Re: [Goanet] Will any Goan....re casteism and boycotts
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May There is no better, value for money, guest house. Confirm your bookings early or miss-out Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. > Frederick "FN" Noronha fredericknoronha at gmail.com > Sat Sep 16 19:40:21 PDT 2006 > > Whoa, Mario. Do go slow. Don't try to act as judge, > jury and executioner all rolled into one... that > too, without knowing the facts adequately. > Mario responds: > Fred, Calm down, man. Did you miss the smiley faces (see again below)? > I had suggested a letter writing campaign by a list of eloquent Goanet writers to the Editors of Goan newspapers as being more effective than a boycott of Goan newspapers by US-based Goans. [Note: No smiley face.] > When Selma, in her infinite wisdom, exempted the writers from participating in her agitation due to economic reasons I asked rhetorically whether these money-grubbing writers should also be boycotted for being concerned about the economic impact, or should only the money-grubbing newspaper publishers be punished:-)) [Note: Smiley face] > US-based Goans have been effectively boycotting Goan newspapers for years now, and they are apparently still publishing caste-centric matrimonials:-)) [Note: Smiley face] > ___ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
Re: [Goanet] Will any Goan....re casteism and boycotts
Whoa, Mario. Do go slow. Don't try to act as judge, jury and executioner all rolled into one... that too, without knowing the facts adequately. * Firstly, publications in Goa pay their writers very poorly -- in a situation of considerable politicking. That's why, anyone who can make it would prefer to write for the outstation media. Had people like me to depend on the media in Goa for my freelancing work since 1994, the situation would have been one close to penury. * Some writers *are* already semi-blacklisted by the media in Goa. Unless there's a yawning gap waiting to be filled, I find it more difficult to get published in Panjim, then on say the BBC website. * Most of Goanet's contributors and writers don't have a "hand that feeds them" relationship with the media in Goa. So if they want to, they can be critical. * The challenge is how to open up more space for people to express themselves, and for more diverse views to come up. Including critical perspectives. Not just to condemn baby with bath-water, your average writer with media major-players. You've just taken one strand out of Selma's argument ... and not necessarily the most pertinent one! FN PS: An interesting case of the media coverage in the Siolim suspected murder is emerging now. More on that later Off to Panjim. On 16/09/06, Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Mario's idea of writing to the newspapers is a good > > one but I don't expect too many writers in Goa to > > take it up, since one can't bite the hand that > > feeds the golden goose, to mix my proverbs. > Mario observes: > Oh, I get it. Writers, whose idealistic writings > suggest they want to transform society for the better, > won't bite the hand that feeds some goose in order to > oppose casteism, but newspaper publishers are supposed > to? Makes perfect sense. > Should we boycott these writers as well? -- -- Frederick Noronha http://fn.goa-india.org 9822122436 +91-832-240-9490 http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/ ___ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
Re: [Goanet] Will any Goan....re casteism and boycotts
--- Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mario's idea of writing to the newspapers is a good > one but I don't expect too many writers in Goa to > take it up, since one can't bite the hand that > feeds the golden goose, to mix my proverbs. > Mario observes: > Oh, I get it. Writers, whose idealistic writings suggest they want to transform society for the better, won't bite the hand that feeds some goose in order to oppose casteism, but newspaper publishers are supposed to? Makes perfect sense. > Should we boycott these writers as well? > ___ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
Re: [Goanet] Will any Goan....re casteism and boycotts
I respectfully disagree. If you see a sign outside a pub that says No Goans Allowed and you got in because you didn't look like a Goan, would you go around telling non-Goans not to go in or you yourself would take a stand and not go in? Sometimes institutions, organisations and countries have to be held accountable and boycotted for the injustices they help perpetuate. There are several notable boycotts that helped raise awareness and forced the companies, organisations or countries to reassess their policies. The famous boycott of goods made in S. Africa, the boycott of companies that use child-labour, the boycott of magazines that feature models with real fur, the boycott of "blood diamonds" from Sierra Leone, the banning of hard alcohol advertising on television, the banning of cigarette advertising that specifically targets children. Sometimes you change society from the grassroots, at other times you make bold statements that highlight the situation and leads to its re-examination. Mario's idea of writing to the newspapers is a good one but I don't expect too many writers in Goa to take it up, since one can't bite the hand that feeds the golden goose, to mix my proverbs. Selma -- --- Cecil Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cecil thinks: > It's easy to blame newspapers and church authorities > and 'the system', > rather than blame ourselves. If you see an unethical > advert for a product > or a service you would boycott the advertiser and > not the medium that > carried the advert. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
