Comments on: Alfred Sant doesn’t want to talk about the past

By: Jo Saliba

Jo Saliba — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:34:45 +0000

Thanks a lot Daphne. You are great. I get the Independent every Thursday and Sunday just to read your articles. Thanks also to those who kept the blog going. Freedom of expression has reached a new dimension – cyber space! Congratulations to those who voted and I wish the Labour Party a corougeous “Bidla” so we a will be really free when we vote next time. In the meantime fellow Maltese and people from other countries living here, enjoy peace of mind and prosperity under the sure hands of Laurence Gonzi.

Jo Saliba

By: Kevin Pirotta

Kevin Pirotta — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 07:43:34 +0000

…. and the 2013 election will see the coming of age of the late eighties/early nineties baby boom, a substantial chunk of which, are of PN sentiment.Looks like the Nats are not just in for the long haul but rather going for perpetualty :-)

By: Vanni

Vanni — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 21:36:43 +0000

@ Daphne, I know that he was president.

I was just seeing how Victor and the like squirm their way out of answering that.

Over to C.Fenech
The difference between the instances you quoted and the MLP legacy is simple.

Atonement, was made by each of those who erred.
Let’s take Germany as an example. In present day Germany, it is illegal for the Nazi party to exist. If you dare say in Germany that the Holocaust did not exist, you are liable at law. Try to get a number plate with SA or SS, and you haven’t got a hope in hell.
This is just an example. The point is that they showed remorse for what happened, apologised to those wronged, and do not pretend nothing happened, or pass it of as “passat”.

That is why I ask YOU and your friends, Mr Fenech.

Where was Alfred Sant during the darkest times in Maltese History? What did he do? What remorse has he shown for the past? Has he just once apologised to anybody? Why has he got “No Regrets”, Mr Fenech?

By: Amanda Mallia

Amanda Mallia — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 19:39:49 +0000

Oh – And that “zero” person was also handing out red roses to the ladies from that truck … Now why did Silvio forget the truck? Tut, tut, tut!

By: Corinne Vella

Corinne Vella — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 18:23:14 +0000

I know. Victor apparently didn’t when he gave us the earth shattering news.

By: Daphne Caruana Galizia

Daphne Caruana Galizia — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 18:20:08 +0000

Corinne, no he wasn’t. He was president of the Labour Party – in other words, one of its most prominent figureheads.

By: Corinne Vella

Corinne Vella — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 15:18:19 +0000

Vanni:
Victor Laiviera has cleared up the aristokrazija mystery already. The Great Leader was quietly at work with like minded people within the Malta Labour Party.

By: Amanda Mallia

Amanda Mallia — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 15:15:40 +0000

Vanni – And when the “aristokrazija” went down Sta Lucia Street (Valletta)in “their” trucks after smashing up the Law Courts, another “zero” person was on one of those same trucks, signing autographs for his faithful. I know, because I was barricaded in an office there along with my colleagues – including fervent Labour supporters – who were all terrified.

I wonder if Victor Laiviera will have the gall to come out to deny this fact too, as he tried to rubbish all other such horrendous episodes of my childhood and youth.

By: C Fenech

C Fenech — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 15:13:00 +0000

Moderator, it is very easy to turn each and every comment that you disapprove into it being a comment by the “Elves Conspiracy”. Trust me, you have no idea how wrong you are !

Vanni, by your logic, if the English had the same attitude as most the nationalist supporters here, we would have no Europe. Same could be said for the Spanish, because history reminds us that Germany produced Hitler, and Italy produced Mussolini. However, real Europeans got over their negative past and looked forward to a bright future.

It is sad that a good average of Nationalist Party followers are so stuck in the past that they fail to move forward.

Should I stoop to your low levels and argue that the Church buried humans in rubbish dumps. I won’t, I am far more open minded and educated to realise that that was just a part of history and I now will look forward.

By: Amanda Mallia

Amanda Mallia — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 15:10:22 +0000

Moderator – C Fenech is an AD “elve”.