Comments on: Defending the indefensible

By: Janine Borg Cardona

Janine Borg Cardona — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 10:09:10 +0000

Hi. Im looking for Janine whom I studied with in England. I’m currently in South Africa. She is a qualified beauty therapist and possibly married to a guy called Chris!

Please help if you know her.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:29:02 +0000

I had first hand experience of this horror.
He was my teacher of I.T. .
I feel really ashamed that he did that crime and i feel very strange for he had mentioned pornography more than one in class and homesexuality.He would always sweat and move his hands in a funny way.I will never forget this experience and never forgive!

By: Amanda Mallia

Amanda Mallia — Wed, 07 May 2008 12:25:34 +0000

Re the above case, the school has now been named as St Monica’s School, Gzira, The Times online article having since been adjusted.

Once the school has been named, saying that the man’s name has been banned from publication “to protect the children” is still a pretty lame excuse. Ah well, presumed innocent until proven guilty, I suppose …

By: Amanda Mallia

Amanda Mallia — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:03:33 +0000

David Buttigieg – I know what you mean, and in fact commented that should he be named Joe Borg it wouldn’t be much help. (In fact Mark Vella Gera must be annoyed that his own name is unique …)

The thing is, if these people know that they are protected by law, it’s not much of a deterrent. The fact that their name is not made public also gives them a greater chance of finding employment in some other place concerning children.

By: David Buttigieg

David Buttigieg — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:01:30 +0000

Also I admit that if I had a son or daughter on that bus I would probably have felt angrier, accident or not

By: David Buttigieg

David Buttigieg — Tue, 06 May 2008 19:59:36 +0000

Amanda,

I think it’s rather pointless arguing on this, you are going to think I have a reason to defend this guy! In reality I love debating.

Anyway, if this twit is more than a simple twit then I hope he is named and shamed ASAP and I am glad he was caught early. If he is just a simple twit well then let’s not crucify him ..

By: David Buttigieg

David Buttigieg — Tue, 06 May 2008 19:53:25 +0000

Amanda,

Also I agree that “to protect the children” is a poor excuse, after all who on earth would recognise a child from the name of a bus driver – I remember my bus driver in school was named Pawlu but that’s about it!

By: Amanda Mallia

Amanda Mallia — Tue, 06 May 2008 19:50:56 +0000

David Buttigieg – “Accidents” like that (if it were an accidnet at all) don’t just happen …

By: Amanda Mallia

Amanda Mallia — Tue, 06 May 2008 19:48:50 +0000

Mcomb – It seems that my comment of 2052hrs crossed yours of 2135hrs. I guess I’ve explained myself in that one.

As for the remaining part of your comment, please don’t put words into my mouth. With regards to your comment regarding “the south”, the people who refer to it as such are generally the ones who come from there – everyone else simply refers to places by their names, including places from “the south”, as you chose to put it.

As for the remaining part of your comment, please don’t put words into my mouth. And, more importantly, DON’T DEVIATE FROM THE ORIGINAL SUBJECT.

By: David Buttigieg

David Buttigieg — Tue, 06 May 2008 19:44:22 +0000

Hang on Mcomb,

Never mind your ridiculous comment about labour south, no matter how “loose” a child is they are still children.

Actually calling a child loose is rather sick!