Re: [Goanet] Goa: The Cruellest Inquisition

2010-11-07 Thread Santosh Helekar
The problem with this fake supurlo Goencar is he never practices what he preaches. For example, despite what he claims here, he is invariably the first person to shoot the messenger, as he has done with Charles Dellon, Claudius Buchanan, Anant Priolkar and Alfredo De Mello in connection with

Re: [Goanet] Goa: The Cruellest Inquisition

2010-11-06 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
--- Santosh Helekar wrote: It is clear from the literature that we do not know much about the history of inquisition in Goa. GL responds: So glad to read the above from Santosh.  Finally the light about 'the lack of information and hard data' has made its way

Re: [Goanet] Goa: The Cruellest Inquisition

2010-10-31 Thread J. Colaco jc
Gilbert Lawrence gilbert2...@yahoo.com wrote: a: My attitude to your responses to my posts or our book is that to a 'wet diaper' (should sound familiar) - On my butt and full of sh-t. b: Your TGF chat-site ... == jc's response: a: I agree with Gilbert Lawrence. b: I thank him profusely

Re: [Goanet] Goa: The Cruellest Inquisition

2010-10-31 Thread Santosh Helekar
It is clear from the literature that we do not know much about the history of inquisition in Goa. Recently, one of our prominent Goan historians had chalked out a promising research project to translate some primary sources stored in the national library in Brazil. A few of us were enthusiastic

[Goanet] Goa: The Cruellest Inquisition

2010-10-30 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
- GL wrote: The loud-mouth claims that I do not do my research before I write. Then JC alludes that I plagiarize / paraphrase from experts when I write.  So exactly which end is this guy talking from or thinking?  Can JC tell us the sources from where he plagiarizes / paraphrases 

Re: [Goanet] Goa: The Cruellest Inquisition

2010-10-29 Thread J. Colaco jc
 Gilbert Lawrence gilbert2...@yahoo.com wrote: For those who are wondering what this 'loud-mouth' is hollering about, JC suggests that Indian vaidays and the hakims were twiddling their thumbs waiting for a German to tell them what homeopathy remedies to use to treat their patients. Likely

Re: [Goanet] Goa: The Cruellest Inquisition

2010-10-28 Thread George Pinto
Gilbert is right. Hindu temples in Goa were knocked down by a Muslim typhoon following a Buddhist hurricane and atheist cyclone. The remaining temples left standing collapsed on their own out of sheer embarrassment that they had withstood such atrocities. I do not understand why the views of

[Goanet] Goa: The Cruellest Inquisition

2010-10-28 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
--- Frederick Noronha wrote: JC has done a gotcha on Gilbert, as is his style when he disagrees with someone's point of view.  JC and his ike might be the Grand Inquisitors of the 21st century, when they go out of their way to come down heavy on pillory those whom they don't agree

[Goanet] Goa: The Cruellest Inquisition

2010-10-27 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
Dear Victor, I will be happy to work on the sure best-selling treatise. First please explain to me, what do you state I am claiming?   I have a feeling through oversight, you are mis-representing my views.  So here is a further explanation on some of the issues. In 16th / 17th century in Goa,

Re: [Goanet] Goa: The Cruellest Inquisition

2010-10-27 Thread J. Colaco jc
In a long-winded, Ringa Ringa Roses post Gilbert Lawrence gilbert2...@yahoo.com included the following: In the 16th / 17th century, vaidyas and hakims were the native doctors, and ipso facto, at best they were homeopaths and aurveydics RESPONSE: a: After reading yet another convoluted attempt

Re: [Goanet] Goa: The Cruellest Inquisition

2010-10-27 Thread eric pinto
Who needed them, Jose, when we had my aunts to diagnose, and my mother's noxious kitchen dispensations.   Gilbert knew them well !  eric. From: J. Colaco jc colaco1@ In a long-winded, Ringa Ringa Roses post Gilbert Lawrence gilbert2...@yahoo.com

Re: [Goanet] Goa: The Cruellest Inquisition

2010-10-27 Thread Frederick Noronha
JC has done a gotcha on Gilbert, as is his style when he disagrees with someone's point of view. But is Gilbert implying that JC and his ike might be the Grand Inquisitors of the 21st century, when they go out of their way to come down heavy on pillory those whom they don't agree with . Specially

Re: [Goanet] Goa: The Cruellest Inquisition

2010-10-27 Thread J. Colaco jc
Frederick Noronha fredericknoro...@gmail.com wrote: [1] JC has done a gotcha on Gilbert, as is his style when he disagrees with someone's point of view. [2] But is Gilbert implying that JC and his ike might be the Grand Inquisitors of the 21st century, when they go out of their way to come down

Re: [Goanet] Goa: The Cruellest Inquisition

2010-10-27 Thread Frederick Noronha
Thanks doc for that long and lovely post! The lesson for me to take home is that I have been continually misspelling the word ike (ilk)... Atrocious! FN Frederick Noronha :: +91-9822122436 :: +91-832-2409490 On 28 October 2010 05:28, J. Colaco jc cola...@gmail.com wrote: Now, what problem

Re: [Goanet] Goa: The Cruellest Inquisition

2010-10-24 Thread Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
.     Regards,     Victor From: Gilbert Lawrence gilbert2...@yahoo.com To: goa...@goanet.org Sent: Sat, October 23, 2010 3:47:21 PM Subject: [Goanet] Goa: The Cruellest Inquisition Gabriel de Figueiredo Why dig out only the Portuguese? Perhaps comparative

[Goanet] Goa: The Cruellest Inquisition

2010-10-23 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
Gabriel de Figueiredo Why dig out only the Portuguese? Perhaps comparative history would be better - how many people were subject to torture in England in the same period, and how many people were tortured in India by the Brits in a similar period for political and religious

Re: [Goanet] Goa: The Cruellest Inquisition

2010-10-22 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
From: Gilbert Lawrence gilbert2...@yahoo.com To: goa...@goanet.org Sent: Fri, 22 October, 2010 11:49:58 AM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Goa: The Cruellest Inquisition Eddie, if / when Richard Zimler (author of the Goa-based mystery novel) comes to any Goan function in London, can you ask him if he

Re: [Goanet] Goa: The Cruellest Inquisition

2010-10-22 Thread J. Colaco jc
 Gabriel de Figueiredo wrote: Why dig out only the Portuguese? Perhaps comparative history would be better . jc's comment: My dear Gabriel, From my reading, Gilbert is making two two points: a: Enough of speculation and revisionism. Produce the data. This is a valid point. b: If Richard

[Goanet] Goa: The Cruellest Inquisition

2010-10-22 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
--  Gilbert Lawrence Eddie, if / when Richard Zimler (author of the Goa-based mystery novel) comes to  any Goan function in London, can you ask him if he has any references for data (age, sex, occupations, ethnicity, religion, nationalities, etc and crimes accused), on the 57

Re: [Goanet] Goa: The Cruellest Inquisition

2010-10-21 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
Eddie, if / when Richard Zimler (author of the Goa-based mystery novel) comes to any Goan function in London, can you ask him if he has any references for data (age, sex, occupations, ethnicity, religion, nationalities, etc and crimes accused), on the 57 individuals condemned to capital

[Goanet] Goa: The Cruellest Inquisition

2010-10-16 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
Instead of giving us the London-based Zimler's opinion about Inquisitional events in Goa, why not provide the actual data about the victims of the Goa Inquisition.  We know the number subjected to capital punishment. So why do not we have a breakdown of their ethnicity?  If we do not know the

[Goanet] Goa: The Cruellest Inquisition

2010-10-16 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
--- Frederick Noronha wrote: Interesting! Since Priolkar, we've been lead to believe that the Inquisition somehow targeted  the Goan Hindu. Now, writers with Jewish names talk about Muslim and Catholic-coverts as victims. When will we stop playing 21st century games with the

[Goanet] Goa: The Cruellest Inquisition

2010-10-15 Thread Eddie Fernandes
14 Oct. 2010: The Rupee News. Excerpts: Muslims were the major victims of the Spanish Inquisition in Goa. Richard Zimler of course focuses on the couple of Jews. But his work is seminal in the sense that it highlights the plight of the Goans... In Goa, the Portuguese Inquisition focuses its

Re: [Goanet] Goa: The Cruellest Inquisition

2010-10-15 Thread Frederick Noronha
Interesting! Since Priolkar, we've been lead to believe that the Inquisition somehow targeted the Goan Hindu. Now, writers with Jewish names talk about Muslim and Catholic-coverts as victims. Interesting When will we stop playing 21st century games with the intolerance of the 16th (and maybe