Doug's petition to the lord

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, " kenrose2008 " wrote:

> That's not the impression I have of the

> government of Macau in 1975 from

> what little reading I've done of historical

> documents related to education there

> in that epoch. I can certainly see why

> it wasn't known by the government

> given Dan's explanation. It came into

> existence in the early 70's, which must

> be about the time that Dan and Ted

> enrolled, i.e., 1973 to complete a two

> year program by 1975. And it went out

> of existence shortly after they graduated

> with their doctorates.

>

> Would the government have cared about

> any of that? I tell you, I saw a letter that

> was written by Tulio Tomas, then Minister

> of Education, responding to an inquiry

> from a European (I don't recall the nationality

> of the writer of the question). The inquiry

> regarded a doctorate in theology obtained

> from an institute of religion in Macau in

> the same epoch. Tulio Tomas replied

> to the writer of the letter that there were

> no graduate level degrees available

> in Macau at that time and that any

> doctorate degree coming from Macau

> would have to be considered as a work of fiction.

>

> That is the only indication I've ever really

> seen as to the attitude of a government

> official in Macau concerning such matters.

>

> Now, granted, that had nothing to do

> with the case in point, except that both

> involve a doctorate issued in Macau

> at more or less the same period of time. >>>

 

 

Ken:

 

If it has nothing to do with the case in point,

why bring it up in the first place? Are you

trying to demonstrate that Ted and Dan's doctorate

is fiction? If not, what's the point of this parallel

story?

 

You say that this thread isn't personalized

yet, like others have mentioned, you always seems to

make it seem so.

 

 

Jim Ramholz