Re: [Goanet]Re: Goans, Gouveia, Gilbert and Caste

2005-04-08 Thread Mario Goveia
Gilbert, I have no idea what academic model you are referring to. Seems to me your continuing demand for statistical information is the academic approach. I have no interest in knowing what proportion of Goans belong to the various varnas, etc. which is giving the problem far too much respect in

[Goanet]Re: Goans, Gouveia, Gilbert and Caste

2005-04-07 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
Hi Cornel and Mario, You guys and others can continue to stick to the academic model which you have built about Goans and continue to expand on the discrimination in our society. But I would agree with Cornel that, Goans (including me) can certainly improve on our intermingling skills beyond

[Goanet]Re: Goans, Gouveia, Gilbert and Caste

2005-04-04 Thread Mario Goveia
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: GL: Let's not argue the obvious. WE ALL OPPOSE the practice of apartheid caste system. (Should I repeat the prior statement ten times) Mario replies: Yes, you need to repeat this more than ten times, because, while you claim to be against the caste system, we had

[Goanet]Re: Goans, Gouveia, Gilbert and Caste

2005-04-03 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
JC. I have responded to you below to each of your comments. So you will see my thoughts in the final section, where your post appears. GL Mario Goveia wrote: Here is an excerpt from the article: When India's founding Constituent Assembly debated making concessions for Outcaste-Christians,

[Goanet]Re: Goans, Gouveia, Gilbert and Caste

2005-03-31 Thread jose colaco
Mario Goveia wrote: Here is an excerpt from the article: When India's founding Constituent Assembly debated making concessions for Outcaste-Christians, Jerome D'Souza, S.J., representing the Christians, rejected them, claiming there is no caste in Christianity. He sounds just like you,