Re: [Goanet]Genuine meaning of Easter
I am genuinly ashamed of the absolute uncritical internalisation of the evil of caste among some Catholic Goans and will do all in my power to attack it, including, pursuing it with the Vatican which is wholly against this form of racism, as well as raising it in the wider media. I am fully aware that this will not make me popular at all among some Catholic Goans but it is a cause for which I am prepared to nail my mast. As to Easter, it is indeed a Christian celebration, and not a Hindu one (as far as I know), in which caste is expected to play a part. Yes, as you ask, I do know the meaning of Easter very very well but this begs the question, whether you really do, I have NEVER claimed to know the meaning anything religious. I would prefer not to ARGUE about a problem - I cant find a SOLUTION. We have too many arguments on this forum ,BUT no solutions. A couple of people on this forum playing the same tunes and some of us dancing to them ... It looks that the majority of the Goans on this forum do not care at all about the caste system , if they did - they would have got involved and worked for a solution. rene barreto == --- Fr. Ivo Da C. Souza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do endorse your struggle against casteism. Caste is there, to some extent, ingrained in our society. It is difficult to eradicate it totally from our minds and hearts. Fr. Ivo - makes a very interesting statement - he sates that it is going to be difficult .. Fr. Ivo , can you please tell us how this issue is being addressed in Goa - if at all and how ? Just asking . We do not seem to have the will to address this problem - but just argue about it. Just my thoughts. rene __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/
Re: [Goanet]Genuine meaning of Easter
I do endorse your struggle against casteism. Caste is there, to some extent, ingrained in our society. It is difficult to eradicate it totally from our minds and hearts. But I know that Christian message has been a leaven for the traansformation of our society. Casteism, understood as lack of respect for persons of so-called lower caste, is a sin (whether in the religious/theological or secular sense), just as racism is. Today casteist mentality is not so strong as it was in my childhood. Yet, I remember well, our Catholic families would not allow us to speak of caste and dwell in it. We had friends from all types of families, even among Hindu boys and girls. Let us be united and fight against casteism and communalism... Ivo da C.Souza - Original Message - From: cornel [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@goanet.org; renebarreto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 9:29 PM Subject: [Goanet]Genuine meaning of Easter Hi Rene, I am genuinely puzzled by your seeming uncertainty about my absolute disgust of caste among some Catholic Goans. Believe you me Rene, it is hard work often presenting thoughtful/lengthy material on Goanet, instead of one-liners, on any theme, especially, when I really do not need to be on it at all for any kudos reasons. I am genuinly ashamed of the absolute uncritical internalisation of the evil of caste among some Catholic Goans and will do all in my power to attack it, including, pursuing it with the Vatican which is wholly against this form of racism, as well as raising it in the wider media. I am fully aware that this will not make me popular at all among some Catholic Goans but it is a cause for which I am prepared to nail my mast. As to Easter, it is indeed a Christian celebration, and not a Hindu one (as far as I know), in which caste is expected to play a part. Yes, as you ask, I do know the meaning of Easter very very well but this begs the question, whether you really do, i n terms of reconciling Christian Easter with Hindu caste belief/practice among some Catholic Goans! I am aware of your great fondness for many things Goan, and for this reason, would not be too willing to be hard on you on this or any other issue Rene. However, please be reassured that my motives are absolutely genuine regarding anti-casteism which is akin to anti-racism, however uphill the struggle. Regards, Cornel
[Goanet]Genuine meaning of Easter
Hi Rene, I am genuinely puzzled by your seeming uncertainty about my absolute disgust of caste among some Catholic Goans. Believe you me Rene, it is hard work often presenting thoughtful/lengthy material on Goanet, instead of one-liners, on any theme, especially, when I really do not need to be on it at all for any kudos reasons. I am genuinly ashamed of the absolute uncritical internalisation of the evil of caste among some Catholic Goans and will do all in my power to attack it, including, pursuing it with the Vatican which is wholly against this form of racism, as well as raising it in the wider media. I am fully aware that this will not make me popular at all among some Catholic Goans but it is a cause for which I am prepared to nail my mast. As to Easter, it is indeed a Christian celebration, and not a Hindu one (as far as I know), in which caste is expected to play a part. Yes, as you ask, I do know the meaning of Easter very very well but this begs the question, whether you really do, in terms of reconciling Christian Easter with Hindu caste belief/practice among some Catholic Goans! I am aware of your great fondness for many things Goan, and for this reason, would not be too willing to be hard on you on this or any other issue Rene. However, please be reassured that my motives are absolutely genuine regarding anti-casteism which is akin to anti-racism, however uphill the struggle. Regards, Cornel
