[Goanet]Re: False assertions

2005-05-14 Thread George Pinto
> Fr. Ivo D'Souza wrote: > Let us respect those who "believe" that there is no God, as well as those who > believe, > with Reason enriched by Faith, that God is our Creator and loving Father. Fr Ivo A couple of questions: 1. Is God male, hence father? 2. Is God a white European male like most

Re: [Goanet]Re: NEWS UPDATE - another Saddam mass grave found in Iraq

2005-05-14 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Gabe Menezes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My Dear, dear Mario, > Please give it up; too many people to handle! You > have the wrong person I don't know what you are > talking about in regard to Uganda! > Perhaps your good adversary who has now progressed > to 3.0 can help you out.check bel

[Goanet]Everything has a limit

2005-05-14 Thread Salus Correia
Bonefacio Lopes wrote "...Salus correia starts his note "SUNIL/AVERTANO" WHOEVER YOU REALLY ARE, didn't your folks teach you how to address people. No one on the net is whoever Mr. salus its very important you show respect towards each other while addressing..." I have every respect for every on

Re: [Goanet]Re: NEWS UPDATE - another Saddam mass grave found in Iraq

2005-05-14 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Mario, I had previously written: > Het Mario, > Please try and get your facts right before you > write here. Unless, of course, there was an attack > on Uganda that only you and George Bush know about. > Mervyn3.0 To which you replied: > Very good observation, Gabe! Mario, I am wondering if it's

Re: [Goanet]False assertions and How did science begin?

2005-05-14 Thread Santosh Helekar
Santosh wrote: > >>Would he feel the same about Zoroastrian >>revelation? > In reponse to the above from me "Fr. Ivo Da C. Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --William of Ockham did not speak about it, to > my knowledge... Neither do > I answer... > This answer or non-answer and all others

Re: [Goanet]Re: NEWS UPDATE - another Saddam mass grave found in Iraq

2005-05-14 Thread Mario Goveia
Colin is so upset that Saddam Hussain was removed from power that he will continue to repeat what everyone knows, that the WMDs were not found, over and over again. I have made a detailed case of why I think the WMDs are still hidden somewhere, but Colin has not responded to a single point that ha

[Goanet]Re: Homosexuality in the human population

2005-05-14 Thread Santosh Helekar
Ricardo Nunes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >If there is no norm against homosexuality, should >there be norms against born pedophiles, born burglars, >born arsonists and so forth >...the utmost care should >be exercised to prevent contagion beyond the original >5% divine

[Goanet]Re: False assertions

2005-05-14 Thread Salus Correia
Fr. Ivo wrote: "... Let us respect those who "believe" that there is no God, as well as those who believe, with Reason enriched by Faith, that God is our Creator and loving Father" Well said Fr. Ivo! I couldn't have said it better!! Cheers salus

RE: [Goanet]Re: CATHOLIC ??? George!

2005-05-14 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- halur rasho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >The comment below is why I believe secularism is >doomed in India and among Indians. > Actually, these religious commentators are not proud of their Indian heritage. Indeed, this one in particular from down under abhors the entire ancient Indian cultur

[Goanet]Re: Music of Goa: from Ovi to Fred Disko

2005-05-14 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
You needn't lament about that. Just go and fix it -- obviously with an NPOV (neutral point of view). Wikipedia allows every to contribute. FN [Goanet]Music of Goa: from Ovi to Fred Disko Bernado Colaco goanet@goanet.org It is a shame that Maestro Antonio Figueiredo the father and protagonist of

Re: [Goanet]Re: mario bushy bushy whack whack...

2005-05-14 Thread Mario Goveia
With some Goanetters, the ignorance is so bliss or so callous, 'tis folly to say anything more. --- percy ferrao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes Gaby, with the knowledge Mario has on Post > Saddam Iraq, Bushey could even > appoint as the President of the Republic of Iraq !! > > Percy Ferrao >

[Goanet]A one man crusade by Mario Mascarehans for Salmona !

2005-05-14 Thread Goa-World.Com <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi Mr. Mario Mascarenhas, Like you, I have also just returned after a brief gap/break from (the Goanet postings accumulated inspite of my several requests for unsubscribing), from an assignment in Nouakchott, Mauritania! Whatever happened to the Saligao panch(es) in place who issued the lice

[Goanet]Goanet News Bytes * May 14, 2005 * Sailing, cafreal, Egypt...

2005-05-14 Thread Goanet News Service
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[Goanet]Re: Keralite Goans and North Indian Goans speak better Konkani

2005-05-14 Thread jose colaco
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear Carlos, I thank you for that INFO I wonder who "US" refers to I wonder HOW you know that for a fact I wonder WHICH Konkani you refer to I wonder what you mean by Konkani. North Indians PROUD to speak Konkani hanh? I'll remember to add it to the joke section of my web

[Goanet]Goanet News Bytes * May 13, 2005 * Afroz shows the way...

2005-05-14 Thread Goanet News Service
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[Goanet]Re: NIRMALA SAWANT to contest as INDEPENDENT

2005-05-14 Thread Alfred de Tavares
>godfrey gonsalves wrote: > > > The people of Goa were shocked to learn that Ms Nirmala Prabhakar > > Sawant ex MLA of 14- Cumbarjua Assembly Constituency, Tiswadi > > ex Minister for Power, ex-Goa Pradesh Congress Committee, President, > > a staunch loyalist, quit the Indian National Party > >S

[Goanet]Homosexuality in the human population

2005-05-14 Thread Ricardo Nunes
To have a deviation you need a norm; to have a norm you need to have a human concern. God is pure freedom, He fatherly loves all His creatures the same and knows not sin from virtue, microbe from dying child, sun light from typhoon. So norms are what they are, and are ours. Lots of famous Greeks (a

[Goanet]Re: IT hub in Goa.

2005-05-14 Thread Danny Fernandes
One of those really rejuvenating articles. I always had hopes in Goas development inspite of looking & hearing different tales of our land. I totally agree with Alan Andrews views. This article shows how we Goans can improve the present from mistakes of the past. We should not wait to think what th

[Goanet]Re: False assertions

2005-05-14 Thread Fr. Ivo Da C. Souza
--- "Fr. Ivo Da C. Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Can time start without Superior Intelligence? >Certainly not. > What is the rationale for the above statement? How did you arrive at this conclusion. Is it a self-evident truth? Objective scientific evidence indicates that the emergenc

[Goanet]Re: How did science begin?

2005-05-14 Thread Fr. Ivo Da C. Souza
--- "Fr. Ivo Da C. Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >It is impossible to have "objective evidence" in this area. Not true again. Hypotheses about the origins of the universe and of humankind can certainly be supported by objective evidence. For instance, the 2.726 degree Kelvin cosmic microwa

[Goanet]school timings

2005-05-14 Thread percy ferrao
Please let me know if the controversial full day school scheme in Goa has been implemented or is the issue still pending ? Thanks Percy Ferrao Ealing Road.

Re: [Goanet]Goan Bird Festivals

2005-05-14 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 14/05/05, Alfred de Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > My good great Gabe, > > Your above request is, at best, as ambiguous as beavies fluttering in yonder > skies > > What IS your preference in this matter? > > Without bikinis do they offend you? > > Or, do addaed apparel diminish the enha

[Goanet]Everything has a limit

2005-05-14 Thread Bonefacio Lopes
No catholic can and has ever become stronger after reading criticism on the net . Its hope against hope. Such issues are to be handled very carefully on the net. No doubt religious is dogmatic belief and a faith which inspires but when you splash muck on religion one may not want to be associate

[Goanet]Soft drinks to be banned in trains

2005-05-14 Thread carlos6143
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200505142169.htm?headline=Soft~drinks~to~be~banned~in~trains:~Lalu Soft drinks to be banned in trains: Lalu Chhindwara (MP), May. 14 (PTI): Continuing his swadeshi drive, Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad, today announced that sale of soft drinks would be

[Goanet]Re: NEWS UPDATE - another Saddam mass grave found in Iraq

2005-05-14 Thread Colin Britto
The author's attempts at spin are laughable. I have watched this debate for the last 6 months, and his tactics are simple: just routinely repeat points, and indulge in gross generalizations (example: if you are against the war in Iraq, you must be pro-Saddam). Mario: do you have a poster of Bush

[Goanet]RE: CATHOLIC ??? George!

2005-05-14 Thread George Pinto
--- Nasci Caldeira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In coments made about Hindus, and or Muslims and Sikhs; it is their religion, > and shows in their > religious practices; in these cases it is not their human failure; but a > practice of their > religion; or so they say. These controversial pract

Re: [Goanet]Re: NEWS UPDATE - another Saddam mass grave found in Iraq

2005-05-14 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 14/05/05, Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Very good observation, Gabe! It was a mistake for me > to mention Uganda. I should have said Tanzania, which > was attacked on the same day as Kenya. RESPONSE: My Dear, dear Mario, Please give it up; too many people to handle! You have th

[Goanet]Secularism - A tool of dividing politics

2005-05-14 Thread carlos6143
http://news.indiainfo.com/2005/02/08/0802guru.htmluesday Secularism - A tool of dividing politics -- Indiainfo.com By S Gurumurthy      Why did the Karnataka Chief Minister and other seculars proudly participate in the mass proselytising event of Benny Hinn, who abused Hindus and Hindu Gods?    H

Re: [Goanet]Re: NEWS UPDATE - another Saddam mass grave found in Iraq

2005-05-14 Thread Mario Goveia
--- Gabe Menezes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: How could Saddam show WMD's that are not there? Even a primary school kid could be foxed by such a preposterous question that you put to us.The WMD's were decommissioned and in reality were not of such a magnitude as made out by the USA. That he used it a

Re: [Goanet]Re: NEWS UPDATE - another Saddam mass grave found in Iraq

2005-05-14 Thread Mario Goveia
Very good observation, Gabe! It was a mistake for me to mention Uganda. I should have said Tanzania, which was attacked on the same day as Kenya. However, this correction in a long list of attacks on the US and US interests throughout the 90s, none of which were responded to by the Clinton ad

Re: [Goanet]Re: NEWS UPDATE - another Saddam mass grave found in Iraq

2005-05-14 Thread Mario Goveia
Colin, You are distinguishing yourself on Goanet by routinely spewing generalizations that have no basis in fact. Can you please cite me one example where I have said that the Bush administration can do no wrong? You obviously cannot deal with the specific points that I have made, so I don't blam

Re: [Goanet]Goan Bird Festivals

2005-05-14 Thread Alfred de Tavares
From: Gabe Menezes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: goanet@goanet.org To: goanet@goanet.org Subject: Re: [Goanet]Goan Bird Festivals Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 22:01:03 +0100 On 12/05/05, Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.a2mediagroup.com/?c=55&a=4926&sid=64023d329c2ea84084f3ede20

Re: [Goanet]Re: NEWS UPDATE - another Saddam mass grave found in Iraq

2005-05-14 Thread Alfred de Tavares
From: Gabe Menezes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: goanet@goanet.org To: goanet@goanet.org Subject: Re: [Goanet]Re: NEWS UPDATE - another Saddam mass grave found in Iraq Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 23:43:32 +0100 On 13/05/05, Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mario replies: > Gabe, it would help

Re: [Goanet]Two Goans among the Four Indian students - won the Intel ISEF awrds

2005-05-14 Thread carlos6143
Bernardo Colaco wrote: Come to Goa, come to Goa and become a Goan! Why not? Goa needs them to keep Konkani alive. Keralite Goans and North Indian Goans speak better Konkani and are proud to speak Konkani than many of us. At least they will keep the language alive. Carlos

RE: [Goanet]Re: CATHOLIC ??? George!

2005-05-14 Thread halur rasho
The comment below is why I believe secularism is doomed in India and among Indians. When majoritarian elements indulge in religion based bigotry, it can perhaps be understood (but not excused) as a means to power. When minorities, whom secularism is designed to protect, indulge in blatant religious

RE: [Goanet]Re: CATHOLIC ??? George!

2005-05-14 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- Nasci Caldeira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >In coments made about Hindus, and or Muslims and >Sikhs; it is their religion, and shows in their >religious practices; in these cases it is not >their human failure; but a practice of their >religion; or so they say. These controversial >practices

[Goanet]Wikipedia news that might interest you...

2005-05-14 Thread Frederick Noronha
Today's featured article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page The Battle of Aljubarrota took place on August 14, 1385, between Portuguese forces commanded by King João I and his general Nuno Alvares Pereira, and the Castilian army of King Juan I. The place was Aljubarrota, between the towns of

Re: [Goanet]Shipping books to Goa

2005-05-14 Thread Themistocles D'Silva
I have been making inquiries on shipping books to Goa/India for many years. It is not easy. The problem was (it may have changed recently) the Indian customs and India's strict regulations. As a student in 1960's some of us helped a South Indian Jesuit and a Professor pack scores of boxes with bo

[Goanet]Anju finishes poor fourth

2005-05-14 Thread Eustaquio Santimano
Anju finishes poor fourth Our Correspondent | May 14, 2005 08:06 IST Anju George, looking for a kick-start to the season, had a bad outing in the IAAF Qatar Super Grand Prix, finishing fourth in the women's long jump in Doha on Friday. The World Championships bronze medallist and defending cha

[Goanet]Paes-Zimonjic in Hamburg semis

2005-05-14 Thread Eustaquio Santimano
Paes-Zimonjic in Hamburg semis May 14, 2005 10:57 IST Leander Paes and Nenad Zimonjic beat the third seeded American pair of Mike and Bob Bryan in a thrilling contest to make it to the last four teams of the Hamburg Masters doubles on Friday. Paes- Zimonjic defeated the Americans 3-6, 7-6 (5),

Re: [Goanet]Two Goans among the Four Indian students - won the Intel ISEF awrds

2005-05-14 Thread Bernado Colaco
Come to Goa, come to Goa and become a Goan! B. Colaco > > and Mallika Dhillon, 16, of > ___ How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos http://uk.photos.yahoo.com

RE: [Goanet]Re: CATHOLIC ??? George!

2005-05-14 Thread Nasci Caldeira
Response to George down after. From: George Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet]Re: CATHOLIC ??? Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 10:16:14 -0700 (PDT) there ought to be no limits on religious and ideological criticism on Goanet". In the 6 years I have been on Goanet, I have read justified and fact

Re: [Goanet]When ignorance is truly bliss.....

2005-05-14 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 13/05/05, Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The objection by the Democrats to Bolton is that he > may actually call a spade a spade and induce the > feckless UN to change its corrupt ways. > > People like you are afraid of him because he will > shake up the currently useless and corrupt

Re: [Goanet]Glycerine in Indian beer

2005-05-14 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 14/05/05, Cecil Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Gabe, > > Thanks for the information. I have heard of finings used as clearing agents > for beer and wine but have never heard of GLYCERINE being used as a fining > agent in BEER. > Cecil RESPONSE: All in good time Cecil, I have given y

Re: Re: [Goanet]Goan Bird Festivals

2005-05-14 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Gabe Menezes wrote: Goa Bird Festivals RESPONSE: Could we have pictures of these bevy of beauties Goan birds - preferably in bikinis? Ever since a law dating back to Portuguese times (pre-invasion in some perspectives, post-invasion by others) that banned "inadequately" clad women and non-Wester

[Goanet]Untouchables in Goa

2005-05-14 Thread Cecil Pinto
Cornel asked: Are there untouchables among the Catholics or indeed among the Hindus normally resident in Goa today? - Dear Cornel, To the best of my knowledge there are no untouchables in Goa but those who indulge in Multi Level Marketing come pretty close. People try to keep away from them a

Re: [Goanet] False assertions

2005-05-14 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- "Fr. Ivo Da C. Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Can time atart without Superior Intelligence? >Certainly not. > What is the rationale for the above statement? How did you arrive at this conclusion. Is it a self-evident truth? Objective scientific evidence indicates that the emergence of

Re: [Goanet]Music of Goa: from Ovi to Fred Disko

2005-05-14 Thread Bernado Colaco
It is a shame that Maestro Antonio Figueiredo the father and protagonist of the now Kala Academy is not mentioned in this report. B. Colaco --- "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Goa > > Goa is a part of India, and has had

Re: [Goanet]MUSIC IN GOA

2005-05-14 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Oscar C. Lobo wrote: The resort had regular shows i.e. Magician, Indian dancers, duo's etc. which were very exciting. However, one evening my heart broke into two when a group of Non-Goans came to sing Konkani songs. They sang songs like Undra magea mama and others. For me to listen to them wa

[Goanet]Glycerine in Indian beer

2005-05-14 Thread Cecil Pinto
Gabe Menezes wrote: Glycerine or finings is used to clear the beer, traditionally made beer will have the yeast settle at the bottom of the bottle or barrel. The beer we get has been cleared of the yeast to the best possible extent using finings and sometimes glycerine. -- Dear Gabe, Thanks for

[Goanet]RE: Goanparty.com

2005-05-14 Thread D'Souza, Avelino
Fred, I think Konkani editor, similar to MS-word editor, with spell-check, grammar help, thesaurus, English to Konkani translator, will be a very useful tool to learn and write in Konkani. It will standardize the spellings and create new breed of writers. Fred, can you throw light on the feasibil

[Goanet]Shipping books to Goa

2005-05-14 Thread Cecil Pinto
Cornel wrote: Akin to this, another possibility is to ship 'discarded' library books to institutions in Goa. Such discarded books are invariably not that old at all. They are simply discarded to make space for newer stocks. Clearly, there is the cost of sending them across to different destinations

[Goanet]RE: Audience v/s Participation

2005-05-14 Thread P D
Cecil Pinto wrote: The term 'audience' in fact is curious. One is a 'participant' in an e-group. An audience on the other hand is expected to be kept entertained in the manner of their taste. If more devout GoaNetters participate, and stop considering themselves an audience that can quit, then per

Re: [Goanet] How did science begin?

2005-05-14 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- "Fr. Ivo Da C. Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >The scientists are trying to find the origins of >the Universe and of humankind. In this process of >research Science has recourse to conjectures, >assumptions, opinions, probabilities, beliefs, >guess... > Fr. Ivo, Do you have any reason

Re: [Goanet]NIRMALA SAWANT to contest as INDEPENDENT

2005-05-14 Thread carlos6143
godfrey gonsalves wrote: The people of Goa were shocked to learn that Ms Nirmala Prabhakar Sawant ex MLA of 14- Cumbarjua Assembly Constituency, Tiswadi ex Minister for Power, ex-Goa Pradesh Congress Committee, President, a staunch loyalist, quit the Indian National Party>> She must be regrettin

[Goanet]WHAT ARE THE CORRESPONDING GOA STATS?

2005-05-14 Thread Philip Thomas
In an op-ed piece titled "The Pinocchio Economy [of West Bengal]" in TOI yesterday (May 13), a leading economic journalist, Omkar Goswami, tossed out the following national and state level stats. "Statistically between 1993-94 and 2003-04 the average [inflation adjusted] GDP growth for India has b

[Goanet]Course in Fruit and Vegetable preservation

2005-05-14 Thread Miguel Braganza
Dears, The Food & Nutrition Extension Centre, glovt. of India, located at House No.1120, Old Housing Board Colony[ Teen Building stop] Alto Porvorim [ Phone 0832-2414713 ] regurlarly conducts hands-on courses to teach fruit and vegetable preservation as pickles, candies, syrups, squashes, sauces,

[Goanet]By -Elections in Goa.

2005-05-14 Thread A. Veronica Fernandes
BY – ELECTIONS IN GOA. So the by-elections in Goa are announced and the candidates have been filing their nomination papers. Once again all the old faces are seen queuing for contesting the elections to get themselves re-elected and once they are re-elected, what will be their decision? That t