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> If you don't apply laws that have been painstakingly legislated, you > have a chaotic society in which there can be no meaningful progress or > respect for the rights of the individual or of society. Goa is a prime > example. Yet when I wrote about "the Mess that is Goa", Sunith reacted > as if he found a bee in his "billiards pocket" Are you perhaps refering to that weepy post where you stated you that you were happy that you sold your house in Goa and were now overjoyed to be Canadian and that you had finaly achieved 'closure'. You also derided other Goans for selling theirs, a classic case of hypocrisy. Didn't I reply that if you had truly achieved closure you would be posting those views on a Canadian forum where they would be more relevant, and not on Goanet. > Obviously Sunith needs a nudge towards the dictionary which says of "dogma": > 1. a system of principles or tenets, as of a church. > 2. a specific tenet or doctrine authoritatively laid down, as by a > church: the dogma of the Assumption. Perhaps it is you Roland who need to a jolt towards modern concepts and definitions. Here is a more comprehensive definition from Wikipedia. (Quote)Dogma (the plural is either dogmata or dogmas, Greek äüãìá, plural äüãìáôá) is the established belief or doctrine held by a religion, ideology or any kind of organization, thought to be authoritative and not to be disputed or doubted. While in the context of religion the term is largely descriptive, outside of religion its current usage tends to carry a pejorative connotation referring to concepts as being "established" only according to a particular point of view, and thus one of doubtful foundation.(end of quote) Sunith Velho -- Sunith D Velho [EMAIL PROTECTED]
