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CONVENTION OF THE GOAN DIASPORA FROM GOA INTO THE WORLD
Lisbon, Portugal June 15-17, 2007 Details at:
http://www.goacom.org/casa-de-goa/noticias.html
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Subject : [Goanet-news] Goa news for May 17, 2007
*** Restrictions imposed on sale of liquor in Goa till June 7
(New Kerala)
Panaji, May 16: Sale of liquor was today restricted in North
Goa district in view of the June 2 assembly elections in the
state.
Dear Goanetters:
Disconcerting to the North Goan electorate is the unfortunate official ban
on the distribution of alcohol during the upcoming elections. .
Traditionally having at least a couple of jolly good jolts before making
important decisions is the birthright of every honest (and even dishonest)
Goan citizen. How can any sensible person ever put on his/her thinking cap
before ingesting that magical potion that brings cheerfulness, good
judgment, and legitimate discernment into play?. Besides, when confronted
with choices between two or more poor alternatives, the magnanimity
conjured by booze can breed electoral tolerance, a sense of sporting
fatalism and a feeling of laissez-faire humour. Most importantly, the
euphoria of inebriation tends to invoke a strong call to duty to exercise
the right to vote. . In a word, such cruel proscription creating an
unhappy dry spell is tantamount to a severe and cleverly disguised form of
disenfranchisement
an egregious and loathsome breach of the Bill of
Rights absolutely guaranteed under Goas and Indias democratic
constitutions.
Unjustly denied that indispensable pleasure to quaff genuine aqua forte
Be it beer, caju and madachi feni, whiskey, rum, gin, muscatel or port
When our fine Goan citizens are enthusiastically getting ready to vote
Is bound to vilely get the good-natured fun-loving Goan peoples goat
To call it not cricket blatantly is putting it mildly in plain cold
litotes
Eloigning Goan's traditions of conviviality and joy to a domain remote
For the hearts of Goan fundamental rights have been unreasonably smote
Sadly holding our yearning for freedom to enjoy life and think by the
throat
Which only gives cruel license to teetotalers and killjoys to gleefully
gloat
But this flagrant breach of customs, with alarm decent Goans should note
While corruption, violent crime and other gross decadence continue to bloat
The outcome may be an unfair election engineered to get a badly elected Tote
Cheers
Arnold
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