--- Marlon Menezes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I should also add that your response to Rebecca and >your attempt at giving it a racial tilt has me >scratching my head as well. >
Marlon, You are miscontruing my response to Rebecca O'Leary. I say with all honesty that no racial tilt was intended on my part. I honestly don't know what race she belongs to. I don't even know if she is wholly or partly Goan herself by birth, marriage, relation, prior residence, etc. I am sure you know that people have unusual surnames from their own marriage or that of one of their parents. I don't know about you, but I am always bothered when one human being tries to talk down to his/her fellow human beings. This is not to say that you and I have not done this at times. But we need to keep each other honest about such things. The patronizing reference to the mentality of some Goans did not sit well with me. I know that other people were bothered by it as well. I am sorry. I hope you and Rebecca will forgive me for my candor. Cheers, Santosh