--- Philip Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Think about it. When did Goans really begin to give > a damn about Dabolim's > potential as a civilian facility? Mid-80s? After > CHOGM and the charters? Or > mid-90s after KRC? What were they thinking from the > mid-60s till then? > Sleeping like the hare in the fable?
I am speaking for myself. When I grew up in Goa all the way through to 1974, I was taught that all that India had done was "good", i.e. brainwashed. It took another 20 years for me to comprehend that all was not well with the Indian takeover of Goa. Then after a slow process of fact-finding and research (I was first with the CompuServe bulletin board before the full-blown internet arrived on the scene), I came to understand Dabolim's real position. However, an opportunity did not present itself to make my views on Dabolim known to the world until April 2002 (see http://www.colaco.net/4/GoaLib5.htm ). BTW, I have no commercial interests in Dabolim. Yes, in a manner of speaking, I was, as many Goans were, sleeping like the proverbial hare. However, it is not too late in the day to make amends. Thankfully, a politician has taken up the challenge at this late point in time, and hopefully we might still see some returns. Cheers, Gabriel de Figueiredo. Melbourne - Australia. ____________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Take your Mail with you - get Yahoo! Mail on your mobile http://au.mobile.yahoo.com/mweb/index.html