(Without prejudice)
My dear Jose
I admire your principles that you do not mix apples with oranges i.e your
friendship with what is right and wrong. Unfortunately, there are many out
there do not know what they do.
Since the last circa 3 months, we have tried to educate supposedly the "so
called
On Sep 4, 2013, at 8:42 PM, Mervyn Lobo wrote:
Doc, When you substitute "Bahamians" where you have used "East African Goan,"
you will see what a wide tar brush you are using.
Mervyn
RESPONSE:
Dear Mervyn,
While I cannot speak for all Canadians or Bahamians, to the best of my
knowledge, neit
Jose Colaco wrote:
> ps: I have NO idea why British East African Goans have this anti-Portugal and
> anti-Britain
> bone stuck in them. As far as I know, NOT ONE of these Goans or their
> forebears were
> forced to migrate to East Africa by the British or Portuguese. .
>
> Is it possible that t
On Sep 3, 2013, at 10:31 PM, Mervyn Lobo wrote:
(1) You and me see eye to eye on most issues (2) Now, the issue of Portuguese
citizenship and Goans can only be of value to those who want to abandon Goa and
seek their fortune in Europe. (3) For Goans who will always remain in Goa, the
Portugu
Jose Colaco,
You and me see eye to eye on most issues. On a few, we have differences. I have
no pleasure in highlighting those differences.
A good presentation on any issue can make the reader here think, possibly
change his/her mind, and reduce our differences. I am here to learn. I am also
Dear Mervyn,
Read and Think about this statement of yours again ( I will respond later
after I return from work): "The problem here is that no one before 1961
could apply for Portuguese citizenship. Portuguese citizenship was forced down
our throats"
ANSWER:
1: What are you saying Mervyn?
"J. Colaco < jc>" wrote:
> What surprised me was that Mervyn made that particular comment.I thought
> Mervyn (as a Canadian citizen) would have known that in many countries, a
> person remains a citizen until he renounces it.
Doc,
I agree with the contention that if you apply for the citizenship
On 2 September 2013 07:46, Paulo Colaco Dias wrote:
"My response serves to emphasize the fact that Goans born before 1961 are
still Portuguese citizens today because they never lost citizenship rights
according to Portugal."
COMMENT:
And you are absolutely right, Paulo.
What surprised me was t
Yes, Jose, you are right.
Of course I was responding to the original article from the British Daily
Mail of 13 May 2013 and the excellent response from Ferrao and Fernandes
posted in this forum.
As a lawyer, I presented the legal position of Portugal, its Portuguese
Nationality Law and its valid
Again, the Anglophile Goan versus the Lusophile Goan tug-of-war. Both are
not wrong... yet neither is fully right, IMNSHO! FN
On Sep 1, 2013, at 9:10 PM, Mervyn Lobo wrote:
"Paulo Colaco Dias, I can always depend on you to provide comic relief on
Goanet.
The only reason why Goans born before Dec 1961 are Portuguese is because the
Portuguese insist they are. "
COMMENT:
My dear Mervyn,
Is it possible that 'my learn
Paulo Colaco Dias wrote:
> To put things into perspective, it is a fact that Goa has currently today a
> Chief Minister
> called Manohar Gopalkrishna Prabhu Parrikar who was born on the 13 December
> 1955
> at Mapusa, Bardez, Portuguese Province of Goa - an integrant part of the
> Portuguese
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Subject: [Goanet] DEBATE: Europeans of An Other Colour -- Why the Goans are
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Europeans of An Other Colour -- Why the Goans
Europeans of An Other Colour -- Why the Goans are Portuguese
By R. Benedito Ferrão & Jason Keith Fernandes
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AUGUST 31, 2013
This article serves as a response to Sir Andrew
Green's comment on the alleged misuse of Portuguese
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