No offence taken – I simply thought the point needed making.

Yes, Mintoff ruined lots of people’s lives, so I really can’t say I feel sorry for the pitiful state he SEEMS to have been reduced to now. Even my kids are aware of his existence and of some of the things we went through at their age because of him, because I think that it is important that they don’t take things for granted themselves, and that history is not forgotten …

Yes, my brother was very straightfaced. He was one of those who had to leave Malta to get his medical degree, thanks to Mintoff, and made a new life for himself elsewhere, never to return.

Yes, now I remember the bit about the numbers – There was your brother there too, very straight-faced, with a calculator in hand. Funny how the little things come back to you, after having been forgotten for 20 years+. (Though good things those days are long gone.)

Minority people who become successful, like Colin Powell, never use the discrimination or racism card. They just work for their success.

Unfortunately, certain African Americans refer to Powell and Obama and other successful people as Oreos (black on the outside, white on the inside) because according to them they ‘act whitish’.

I have a lot of admiration for the Latinos, who are very humble people and work very hard. Everybody is chasing their vote, since their vote cannot be taken for granted. Although being a minority, I never heard them speaking of discrimination, even though it exists. They just work hard, and they will definitely become a success story and a very strong lobby in the years to come.