Comments on: Pearls of wisdom from Labour's bog-roll

By: worker

worker — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:11:59 +0000

@ mat 555
I’ve got a speech defect – I don’t sound the zz in Maltese. What are you a typing instructor? Couldn’t you tell it was a typing error? – don’t not dont, parents’ not parents shall I go on?

By: mat555

mat555 — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:54:21 +0000

I agree to mlp’s stance on this as long as they give the right to 16 year olds to drive to go into clubs (legally), etc etc. If the mlp’s argument holds any water (i.e.) that a 16 year old is ‘big/mature’ enough to vote, than why dont get them to drive or give blood without the parents approval, or marry for that matter. But hold on…I beleive there is a spin in this! Don’t you think its possible that the KullHadd and l-Orizont title page on the day after the election would be MLP izidu fil voti (imma jitilfu lelezzjoni ghal darb ohra) HEHEHEHE. They wouldn’t be lying! Insomma please be aware, the MLP is not going to repeat the Mistake JM made during the last elections. This time he is going to count the new voters, but maybe the calculator wont work again!

By: mat555

mat555 — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:48:16 +0000

@ Worker

biZZejed u mhux biSSejjed

By: Antoine Vella

Antoine Vella — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:14:43 +0000

They cannot buy alcohol or cigarettes though because they are not considered adults.

By: Libertas

Libertas — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:13:03 +0000

According to Labour, the biggest problem in Malta in the summer of ’08 is that young people cannot vote in Local Council elections if they’re 16 or 17.

Isn’t it actually great to have such extremely minor problems in Malta nowadays?

By: K

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:43:11 +0000

Well, Antoine, as far as I know, 16 year olds can already smoke and drink alcohol legally.

By: worker

worker — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:26:05 +0000

@ Ananda Mallia Actually I think in Maltese it’s “pitlor” derived from “pitlorju” or vice versa.

By: Amanda Mallia

Amanda Mallia — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:56:04 +0000

Worker – Shouldn’t that have been “petlor” in Maltese? :)

By: Antoine Vella

Antoine Vella — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:31:38 +0000

If we let 16-year-olds vote, ‘because they are mature’, will we also make it legal for them to drive, smoke, drink alcohol and do all the things that adults do?

Every phase of life has its own character and people ought to live the role appropriate for their age. Just as it is ridiculous for an adult to behave like a teenager, so is it unfair to try and push teenagers into premature adulthood. It becomes even more irresponsible when it is proposed frivolously as a political gimmick.

How much thought has Joseph really given this and whom has he consulted? I fear we could be back to the impromptu politics that had characterised Sant’s leadership.

By: worker

worker — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:14:56 +0000

@ Daphne Now you are better than me in English, because you use it everyday, whilst I use Maltese everyday, “qabad fuq sieq wahda” is an everyday expression which means caught unprepared. For example, I use it when my son, whose 15, asks for a lift and I’m short on petrol, so I say ” Sorry qbadtni fuq sieq wahda ghax m’ghandiex petrol bissejjed”. Imhuh does mean brains, but the brains of PN are the people who do the thinking or planing. Like you’re the brains of this blogg.