Comments on: Gather round and turn up the volume

By: Corinne Vella

Corinne Vella — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:04:44 +0000

Uncle Fester: Monogamy is not genetic. It’s behavioural. Some people just don’t know how to behave or just believe they can play differently at home and when away.

By: Uncle Fester

Uncle Fester — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:21:38 +0000

@Daphne. I agree with your theoretical reasoning – we should vote for the most competent person however likeability is a factor when voting. It worked against AS because he was a ‘stramb’. It works for JM because he is an extrovert.

Glad that you don’t agree that good looks and brains are mutually exclusive qualities in an individual. Both LG and JM are blessed with good brains. I’m blessed with both and apparently you think that you are too! Cheers!

By: Mario Debono

Mario Debono — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:19:38 +0000

Listen, i am as nationalist as anyone here but i will admit one thing my grandfather and his father before him, both avid nationalists “minn guf ommom”, said about the PN anthem. It is one note removed from the Giovinezza anthem, Mussolini’s fascist one. Not exact;y a heritage to be proud of. But its ours, and believe me, it sends us running to the party when the time comes. Its in the blood you see….when you hear the words Malta Taghna, meta int issejhilna, demmna ncarcru, ghal liberta. Fine words today, and brave words when they were written. Malta being a colony at the time, they were considered seditious and traitorous. So the tune may be suspect, but none of the words are. They resonate with something deep inside every true Nationalist. The PN is not perfect, and i will the the first to say so. But it’s mine.

By: Galea

Galea — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:55:23 +0000

[Moderator – Your post was published exactly as you sent it. What are you on about?]

Nothing — I just copy and paste my posts on wordpad or MS office just before I click the submit button.

That way was also how I retrieved the reply to ABC’s blog which he chose not to publish.

By: Ganni Borg

Ganni Borg — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:54:50 +0000

Amrio, let’s leave the rest of the posters to judge for themselves, shall we?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCeB1TaEm5Q&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6x9ZRlrjxw&feature=related

But if Mussolini was still alive, he could probably sue for breach of copyright.

By: Daphne Caruana Galizia

Daphne Caruana Galizia — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:03:17 +0000

@ Uncle Fester – I can’t follow your reasoning. You seem to judge the worthiness of somebody to be prime minister and party secretary-general on the basis of whether you would feel comfortable having a beer with them. I, on the other hand, judge them on whether they’re up to running the country well. I have no wish or inclination to have a beer with either Fenech Adami or Gonzi, but I voted for both because they made exceptional prime ministers. On the other hand, those of my friends with whom I am comfortable having a beer I would never choose as prime minister.

Thank you for the information that Jason is 100% heterosexual. This will make me sleep easier, given that I am a noted and notorious homophobe who campaigns to have gay men locked up.

And given that I come from a family of people who are both intelligent and good-looking (sorry, but you really asked for it there) I am the last person to assume that just because a person is good-looking, then he must be brainless.

By: Kev

Kev — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:59:00 +0000

@ Amrio – Xewka is saying that the MLP and PN anthems are similar. I’m saying that the PN anthem is similar to Mussolini’s Giovinezza (and thanks for reminding me of the name; my maternal grandfather used to love it).

You cannot say the PN tune wasn’t a ripp-off.

By: Sybil

Sybil — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:45:18 +0000

JM is a Ken look-alike with a goatee, a receeding hairline and a very noticable Burmarrad accent.

By: Uncle Fester

Uncle Fester — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:31:05 +0000

@So Uncle Fester finds Jason physically attractive. Relatively speaking as explained above. It is the only reason I can think for Daphne trying to make out that Jason is that way inclined. She certainly has no objective basis for her aspersions. As far as I’m concerned to each his own. If he is gay, which he is not, who cares? If he isin’t then why make up these stories? And who knows what some married men do? My guess is as much as they can get away with whether it is with the ladies or with their own sex. It’s the nature of the male beast – monogamy is not in our genes!

@ P Portelli. Gonzi has too much of the overgrown altar boy about him. People may trust him in the same way they trusted EFA – he is the good Catholic boy we were all brought up to believe we should aspire to be. Can’t see Gonzi or his mentor knocking back a couple of cisks with the boys. Joseph and Jason I can see doing that. They just seem more down to earth that way. Notice how people refer to Jason and JM by their first names but never do the same with the PM – he is always Gonzi or Lawrence Gonzi. Not someone people feel comfortable with in a one on one situation.

By: Meerkat :)

Meerkat :) — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:26:34 +0000

Zgur li kuntent Drrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Licari li tela’ l-Poodle, I am sure Drrrr Licari is already strategically positioning himself for some morsel or other from the Loved Up One.

What’s with the tie? DId he get it from some Gay Pride parade?