Re: [Goanet] Re: Goans headed for minority status in Goa

2006-02-06 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
--- floriano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For me winning or losing does > not matter but going into > the fight does. > > regards > Floriano ... And I am 100% with you all the way. Cheers, Gabriel. Do you Yahoo!? Yaho

Re: [Goanet] Re: Goans headed for minority status in Goa

2006-01-27 Thread floriano
but going into the fight does. regards Floriano - Original Message - From: "Lawrence Rodrigues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Goanet" Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 11:55 AM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Re: Goans headed for minority status in Goa << ...Getting elected

Re: [Goanet] Re: Goans headed for minority status in Goa

2006-01-27 Thread Lawrence Rodrigues
<< ...Getting elected was farthest away from my mind or from my Party's agenda. : ...Needless to say that I have not spent a single rupee of my own. Every rupee of the 1,33,000/- that I spent was people's money... >> Floriano Seems Goa Su-Raj party should attempt to return the people's money

Re: [Goanet] Re: Goans headed for minority status in Goa

2006-01-26 Thread floriano
nother thing that Taligao-kars voted for Babus and not for themselves. rgds Floriano - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 5:48 AM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Re: Goans headed for minority status in Goa George & Floriano, Floriano is right

Re: [Goanet] Re: Goans headed for minority status in Goa

2006-01-26 Thread Mario Goveia
--- George Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mario, your poor comprehension of my posts in this > thread should not stop you from contributing > intelligently to this discussion. Please interrupt > your mindless parroting of Republican > propaganda on this forum and take the time to read > carefu

[Goanet] Re: Goans headed for minority status in Goa

2006-01-25 Thread George Pinto
--- JOANITA FERNANDEZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > George, > > Is there a solution for the below mentioned problem? > If so, what is the solution for this problem? > Or are we just repeating on goanet the well know problem, just like the Goan > politicians.> Hi Cip, If you are asking wh

[Goanet] Re: Goans headed for minority status in Goa

2006-01-25 Thread George Pinto
Mario, your poor comprehension of my posts in this thread should not stop you from contributing intelligently to this discussion. Please interrupt your mindless parroting of Republican propaganda on this forum and take the time to read carefully what is written. I have not lectured Goans on what

Re: [Goanet] Re: Goans headed for minority status in Goa

2006-01-24 Thread Mario Goveia
> --- Mario Goveia wrote: > > > > > George, > > You are entitled to your opinion, but I continue to find it > > ironic that you, who don't even live in Goa, are so > > concerned about what the Goans who live in Goa > > individually and collectively choose to do or what > > they "deserve", warni

Re: [Goanet] Re: Goans headed for minority status in Goa

2006-01-24 Thread carlos6143
e up call from the Iman. Will the foreign tourist still consider Goa a safe destination? Regards, Carlos From: George Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Goa's premiere mailing list,estb. 1994!" >  To: Goanet   Subject: [Goanet] Re: Goans heade

RE: [Goanet] Re: Goans headed for minority status in Goa

2006-01-24 Thread Bernado Colaco
Tio Alfy, You must be joking. Recent posts on Goanet show that a few revel in the graves that have been dug! BC > > > "Dug" & done or are still in the process of digging? > > AT > > > > ___ Yahoo

[Goanet] RE: Goans headed for minority status in Goa

2006-01-24 Thread Jerry Fernandes
Hello Netters Wish there was someone like Balasaab Thakrey of Mumbai in Goa. Goa once upon a time had specific jobs done by specific people. Like there was maar people who used to do all types of handcrafts, and also stitching houses the ones with tiles and many other jobs. Gawdi for hard labor, d

[Goanet] Re: Goans headed for minority status in Goa

2006-01-24 Thread George Pinto
Mario, I find it ironic that you, who don't even live in Iraq, are so concerned about what the Iraqis who live in Iraq etc. I am a Goan with one foot physically planted firmly outside Goa and one foot elsewhere, including ties to Goa. In this inter-conncected world, emotionally, musically,

Re: [Goanet] Re: Goans headed for minority status in Goa

2006-01-24 Thread Mario Goveia
--- George Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- floriano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > No! I am not skeptical. Goans deserve the boot. > > Floriano > > People deserve the leaders they elect. Goans seem to > have dug their own graves. > Mario observes: > George, You are entitled to your

RE: [Goanet] Re: Goans headed for minority status in Goa

2006-01-24 Thread Alfred de Tavares
From: George Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Goa's premiere mailing list,estb. 1994!" To: Goanet Subject: [Goanet] Re: Goans headed for minority status in Goa Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 10:40:22 -0800 (PST) --- floriano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&

Re: [Goanet] Re: Goans headed for minority status in Goa

2006-01-23 Thread Mario Goveia
--- Lawrence Rodrigues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > << "... physical features do sometimes (not always) > give away one's background. > > ... I know who is NOT a Goan - Israelis, Russians > ... illegal squatters not domiciled in Goa, political vote > banks brought in for political purposes. >>

[Goanet] Re: Goans headed for minority status in Goa

2006-01-23 Thread George Pinto
--- floriano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No! I am not skeptical. Goans deserve the boot. Floriano People deserve the leaders they elect. Goans seem to have dug their own graves. Regards, George

Re: [Goanet] Re: Goans headed for minority status in Goa

2006-01-23 Thread Lawrence Rodrigues
<< "... physical features do sometimes (not always) give away one's background. ... I know who is NOT a Goan - Israelis, Russians ... illegal squatters not domiciled in Goa, political vote banks brought in for political purposes. >> George Pinto See http://userpages.umbc.edu/~achatt1/poem/gita

[Goanet] RE: Goans headed for minority status in Goa

2006-01-22 Thread Philip Thomas
Some quick reactions: 1. How is "Goan" defined"? 2. Someone recently referred to the Economic Survey 2004-05 to place the estimate of non-Goans as high as 50% of the total population! 3. Would it be more meaningful to compare Goa to "cities" like Mumbai, Delhi and Banglore (which experience a

[Goanet] Re: Goans headed for minority status in Goa

2006-01-22 Thread Cip Fernandes
George, Is there a solution for the below mentioned problem? If so, what is the solution for this problem? Or are we just repeating on goanet the well know problem, just like the Goan politicians. Recently, the Governor, Chief Minister and politicians of Goa mentioned abou

[Goanet] Re: Goans headed for minority status in Goa

2006-01-22 Thread George Pinto
Lawrence, I am not sure if you are serious or not but physical features do sometimes (not always) give away one's background. As regards who is a Goan and who is not, the identity issue has been discussed often and at length. I know who is NOT a Goan - Israelis, Russians ("temporarily" in Goa fo