Who do you think I am?? :)

Anyway: I was genuinely interested in your views on Il-Gagga.

As I said, you seem pretty intelligent, though somewhat prejudiced.

It would have been nice to entertain an intelligent conversation with an intelligent lady.

All the best

John Ph. Borg

The moderator can easily confirm this – by looking at our individual numbers. (He has unmasked people using more than one “name” in the past – so he can easily confirm that I’m not “Ganni Borg”.)

Come to think of it, your comment (i.e. that you don’t entertain civilized conversations with people you don’t know, and therefore don’t give two hoots about)reveals a veritable mess in the way you see things.

Let’s try to shed some light.

This is a blog. In the (virtual) world, there are two types of blog: private or public. This particular blog seems to fall in the latter category.

Being open to the public, this blog is open also to people one doesn’t know.

Using the blog implies an implicit acceptance of these fundamental facts.

So, viewed in this light, your assertion seems to lead to the following conclusions.

1. You are on this (public, or open to the public) blog, but do not intend to exchange civilized comments with the other users. If this is the case, I would think that the moderator should intervene. Unless, of course, it is the ethos of this blog to be uncivilized.

2. You are on this (open to the public) blog, but wish to discriminate between users. With those who belong to your own, restricted social circle you wish to exchange civilized views. With the others – about whom you don’t give two hoots – you only wish to exchange uncivilized views. Well, at least, you’re woman enough to admit it openly.

3. You do not really mean what you said, but just said it to avoid a direct confrontation of a level to which you are not used, and therefore wish to avoid a useless humiliation. This is perfectly understandable, and at least – once again – you are woman enough to admit your (intellectual) limitations.

Whichever is the case, I fail to understand why you think so highly of yourself. I should be grateful if you were to elucidate this highly interesting matter.

Hope you have a nice weekend. Mine (in part thanks to your replies) will be fantastic! :D

Regards

John Ph. Borg

I thought that having been educated at St Edward’s – a school I respect – you would have been more open-minded. It’s a pity. I don’t know what your job is, but if it requires an open mind, you must be a disappointment for your boss/colleagues/clients. It is really a pity.

Dear Mrs Mallia

Please do accept my sincere apologies for calling you Amanda. I hadn’t realized you were so sensitive. I’m sorry if I hurt your feelings.

(Please don’t get offended, but “ma” used in the negative does not have the apostrophe. It is “with” (ma’) that has the apostrophe. I hate correcting people, but I’m just doing it for your cultural accretion.)

You state that you don’t give two hoots about people you don’t know. Using the same logic, why do you expect others to give consideration to your views, if very few people outside your social circle know you?

Regards

John Ph. Borg

“I would therefore not be surprised if, after reading Il-Gagga, you’d tend to appreciate its critique of Maltese society, and perhaps subscribe (openly) to the thesis the author proffers to the intelligent reader.”

Intelligent readers would never be reading the little man’s so called books!

“When someone invites her to a civilized conversation on something intellectual, she disappears.”

Intellectual??

Somewhere, Amanda or one of her sisters said they were bred alike, and therefore think alike. If this is true, then Amanda’s behaviour is typical of the Vella Sisters’ behaviour.

How is Amanda behaving herself?

When it comes to expressing opinions based on preconceptions, she’s there to drive her point home.

When someone invites her to a civilized conversation on something intellectual, she disappears.

Any further comment would be superfluous.