On Sat, 02 Jul 2011 09:15:15 -0700, Santosh Helekar wrote: <<<Boorish religious chauvinism, sectarianism and communalism, combined with crackpot nascimentality, have always existed in Goa in equal measure among the Hindus and the Catholics for as long as I can remember. These traits are especially prominent among politicians and political activists, a good example of which can be seen in the post appended below. The modus operandi of a politician looking for cheap popularity and support from his co-religionists has always been to single out the other religious community for abuse, and resort to wild generalizations and conspiracy theories. From my parents and
grandparents, and from the history that I have read I have learned that the situation was much worse in the past than it is today. For one thing, today the power is shared equally by politicians of both communities elected by the people of Goa.Cheers, Santosh>>> RESPONSE : Santosh would do more justice to this blind comment of his if he could provide reference to any communal violence having occurred in Goa during the Portuguese regime, instead of dragging his parents and grand parents as source of his knowledge. An educated person quotes from knowledge he has obtained from recorded history as I produced in my previous post. If family sources are quoted as source of such misinformation it makes the information biased and tends to make one believe that communal seeds were really sowed in some families. Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão.