no where said that Catholics only are guilty of the same -Before we look at other communities we need to first Stop being defensive, look within first and cleanse ourselves!! -We can't argue that we are should do the WRONG because others are also doing it!! -Perhaps by doing the change ourselves first we can fuel a better Goa for all Goans!!
Message: 6 Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2010 09:45:03 +0530 From: "soter" <so...@bsnl.in> To: <goa...@goanet.org> Subject: Re: [Goanet] The Goan Catholic Casualty Message-ID: <000801cb99b3$33bf4580$1901a...@user77948b9580> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Arwin wrote: "I will address issues in my Catholic community. "Goan Catholics must realize that the first clear casualty of Goan Identity will be Catholics themselves" and surely in the long run, it will be all Goans, including the Hindus & Muslims. We Catholics, will have only ourselves to blame and in my view, are significantly responsible for Goa's deteriorating identity, via the following facts: (A) Short term Gains in land sales to outsiders; many times unnecessary,..." Comment: This type of argument about catholics being the worst sufferers with migration and therefore they have to break away from supporting Digmabar Kamat's Congress has been doing the rounds for quite some time now. Its influence seems to have also slipped into the arguments of Arwin. Is the plight of the goan Hindu of Ponda and Bicholim or Porvorim any better? I cannot understand why we get into this argument of which religious community will be the losers and winners. Some two years ago Dr. Subodh in a local TV debate had accused the church of fuelling the anti-mega project agitations in Salcette because it is losing its base. The same doctor will also provoke christians against migrants when it is in the interests of BJP. Is this problem of catholics selling land so simple as it is made out to be? What about the problem of Tiracol where the Hindu Bhatkar has sold almost half of the village to real estate? What about the problem of Vanxim?.... Arwin further wrote: "In Politics, we Catholics are slaves to deceitful "Secular Parties" and vote for "Catholics" irrespective of how much his/her image is tarnished? Many of our Catholic religious leaders blindly call to vote "Secular Parties"; are they really secular or are they "wolves in sheep's clothing" under the deceitful garb of secularism? " Comment: Here again arguments are contaminated with the hepatitis virus. Is it only catholics that vote 'secular parties'? Only catholic leaders call to vote for 'secular parties'? Are there no Hindu MLAs and MPs in Goa who are winning due to catholic votes? Why make such sweeping statements and feed catholics to the wolves in sheep's clothing? This porridge that is being fed to us goans seems to be contaminated. Issues are mixed dangerously. Anyhow I would not like to waste my time discussing issues which ought to have been a mattter of common sense. -Soter -- Please post your comments on my Blog: http://goanidentity.blogspot.com/ Please also see below: 1. Benaulim Village Action Committee: http://www.bvacbenaulim.blogspot.com/ 2. "Rape of Goa" : http://www.parrikar.com/blog/the-rape-of-goa/ 3. MAND - an adivasi-rights resource centre : http://mandgoa.blogspot.com/ 4. EVERY GOAN SHOULD SEE THIS VIDEO: http://infochangeindia.org/Infochange-documentary.html 5. For the Love of Konkani: http://www.radiogoa.net/ 6. Goa's Identity Movement website: http://www.goamag.net/gim 7. Goa's Identity Movement group on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com//#/group.php?gid=193497031686 8. Official Government Site NRI Office (GOA): http://www.globalgoans.org.in/