Re: [Goanet] Two great men
--- | New on Goanet's website's A&E section - http://www.goanet.org | | Book in Review: A Kind of Absence - Joao da Veiga Coutinho| | POEM: SUSEGAAD - Cynthia Gomes James| | http://www.goanet.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=216 | --- You are exactly right, Cornel. It has to be viewed in context. Even Martin Luther King himself used it. It has no currency in this day and age and is referred to as the "N" word in polite parlance... Chris - Original Message - From: "cornel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" ; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 7:30 AM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Two great men Chris, Just out of curiosity, is it acceptable in the USA to say... "freed negroes from slavery..." The word "negroes" would be totally unacceptable in the UK and replaced by the word "blacks". I know there is a historical context re the terminology but surely it can't be acceptable in the way you have put it. Just asking really. Cornel PS I hope Mario, the eternal pundit who knows it all, won't reply on your behalf as I can't take anything he says seriously, especially when I want to learn something. - Original Message - From: "Chris Vaz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 12:19 AM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Two great men --- | New on Goanet's website's A&E section - http://www.goanet.org | | Book in Review: A Kind of Absence - Joao da Veiga Coutinho | | POEM: SUSEGAAD - Cynthia Gomes James | | http://www.goanet.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=216 | --- Let us also remember and honor Abe Lincoln, also known as the Great Emancipator who freed negroes from slavery and the Republicans in Congress who helped tip the 1964 Civil Rights Act even when Democrats such as Algore Sr and the Robt Byrd Klaneagle opposed it. - Original Message - From: "George Pinto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Goanet" Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 8:39 AM Subject: [Goanet] Two great men -- - | New on Goanet's website's A&E section - http://www.goanet.org | | Book in Review: A Kind of Absence - Joao da Veiga Coutinho | | POEM: SUSEGAAD - Cynthia Gomes James | | http://www.goanet.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&; amp;sid=216 | -- - January 16... Today is Martin Luther King day in the USA. Goan Americans (and others around the world) owe him and others a debt of gratitude. They fought for civil rights and equal opportunity, inlcuding economic opportunity from which we benefit today. See http://www.thekingcenter.org/ Today is also the feast of the Patron of Goa, Blessed Joseph Vaz. All Goans can appreciate the inter-religious achievements of this great Goan. See more info. at http://www.blessedjosephvaz.com/ Regards, George
Re: [Goanet] Two great men
--- | New on Goanet's website's A&E section - http://www.goanet.org | | Book in Review: A Kind of Absence - Joao da Veiga Coutinho| | POEM: SUSEGAAD - Cynthia Gomes James| | http://www.goanet.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=216 | --- Chris, Just out of curiosity, is it acceptable in the USA to say... "freed negroes from slavery..." The word "negroes" would be totally unacceptable in the UK and replaced by the word "blacks". I know there is a historical context re the terminology but surely it can't be acceptable in the way you have put it. Just asking really. Cornel PS I hope Mario, the eternal pundit who knows it all, won't reply on your behalf as I can't take anything he says seriously, especially when I want to learn something. - Original Message - From: "Chris Vaz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 12:19 AM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Two great men --- | New on Goanet's website's A&E section - http://www.goanet.org | | Book in Review: A Kind of Absence - Joao da Veiga Coutinho | | POEM: SUSEGAAD - Cynthia Gomes James | | http://www.goanet.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=216 | --- Let us also remember and honor Abe Lincoln, also known as the Great Emancipator who freed negroes from slavery and the Republicans in Congress who helped tip the 1964 Civil Rights Act even when Democrats such as Algore Sr and the Robt Byrd Klaneagle opposed it. ----- Original Message - From: "George Pinto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Goanet" Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 8:39 AM Subject: [Goanet] Two great men -- - | New on Goanet's website's A&E section - http://www.goanet.org | | Book in Review: A Kind of Absence - Joao da Veiga Coutinho | | POEM: SUSEGAAD - Cynthia Gomes James | | http://www.goanet.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&; amp;sid=216 | -- - January 16... Today is Martin Luther King day in the USA. Goan Americans (and others around the world) owe him and others a debt of gratitude. They fought for civil rights and equal opportunity, inlcuding economic opportunity from which we benefit today. See http://www.thekingcenter.org/ Today is also the feast of the Patron of Goa, Blessed Joseph Vaz. All Goans can appreciate the inter-religious achievements of this great Goan. See more info. at http://www.blessedjosephvaz.com/ Regards, George
Re: [Goanet] Two great men
--- | New on Goanet's website's A&E section - http://www.goanet.org | | Book in Review: A Kind of Absence - Joao da Veiga Coutinho| | POEM: SUSEGAAD - Cynthia Gomes James| | http://www.goanet.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=216 | --- Chris Vaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Let us also remember and honor Abe Lincoln, also > known as > the Great Emancipator who freed negroes from slavery > and the Republicans in Congress who helped tip the 1964 > Civil Rights Act even when Democrats such as Algore Sr > and the Robt Byrd Klaneagle opposed it. Oh Joy! Mervyn3.0 __ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca
Re: [Goanet] Two great men
--- | New on Goanet's website's A&E section - http://www.goanet.org | | Book in Review: A Kind of Absence - Joao da Veiga Coutinho| | POEM: SUSEGAAD - Cynthia Gomes James| | http://www.goanet.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=216 | --- Let us also remember and honor Abe Lincoln, also known as the Great Emancipator who freed negroes from slavery and the Republicans in Congress who helped tip the 1964 Civil Rights Act even when Democrats such as Algore Sr and the Robt Byrd Klaneagle opposed it. - Original Message - From: "George Pinto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Goanet" Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 8:39 AM Subject: [Goanet] Two great men > -- - > | New on Goanet's website's A&E section - http://www.goanet.org | > | Book in Review: A Kind of Absence - Joao da Veiga Coutinho | > | POEM: SUSEGAAD - Cynthia Gomes James | > | http://www.goanet.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&; amp;sid=216 | > -- - > January 16... > > Today is Martin Luther King day in the USA. Goan Americans (and others around the world) owe him > and others a debt of gratitude. They fought for civil rights and equal opportunity, inlcuding > economic opportunity from which we benefit today. See http://www.thekingcenter.org/ > > Today is also the feast of the Patron of Goa, Blessed Joseph Vaz. All Goans can appreciate the > inter-religious achievements of this great Goan. See more info. at > http://www.blessedjosephvaz.com/ > > Regards, > George > >
[Goanet] Two great men
--- | New on Goanet's website's A&E section - http://www.goanet.org | | Book in Review: A Kind of Absence - Joao da Veiga Coutinho| | POEM: SUSEGAAD - Cynthia Gomes James| | http://www.goanet.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=216 | --- January 16... Today is Martin Luther King day in the USA. Goan Americans (and others around the world) owe him and others a debt of gratitude. They fought for civil rights and equal opportunity, inlcuding economic opportunity from which we benefit today. See http://www.thekingcenter.org/ Today is also the feast of the Patron of Goa, Blessed Joseph Vaz. All Goans can appreciate the inter-religious achievements of this great Goan. See more info. at http://www.blessedjosephvaz.com/ Regards, George
