Re: [Goanet] The destruction of Hindu temples to build Churches- response to Mario and Gilbert

2006-06-23 Thread Marlon Menezes
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Re: [Goanet] Destruction of Hindu Temples

2006-06-22 Thread Marlon Menezes
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Re: [Goanet] Goa History: Destruction of Temples

2006-06-20 Thread Marlon Menezes
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Re: [Goanet] Re:Boycott Inox multiplex Cinema Hall for Showing the Film, despite Ban in Goa

2006-06-20 Thread Marlon Menezes
and manouvering is quite different from the treat of use of physical violence against specific individuals. Can we say Mob rule? Marlon Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wrote: [Marlon: The server/mailing list should have no problems handling a list that is much larger.] Joe: Good! Then this issue

Re: [Goanet] Re: The destruction of Hindu temples to build Churches

2006-06-17 Thread Marlon Menezes
Just to let everyone, Gilbert's comments below are yet another spin in his attempt to deflect blame from the church. It is well known that Goa was ruled by a Muslim leader by the name of Adil Shah when the Portuguese attacked Goa. In fact, the Portuguese received support from neighboring Hindu

Re: [Goanet] child labour in India

2006-06-16 Thread Marlon Menezes
Cornel, Child labor was alive and well in socialist India as well. This has nothing to do with capitalism. While no one should condone child labor, one should realize that it is the children's parents in many cases who have sold them to virtual slavery. Furthermore, it is India's 50 years of its

Re: [Goanet] RE: LOW COST AVIATION MAKES STEADY GAINS

2006-06-15 Thread Marlon Menezes
I dont recall putting down Gopinath personally. All I said that Air Deccan's IPO did not go very well. For a market like India, I would tend to agree that low cost, no frills service will garner the majority of the market share. Logistically, most flights in India are of a very short duration (3

Re: [Goanet] Re: The destruction of Hindu temples .....

2006-06-15 Thread Marlon Menezes
Gilbert, Thank you for your long winded attempt to weasel out an explanation. The more you write, the more you expose your prejudices. If you wish to ignore the mountains of independent research that has been done on this issue and choose to ignore the material evidence that still exists on the

Re: [Goanet] Re: The destruction of Hindu temples to build Catholicchurches in their places.

2006-06-15 Thread Marlon Menezes
Mario replies: Many things that are well known are based on rumors and don't have the slightest evidence. Obviously Mario has not bothered to read the threads from 2004. Once he is done reading those threads, he should read: Flight of the Deities: Hindu Resistance in Portuguese Goa,

Re: [Goanet] Hindu temple replaced by temple of commerce - in 2006

2006-06-14 Thread Marlon Menezes
It is unfortunate that Mario has joined the likes of Gilbert who deny that Hindu temples were destroyed during the inquisition and replaced by catholic churches - despite the volumes of research and evidence that has been documented. The destruction of hindu temples in Pakistan does not in anyway

Re: [Goanet] LOW COST AVIATION MAKES STEADY GAINS

2006-06-14 Thread Marlon Menezes
The real question that should be asked is whether these so called low cost airlines are making any money. Alternatively are their market share gains from genuinely lower cost operations or their lower prices regardless of costs. I would be very surprised that an airline like Kingfisher has a lower

Re: [Goanet] Boycott Inox multiplex Cinema Hall for Showing the Film, despite Ban in Goa

2006-06-14 Thread Marlon Menezes
--- Joe Blessed Vaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marlon, first of, you do not need the Government’s decision or permission to protest – that’s why it is called “protest” -- nor does it mandate a public vote or poll –- even a lone (individual) person has the fundamental right to protest. Do

Re: [Goanet] The destruction of Hindu temples to build Catholicchurches in their places.

2006-06-12 Thread Marlon Menezes
The discussion two years ago on Goanet highlighted several sources that provided evidence of Catholic churches being built on Hindu temples. There are many references on this topic. As a side note, based on my readings I visited the Divar church (my family is from Divar) and sure enough, saw the

Re: [Goanet] Re: Mario's mantra about a rock solid code

2006-06-09 Thread Marlon Menezes
I am surprised that Mario would consider himself as being a committed catholic as he has publicly denounced the Pope and the church hierarchy. I think it would be more appropriate to say that Mario is in between a rock and a hard place. Definitely no rock solid code however! Marlon --- cornel

Re: [Goanet] Re:Boycott Inox multiplex Cinema Hall for Showing the Film, despite Ban in Goa

2006-06-07 Thread Marlon Menezes
I find it interesting that people from the extremist religious right have no issue with enforcing their hard line religious views, with no regard to the rule of law. Contrary to the false subject line, there was no legal ban on the movie as it had already passed the requirements of the government

Re: [Goanet] Woman priest says Mass

2006-06-07 Thread Marlon Menezes
I have already posted my response in my reply to Mario with the necessary archived links as well as specfic quotes by Gilbert. It clearly shows Gilbert's refusal to accept the crimes committed by the church against the hindu majority during the inquisition - which included the destruction of

Re: [Goanet] Woman priest says Mass

2006-06-06 Thread Marlon Menezes
--- Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marlon, If the secular welfare state has become so excessive, then why are there still so many Christian social service agencies all over the place, and nary an atheist social service agency to be found anywhere? --- The government (in most modern

Re: [Goanet] Re: Galileo, Dan Brown and The Church

2006-06-06 Thread Marlon Menezes
Some people have a very selective or very short memories! Mario has himself been guilty of backing an individual who made unfortuate comments against a muslim goanetter by the name of Tariq Siddiqi on this this very forum. Ironically, although this person later retracted his statements, Mario

Re: [Goanet] Woman priest says Mass

2006-06-03 Thread Marlon Menezes
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Re: [Goanet] Re: PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE RATHER THAT RESERVATIONS

2006-06-03 Thread Marlon Menezes
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Re: [Goanet] Re: Galileo, Dan Brown and The Church

2006-06-03 Thread Marlon Menezes
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RE: [Goanet] Past BBC programmes on Goa

2006-06-03 Thread Marlon Menezes
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[Goanet] The right of Christians in India to prostelize

2006-05-26 Thread Marlon Menezes
I agree with Gilbert. There should not be any bans on conversions in India or anywhere. Religion (as Gilbert correctly described with his example of Christianity in France), like any business, is all about spin and marketing. It does not have to be based on facts, but is focused on making the

[Goanet] Proposed Goanet fundraiser for a generous christian

2006-05-24 Thread Marlon Menezes
It is indeed very reassuring to see Christianity alive and well in India! I suggest all the vocal defenders of the faith on goanet, draw up a collection and assist Nicholas Almedia in his efforts to have Dan Brown murdered and decapitated. Praise the lord! Marlon --- Frederick Noronha [EMAIL

Re: [Goanet] Galileo, Dan Brown and The Church

2006-05-15 Thread Marlon Menezes
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Re: [Goanet] BAN FILMS - PROTEST RALLY

2006-05-10 Thread Marlon Menezes
So Mario, are you for or against the attempt by the church to ban the film? Looks to me like you are straddling the fence, which it makes all your superficial pleas for the defence of Iraqi freedom sound quite hollow! It is ironic that all this zeal for banning things is taking place right now.

Re: [Goanet] Re: Reservations rears its ugly head again!

2006-04-25 Thread Marlon Menezes
Aristo, While you acknowledge the gross problems with the reservations system, I do not believe your proposals address the fundamental flaws of the reservations system in the first place. I cannot accept the propagation if new injustices to make up for injustices that occured hundreds of years

Re: [Goanet] Re: What do Christians believe?

2006-04-21 Thread Marlon Menezes
RKN and Nasci Nasci was perhaps a little careless in not being more specific about the christian god he brays to. Christians too have many gods and depending upon which god you pray to, your mileage will obviously vary. To begin with, there is the holy trinity - the Father, son (Jesus) and the

Re: [Goanet] Advantages of a Portuguese Travel document

2006-04-10 Thread Marlon Menezes
-- Domnic Fernandes continues (Part III) his reminiscence of Mapusa of the 1950s

Re: [Goanet] Mervyn an anti-American Islamo fascist?

2006-03-29 Thread Marlon Menezes
--- Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about Mervyn Lobo: No one should be surprised that the above comments come from the most virulent anti-American on Goanet and an apologist for the Islamo-fascists, both sentiments crystal clear from the comment above. --- Mervyn is so virulently

Re: [Goanet] Re: Illegal Portuguese immigrants in Canada

2006-03-29 Thread Marlon Menezes
Peter, There is a big difference between deportation versus arrest/detention and possibly torture for multiple years without a trial. There is little or no oversight to the US government's activities in Guantanamo. So long as it remains closed, questions- justified or otherwise will continue to

Re: [Goanet] Re: Homeschooling in Goa vs USA

2006-03-28 Thread Marlon Menezes
--- Peter D'Souza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marlon, For a real world idea idea of what the homeschooling movement is all about please visit a local homeschooling group in your area. They typically meet once a month. The site you referred me to has gems like this 80% of families who home

Re: [Goanet] Re: Homeschooling in Goa vs USA

2006-03-27 Thread Marlon Menezes
Being different and unaccountable does not necessarily make something more successful or better! Many of the home schooling activities in the US are motivated by religious extremists who do not accept the precepts of modern science (eg. creationism over evolution) and therefore not very different

Re: [Goanet] The Athletics Drought (V M de Malar)

2006-03-22 Thread Marlon Menezes
Are there athletic clubs in Goa that one could sponsor? I think Goa is potentially a great venue for Triathalon type events, specially in the more secluded South Goa area. The relatively calm coves in say the Palolem area would be perfect for a multi kilometer swim and the roads around there would

Re: [Goanet] The Murderers of Fr. Eusebio Ferrao Should be Crucified Upside Down in Goa

2006-03-22 Thread Marlon Menezes
I would like to pay tribute to the exempleary courage exhibited by Heman and Como in pushing for the immediate execution of these alleged criminals. However, as a good hearted and peace loving Goan, I am troubled that we cannot reach a consensus on the means of execution. Como has suggested the

[Goanet] well earned reputation for abuse

2006-03-10 Thread Marlon Menezes
Folks, I dont know about you, but I am getting tired of this back and forth. I suggest goanet takes a poll to test out Mario's hypothesis below that he is more credible, honest, less abusive and generally speaking, more intelligent than Santosh. Let this poll end this endless bickering.

Re: [Goanet] Re: Hotel tariff zooms up by 20 % in Goa

2005-12-21 Thread Marlon Menezes
-- |Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | || | Watch this space for more details

Re: [Goanet] Global climate change and Goa: questions from a village called Moira

2005-12-19 Thread Marlon Menezes
--- Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are SEVERAL scientists who believe that whatever global warming is taking place cannot be blamed on human activity. Other scientists report opposing research findings. Nature Magazine recently reported one scientific study that Europe was

Re: [Goanet] Global climate change and Goa: questions from a village called Moira

2005-12-17 Thread Marlon Menezes
--- Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The US believes that while there may be global warming taking place there is no rational evidence that it is being caused by human activity. Therefore controls should be voluntary. The US has increasingly implemented environmental standards, but

[Goanet] Goa Sausages achieves USDA certification

2005-12-15 Thread Marlon Menezes
I am happy to announce that Roy Furtado of Essence of Goa (aka. Goanfoods) has obtained USDA approval for his renowned Goa Sausages. It has truly been a labor of love on his part and I am thrilled that he has finally succeeded after encountering many hurdles. Users can purchase his products

[Goanet] Mario's attack on Portugal (a coalition partner)

2005-11-20 Thread Marlon Menezes
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Re: [Goanet] Faster, Higher, Stronger - Steffi Cardozo

2005-11-20 Thread Marlon Menezes
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[Goanet] Mechanical engineers needed

2005-11-08 Thread Marlon Menezes
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Re: [Goanet] Re: Fists of Freedom - Rosa Parks

2005-11-04 Thread Marlon Menezes
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Re: [Goanet] Get Along Better

2005-10-29 Thread Marlon Menezes
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[Goanet] Re: totally confused about garbage..................

2005-10-27 Thread Marlon Menezes
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[Goanet] totally confused about garbage

2005-10-20 Thread Marlon Menezes
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Re: [Goanet] Re: Goan Attitudes

2005-10-12 Thread Marlon Menezes
Mario adds: I strongly endorse Floriano's suggestion shown above. I had no idea that overseas, part-time, long distance Goans even had the gall to take such credit. As one who has been accused of an overseas mouth that is louder than most, my loud mouth is firmly on the side of

Re: [Goanet] THE WAY AHEAD IN TRAVEL HOTEL BOOKING

2005-10-12 Thread Marlon Menezes
The reason for this, specially for long haul flights from N.America to India may be because the online travel services only seem to display the full fare ticketed prices, which are simply not competitive. I'm not too sure why this is. It may be due to capacity constraints for flights going to or

Re: [Goanet] Now that You Know Meat Milk products are banned to import into UK (EU), what would you do??

2005-10-05 Thread Marlon Menezes
JoeGoa, Is this ban only applicable to products brought in from India? What about products that are produced in the US and approved by the FDA? The reason I ask is that Roy Furtado(of goanfoods.com) has been getting a lot of requests from the UK (and places where there are large expat goan

[Goanet] Goan independence/Welcome to Agnelo

2005-09-18 Thread Marlon Menezes
Agnelo and everyone, It is indeed an honor to have Agmelo join us on goanet. As one of the founders of the Goa Independence Clown Party, Agnolo has played a pivotal role in the hard and often bloody struggle for goanese independence. Mario's double vision and persistance has acted as a beacon

Re: RE [Goanet] Essence of Goa online store at www.goacom.com offline?

2005-09-11 Thread Marlon Menezes
Since I have received a lot of requests about this and goanfoods I am posting this on goanet. The chat site's URL is http://www.goanconnect.com However, it should be up by the middle to end of next week. Also, all the original content from the original goacom site is now at www.goacom.org Marlon

Re: [Goanet] Essence of Goa online store at www.goacom.com offline?

2005-09-08 Thread Marlon Menezes
Ronald, The site is www.goanfoods.com. However FDA approval has been delayed by about a month which means that you cannot buy sausages online for now. You can contact Roy directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] to see if he has any samples. Hehas sent me many of his samples for taste testingand I have to

[Goanet]Bombay's new airport terminal

2005-08-15 Thread Marlon Menezes
http://specials.rediff.com/news/2005/aug/12sld1.htm

[Goanet]linux/latex vs. microsoft

2005-07-21 Thread Marlon Menezes
Fred, I am not pro microsoft or anti linux and dont have any allegiences to any camp. 12 years ago (scary how time flies) while writing up my MS thesis, I had a nightmare using a variety of the well known microsoft products and ended up doing some of my work on a mac. 4 years after that when it

Re: [Goanet] This weekend's ILUG-Goa meet 23072005 * Goa Science Centre 1500-1700

2005-07-19 Thread Marlon Menezes
Latex was great in the DOS and early Windows era when the editing software and the underlying hardware (x86 based PCs) were unable to handle the graphic rich and numerically intense content that was utilized in typical technical theses. Conversely, Latex was primarily run on unix based work

Re: [Goanet]Fusion Energy and ITER

2005-07-19 Thread Marlon Menezes
--- Nasci Caldeira [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, China's auto industry is so young and yet they are manufacturing cars quite good and above all very cheaply (half the cost) compared to European/ American/Indian prices. Last week , 400 cars, medium duty and two wheel drive, manual

Re: [Goanet]The Foundation: In Response to Marlon's Comments Regarding Fundamentalist Christians

2005-07-07 Thread Marlon Menezes
--- Peter D'Souza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: July 6, 2005 The Foundation Jill Carattini But it has been done, and is done, and often we have learned the hard way, if we have learned at all. The philosophy of Frederick Nietzsche played such games, making assertions aimed at changing the

Re: [Goanet]Inspiring information on the catholic church in the US

2005-07-07 Thread Marlon Menezes
--- Mervyn Lobo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marlon, I had to stop reading here. The reason is that the prince of darkness has taken over the author. When you take 1,575 and reduce it to 0, you get a decline of 100%. A decline of 350% is a concept that only the prince of darkness, the

[Goanet]Inspiring information on the catholic church in the US

2005-07-06 Thread Marlon Menezes
I found the following inspiring information on the church. To all those who say that the church is in a crisis, dream on! God jesus is the supreme being who obviously knows what he is doing. Praise the lord! Priests. After skyrocketing from about 27,000 in 1930 to 58,000 in 1965, the number of

[Goanet]Satan and the church - one and the same?

2005-07-06 Thread Marlon Menezes
The waning of Satan's power As the power of the Christian Church has waned, so too has the power of Satan. It is no accident that Satan reached the peak of his career at the same time the Church did, during the thirteenth century. During the Middle Ages, the Devil was said to have built Hadrian's

Re: [Goanet]Please respect opposing views

2005-07-05 Thread Marlon Menezes
Fr. Ivo, You are trying to have your cake and eat it too! It is like saying that you sympathize with the terrorists, but dont actually endorse what they are doing. It just higlights my personal view that one cannot really negotiate or coexist with religious fundamentalists as they wish to

Re: [Goanet]Please respect opposing views

2005-07-04 Thread Marlon Menezes
Kevin, Obviously, some of the fundamentalists on this list simply do not get it. Here is a nice email I received from one such person. I have deleted his email to protect his identity. The threat was not from any one recently involved in the various debates on goanet. BTW, any tips from anyone

Re: [Goanet]Re: George Pinto's patently faux story .....

2005-07-04 Thread Marlon Menezes
Haha Peter, that is good point! Obviously both sides of the debate can resort to hyperbole to make, or should I say, weaken their case. Marlon Marlon Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] asks: Joe, How does questioning the authenticity of Jesus's alleged miracles constitute a gruesome attack

Re: [Goanet]Re: George Pinto's patently faux story .....

2005-07-01 Thread Marlon Menezes
--- Joe Vaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We didn’t see George addressing the “miracles? issue in 2001 when that discussion was on, --- after all Pinto is a devote loyalist. He gladly let those gruesome attacks by his friend go bye, without a word. Interestingly, a man who does not believe

Re: [Goanet]RE:Indigo a new Indian budget Airline?

2005-06-21 Thread Marlon Menezes
--- Philip Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You are probably right about a bust following the boom. In the U.S. (in the 80s) and in Europe (in the 90s) airline bubbles have been followed by busts. Asia may not be very different during this decade. It is also true that everybody does

Re: [Goanet]In America, the crows stick to the garbage

2005-06-17 Thread Marlon Menezes
that many in this and in previous US adminstrations had no issues working with Saddam and a variety of other regimes. If it is good for business, it is good - period. Marlon --- Peter D'Souza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: /Marlon Menezes writes:/// Personally, I dont give a hoot that people

Re: [Goanet]Indigo a new Indian budget Airline?

2005-06-16 Thread Marlon Menezes
This is absolutely nuts. Are we seeing another dot com like craze before a bust? I cannot imagine India's current or proposed aviation infrastructure will be able to handle such a rapid rise in aircraft load. As for the person leading Indigo, is it not the same person who was blamed for and

Re:[Goanet] In America, the crows stick to the garbage

2005-06-16 Thread Marlon Menezes
--- Peter D'Souza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: SH: Who according to you is opposed to a free Iraq? One who disagrees with the policies of the present U.S. administration? PD'S: This is not according to me, sorry. Those opposed to a free Iraq were very

Re: [Goanet] In America, the crows stick to the garbage

2005-06-15 Thread Marlon Menezes
Peter, The logs also reveal that Chris Vaz made some rather racist comments on the Arab community in Michigan. I'm sure you dont agree with those comments of his! Likewise, your bunching of groups into two political categories, viz, liberals and conservatives is overly simplistic. There are many

Re: [Goanet]Pray for me, for I have sinned

2005-06-10 Thread Marlon Menezes
Salus, I think the following lyrics by Gowan from his 80's hit A Criminal Mind are an apt response to your prayers for me. . . . Before you hand me over Before you read my sentence I'd like to say a few words Here in my own defense Some people struggle daily They struggle with their concience

[Goanet]Pray for me, for I have sinned

2005-06-06 Thread Marlon Menezes
Hold it right there Cecil! I believe I am a bigger sinner than you, Kevin and Santosh and therefore request that I be given priority in Salus' prayer allotment. Given the number of character assassinations, email hijackings, server hackings, mail bombings and identity impersonations I have been

Re: [Goanet]Re: Cafeteria Catholics and Gay Penguins

2005-05-02 Thread Marlon Menezes
Fr. Ivo, Thank you for taking the time to respond. If you feel that science is based on unverifiable opinion and unsubstantiated facts, I dont belive this discussion will go very far. Science is obviously not perfect, which is why it promotes an environment for healthy debate and self

RE: [Goanet]Re: Cafeteria Catholics

2005-05-02 Thread Marlon Menezes
What Fr. Ivo is stating is just opinion. Currently there is no definitive scientific evidence that indicates that homo-sexuality is socio-cultural or is endemic to a certain fraction of the human population. The simplistic opinions of the church that has been wrong on so many issues cannot be

Re: [Goanet]HERALD: Update on Mopa ... and miscellany

2005-04-28 Thread Marlon Menezes
Philip, Our plans for creating a Goa Airlines is in serious trouble. As many readers may know, Air India has decided to acquire several Boeing aircraft, not to mention the 777 200LR. This will hopefully enable direct flights from America's west coast to Bombay. Marlon --- Philip Thomas [EMAIL

[Goanet]Why cant God make up her mind?

2005-04-27 Thread Marlon Menezes
Haha. Not only does Christ seem to change his mind over time, he also seems to be telling the various christian/protestant sects different things at the SAME time! I gather the sun once revolved around the earth. Jesus was a great man. Obviously the people who worship him (or think they do) have

[Goanet]Top ten reasons on why women can't be priests

2005-04-26 Thread Marlon Menezes
1) Women are considered unclean when it is that time of the month. - source: domnic fernandes 2) Jesus did not have female disciples. Mary Magdelene was actually a transvestite. - source: maurice dmello 3) It is difficult for female priests to molest children - source: general criminal

Re: [Goanet]Re: Women priests

2005-04-26 Thread Marlon Menezes
Gilbert, Maybe having women cook food is a novel concept in your home, or for people of your generation. However in most Goan (and non Goan)dual income homes I have been to (in N.America at least), sharing responsibility on home chores is pretty routine. So other than coming with excuses on why

Re: [Goanet]Re: Cafeteria Catholics and Cafeteria Goans

2005-04-24 Thread Marlon Menezes
This is exactly the point I am trying to make. What fraction of the self proclaimed true catholics actually practice or believe in all the tenants of their religion. Heck, what fraction of the clergy do the same? (I am assuming that child molestation is not one of required tasks of the clergy!)

Re: [Goanet]More democracy in the church - good or bad?

2005-04-23 Thread Marlon Menezes
Except for a few of my catholic friends who are out there, very few of them believe in any or all of these christian mythologies, or should I say myths. If a person today were to claim virginal conception, a simple genetic test would have settled the issue. If the person still persisted such a

[Goanet]More democracy in the church - good or bad?

2005-04-22 Thread Marlon Menezes
One often gets the disclaimer when investing that past performance is no guarantee for future performance. I think with the spread of democracy around the world as well with the advent of greater levels of education and access to information, people today EXPECT greater levels of openness and

Re: Re: [Goanet]Re: Predicting who could be the next Pope

2005-04-22 Thread Marlon Menezes
--- Frederick Noronha (FN) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Viviana wrote: Personally I'm insulted by the notion that people without formal education and without money are by definition stupid and gullible, and I'm surprised that a man of your liberal sensibilities would imply such a

Re: [Goanet]Papa Joao Paolo III ( former Ivan Cardinal Dias)

2005-04-19 Thread Marlon Menezes
Carlos, If they start serving sannas as a substitute for communion and feni for wine, I will happily reverse my stance on a Goan pope! It will also encourage me and a lot of my friends to attend church more regularly :) Praise the Lard! (btw, are sanna's lard free?) Marlon --- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Goanet]Re: Predicting who could be the next Pope

2005-04-19 Thread Marlon Menezes
George, Would not the nomination of a Indian pope also suggest a pseudo-colonialist mentality .. afterall, the Indian pope would serve as a figure head/puppet to encourage the spread of a foreign culture and religion in a heathen (aka hindu) nation. Furthermore, would it not be better to

Re: [Goanet]India tests fire BrahMos supersonic missile off Goa coast -2

2005-04-18 Thread marlon menezes
No. The Brahmos is a short range tactical missile unlike India's longer range Agni which is capable of covering much of China, the middle east and all of Pakistan. As such, the location sites of the Agni remain secret. The Brahmos is mainly meant to be used as a anti-ship missile. It is viewed by

Re: [Goanet]Thread: Abuse etc.

2005-04-07 Thread Marlon Menezes
Actually Santosh, Rebecca does have a point. Mario posted an obvious internet hoax on goanet, and later acknowledged its lack of authenticity. Although he and others did try to rationalize his logic for posting it on goanet, the admission that it was a hoax should have settled the debate. Pounding

Re: [Goanet]Re: A horrific warning to all

2005-03-24 Thread Marlon Menezes
Gabriel, To quote Mario, will you quit bombarding us with your extreme leftist drivel? What you claim to be happening in a socialist Australia or Europe is not relevant to a great nation such as America. We do not have public transportation over here. We like the freedom of slowing inching

Re: [Goanet]RE: Cracked Da Vinci Code

2005-03-24 Thread Marlon Menezes
PD, Unfortunately for you, most of the world does not subscribe to your point of view. In today's world, concepts such as free thinking, freedom of speech and free market capitalism are sacrosanct, not religion. If the church can make money selling real or imaginary god(s), why can't the author of

Re: [Goanet]Cardinal demands that Da Vinci Code be banned?

2005-03-22 Thread Marlon Menezes
Cecil, Thanks for informing us about this movie. A fictional movie on what is quite possibly a fictional concept (aka christianity) - I dont see anything wrong with it! I should also be thankful to the Christian Secular Taliban Forum for publicising this movie as well. I did not even know it was

Re: [Goanet]Modi, USA Sends more than subtle message.

2005-03-21 Thread Marlon Menezes
The moves by the US government to block this communalist is a very positive move. The next objective should be a world wide campaign to prosecute Modi for crimes against humanity. This would make Modi liable for arrest in any nation he were to vist. Come to think of it, would not India be bound to

Re: [Goanet]This heated debate about nothing...

2005-03-21 Thread Marlon Menezes
Cornel, I dont recall bringing god into discussion of caste. Quite possibly, god is yet another man made construct like caste. I stand by my opinion that the issue of caste is very less relevant to people of my generation than perhaps yours. Having lived and studied in India for many years and

Re: [Goanet]Re: Magnetic Levitation

2005-03-07 Thread Marlon Menezes
I am glad to know that Philip is an enthusiastic supporter of utilizing maglev technology for Goa in order to better serve the needs of Goa's expats and tourists. I must commend Philip for having the insight to realize the importance of the tourist sector to Goa's economy and its connection to

Re: [Goanet]screw cast- show me the money!

2005-03-04 Thread Marlon Menezes
Mario, Luckily for you and a few others, I have been busy cleaning butts, instead of kicking them. Funny thing is that I enjoy doing both, though I will admit that I needed a little bit of practice with the former :) Marlon --- Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey, Marlon, Where've you

Re: [Goanet]Secret of LCC JetBlue's Success

2005-03-04 Thread Marlon Menezes
Philip, Given that the majority of goans now rely on air transport, your point on concentrating resources on improving airport connectivity between Dabolim and the yet to built Mopa is very logical. For a wealthy state like Goa, I do however feel that relying on a conventional rail link is

[Goanet]screw cast- show me the money!

2005-03-04 Thread Marlon Menezes
I fully agree with Carlos. For most young Goans, the issue of cast is irrelevant. It is interesting to note that this heated discussion about nothing is primarily taking place amongst goanet's geriatric members. I say this tongue in cheek to highlight another real issue - age discrimination. I

Re: [Goanet] Voice Of The Exploited

2005-03-01 Thread Marlon Menezes
Gilbert seems to have difficulty differentiating between personal freedom of expression and government sanctioned propaganda. First of all, contrary to what Gilbert claims, the KKK, Aryan Nation and other white supremist groups are free to express their opinions in the United States - and

[Goanet]I was the one

2005-02-12 Thread Marlon Menezes
Folks, I must bear full responsibility for the recent hidden identity saga. When I made the request to the admin team, my intention was truly altruistic. There have been some posters like UKnow-who, who have done such a bad job in masking their phony multiple indentities, that one felt compelled

[Goanet]Opposition to Goa Govt's communal film is fully justified

2005-01-08 Thread Marlon Menezes
After reading Cecil's and Fred's reaction to this communal film, Sandeep's comments backing this film that spews hatred against religious minorities makes zero sense. I don’t know how opposition to bigotry can be construed as being an assault on freedom or knowledge. Furthermore, Sandeep seeks to

Re: [Goanet]Are this postings not sufficient contribution to goanet

2004-12-31 Thread Marlon Menezes
Gaspar, No one is denying your excellent ability of cutting and pasting stale copyrighted articles in its entirety without permission! I'm sure UKnow what I mean. Of greater concern is your inability to properly mask your identity when you try and impersonate others. After doing this for several

Re: [Goanet] Betting odds on bogus identities

2004-12-30 Thread Marlon Menezes
For the record, the stated identity of this poster is bogus, which is made all the more obvious since this phony poster is also severly spelling challenged with respect to last names. From: marlon menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Goanet] Betting odds? X-Originating-Ip: 213.132.254.2

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