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		By: Ray		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2008/03/monday-10-march-2130hrs/#comment-2497</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ray]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:13:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Alan said that a party that inspires confidence would have crushed someone like Fredu “but instead PN barely scraped through” and that “more than half the Maltese did not vote for PN. You seem to be assuming that all Maltese have a keen sense of honesty, clarity of thought and loyalty towards the country’s interest. But do all Maltese have these qualities?

Take the hunters, those most respectful, altruistic, nature-lovers, who even defend their hunting dogs’ right to hunt... Take the people who chose not to vote, thus favouring the Lejber Bidu Gdid.... Take the crowds that cheered Emperor Alfred’s fairy tales and admired his transparent New Clothes that never existed... Take the mobs, take the Workers’ Aristocracy who followed Dom and Zero and who later were to hate Malta’s saviour for wrecking the Emperor’s ill-fated rule. Now that it has become clear that the Emperor was not wearing any clothes at all, will these same faithful followers try to forget that they ever cheered and clapped at the Emperor&#039;s fairy tales?

If Malta did not have such people, yes then the PN would have more than crushed the nonsense spouted by their opponents by getting a much higher percentage of votes.

I suggest that people like Alan compare the old Lejber times of the ‘80’s to today. I admired the fact that yesterday huge PN crowds celebrated at Spinola right in front of the Lejber klabb as if it did not exist. Was the situation the same under the Old Lejber pre-1987, when PN clubs were set on fire ?  Back then the PN saved the country from civil war. PN developed Malta into a modern state to be proud of, it brought peace and healed the political divisions. PN has a great history and has always taken historic decisions. Gonzi floods us with his confidence in all Maltese and by his urge to be all the people’s Prime Minister. The PN has not insulted us with our DNA, called us stupid, abject, baxxi, oxxeni, hamalli and poured hatred on whoever challenges their views. Alan, this is why PN won again and again and again. Try to be honest with yourself.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Alan said that a party that inspires confidence would have crushed someone like Fredu “but instead PN barely scraped through” and that “more than half the Maltese did not vote for PN. You seem to be assuming that all Maltese have a keen sense of honesty, clarity of thought and loyalty towards the country’s interest. But do all Maltese have these qualities?</p>
<p>Take the hunters, those most respectful, altruistic, nature-lovers, who even defend their hunting dogs’ right to hunt&#8230; Take the people who chose not to vote, thus favouring the Lejber Bidu Gdid&#8230;. Take the crowds that cheered Emperor Alfred’s fairy tales and admired his transparent New Clothes that never existed&#8230; Take the mobs, take the Workers’ Aristocracy who followed Dom and Zero and who later were to hate Malta’s saviour for wrecking the Emperor’s ill-fated rule. Now that it has become clear that the Emperor was not wearing any clothes at all, will these same faithful followers try to forget that they ever cheered and clapped at the Emperor&#8217;s fairy tales?</p>
<p>If Malta did not have such people, yes then the PN would have more than crushed the nonsense spouted by their opponents by getting a much higher percentage of votes.</p>
<p>I suggest that people like Alan compare the old Lejber times of the ‘80’s to today. I admired the fact that yesterday huge PN crowds celebrated at Spinola right in front of the Lejber klabb as if it did not exist. Was the situation the same under the Old Lejber pre-1987, when PN clubs were set on fire ?  Back then the PN saved the country from civil war. PN developed Malta into a modern state to be proud of, it brought peace and healed the political divisions. PN has a great history and has always taken historic decisions. Gonzi floods us with his confidence in all Maltese and by his urge to be all the people’s Prime Minister. The PN has not insulted us with our DNA, called us stupid, abject, baxxi, oxxeni, hamalli and poured hatred on whoever challenges their views. Alan, this is why PN won again and again and again. Try to be honest with yourself.</p>
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		By: Sandra		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sandra]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:37:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hi Daphne,

I tried to find a direct contact link to contact you through but since I didn&#039;t find it within 1 minute of looking through this domain I decided to just post a comment assuming you will read it.

I just have a tip for when you link to YouTube videos, embed them instead. On the right hand side of the YouTube video page there is a text box with the title &quot;Embed&quot;. Simply copy and paste the code in that text box to where you want to show the video and voila`! Nobody wants to have to go to another page to watch the video (including me).]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Daphne,</p>
<p>I tried to find a direct contact link to contact you through but since I didn&#8217;t find it within 1 minute of looking through this domain I decided to just post a comment assuming you will read it.</p>
<p>I just have a tip for when you link to YouTube videos, embed them instead. On the right hand side of the YouTube video page there is a text box with the title &#8220;Embed&#8221;. Simply copy and paste the code in that text box to where you want to show the video and voila`! Nobody wants to have to go to another page to watch the video (including me).</p>
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		By: Mario		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mario]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:39:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[hehe.

alright boss.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hehe.</p>
<p>alright boss.</p>
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		By: Mario's Boss		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mario's Boss]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[mario!!! mhux ahjar tlestili dak ir-rapport flok ma toqghod titmashan hawn ghax se nnaqslek il-pgag dax-xahar]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>mario!!! mhux ahjar tlestili dak ir-rapport flok ma toqghod titmashan hawn ghax se nnaqslek il-pgag dax-xahar</p>
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		By: Mario		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mario]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:27:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Kudos for correcting my grammar.

begging for constructive criticism isn&#039;t too much to ask for after all.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kudos for correcting my grammar.</p>
<p>begging for constructive criticism isn&#8217;t too much to ask for after all.</p>
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		By: Mario		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mario]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Moderator said: &#039;I should have said so from the start&#039;

what the heck is this?

Shall I tell you my life story in three lines for godsake&#039;s?

I am against ANY form of development in ANY remaining green areas in the country for (and I believe you shall agree with this) I strongly believe that we cannot afford more construction sites. And this is not the though of somebody who wakes up in the morning to hug the nearest carrob tree. Just as much as I hate being touted as some form of a traitor for refusing to cast my vote to either MLP or PN. Isn&#039;t this a pretty normal procedure in other &#039;lauded&#039; EU countries? I believe a party (ANY party) should be convincing enough without having to resort to such offensive scaremongering tactics. I rest my case to go back to my work for I feel like I&#039;m ripping off my employer today and I don&#039;t like that. I am sure somebody will come charging with the next colourful. Oh well, so be it

[Moderator - Your remark about the carob tree is hilarious.]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Moderator said: &#8216;I should have said so from the start&#8217;</p>
<p>what the heck is this?</p>
<p>Shall I tell you my life story in three lines for godsake&#8217;s?</p>
<p>I am against ANY form of development in ANY remaining green areas in the country for (and I believe you shall agree with this) I strongly believe that we cannot afford more construction sites. And this is not the though of somebody who wakes up in the morning to hug the nearest carrob tree. Just as much as I hate being touted as some form of a traitor for refusing to cast my vote to either MLP or PN. Isn&#8217;t this a pretty normal procedure in other &#8216;lauded&#8217; EU countries? I believe a party (ANY party) should be convincing enough without having to resort to such offensive scaremongering tactics. I rest my case to go back to my work for I feel like I&#8217;m ripping off my employer today and I don&#8217;t like that. I am sure somebody will come charging with the next colourful. Oh well, so be it</p>
<p>[Moderator &#8211; Your remark about the carob tree is hilarious.]</p>
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		By: David Buttigieg		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Buttigieg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:04:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Now that we know about Harry&#039;s arrest warrant I don&#039;t see how he can go on ignoring it.

He has to face the music.  Politicians should not have any special treatment, and let&#039;s face it, he is hardly a politician - AD is a non-entity at the end of the day.  Not that it should make any difference!!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Now that we know about Harry&#8217;s arrest warrant I don&#8217;t see how he can go on ignoring it.</p>
<p>He has to face the music.  Politicians should not have any special treatment, and let&#8217;s face it, he is hardly a politician &#8211; AD is a non-entity at the end of the day.  Not that it should make any difference!!</p>
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		By: Bootroom		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bootroom]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:58:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Mod how can any development of that size in a beautiful place like Mistra ever be better than an umpteenth disco in St.Julian&#039;s? Is noise pollution that is a bother to neighbours more important than preserving the few lovely spots we still possess on this island?

I do not think JPO has done anything wrong legally but in the same way as Harry is being attacked as being a hypocrite over rent laws in another topic wouldn&#039;t it be hypocritical of someone who has admirably been very environmentally driven as an MP admit to be in favour of such development?

Having said this I was pleased to note that JPO has called for an end to this development and I think that all the facts must be known before he can be judged.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mod how can any development of that size in a beautiful place like Mistra ever be better than an umpteenth disco in St.Julian&#8217;s? Is noise pollution that is a bother to neighbours more important than preserving the few lovely spots we still possess on this island?</p>
<p>I do not think JPO has done anything wrong legally but in the same way as Harry is being attacked as being a hypocrite over rent laws in another topic wouldn&#8217;t it be hypocritical of someone who has admirably been very environmentally driven as an MP admit to be in favour of such development?</p>
<p>Having said this I was pleased to note that JPO has called for an end to this development and I think that all the facts must be known before he can be judged.</p>
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		By: Mario		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mario]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Well Daphne,

I could have remained in the comfort zone of other sites but I didn&#039;t. I do actually TRY to read whatever everyone has to say (provided I find the time)

As to the chips on my shoulder.....I will survive to hear more scathing put-downs.

To the moderator: I can&#039;t see how my charge is hypocritical seeing as it is I AM NOT the managing director of Gianpula. Shall I take it that two wrongs make a right?

[Moderator - If two wrongs don&#039;t make a right, then you must think that Gianpula is &#039;wrong&#039;. So your gripe is with discos in general, and not with this one in particular. You should have said so from the start.]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well Daphne,</p>
<p>I could have remained in the comfort zone of other sites but I didn&#8217;t. I do actually TRY to read whatever everyone has to say (provided I find the time)</p>
<p>As to the chips on my shoulder&#8230;..I will survive to hear more scathing put-downs.</p>
<p>To the moderator: I can&#8217;t see how my charge is hypocritical seeing as it is I AM NOT the managing director of Gianpula. Shall I take it that two wrongs make a right?</p>
<p>[Moderator &#8211; If two wrongs don&#8217;t make a right, then you must think that Gianpula is &#8216;wrong&#8217;. So your gripe is with discos in general, and not with this one in particular. You should have said so from the start.]</p>
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		By: Daphne Caruana Galizia		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daphne Caruana Galizia]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is a free country, Mario - we&#039;re allowed to have disgusting bias if we want to. Perhaps we could borrow some of your shoulder-chips to eat it with. This is not a Broadcasting Authority debate, so if you don&#039;t like it, go and check out another site.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a free country, Mario &#8211; we&#8217;re allowed to have disgusting bias if we want to. Perhaps we could borrow some of your shoulder-chips to eat it with. This is not a Broadcasting Authority debate, so if you don&#8217;t like it, go and check out another site.</p>
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