Ahem
Published:
November 10, 2008 at 12:36pm
From www.timesofmalta.com
Michael Gatt (13 minutes ago)
After joining the MLP mass demonstration of yesterday my courage was built up again and I intend to continue strenthining my hopes by taking part in the GWU demonstration on Thursday
Ethelbert Schembri (3 hours, 10 minutes ago)
Thanks to the LP, GWU and who ever participated in yesterdays beautiful manifestation that was a sign of courage for all the people of Malta. Well done Dr Muscat !
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At least he said ‘demonstration’, not ‘manifestation’, even though his revered leader said it was a ‘national manifestation’, not an MLP one. Maybe he was at the wrong place?
Wow! Impressive! The next time I’ll need that special push in life, I’ll wait for the next MLP ‘manifasstration’!
LP? Gee, I thought they went out of fashion in the late eighties, superseded by CDs.
Michael Gatt`s description of these demonstrations remind me of those suspect weight loss plan testimonies:
“I needed my courage strenthined and saw INSTANT results with the MLP demonstration. I already feel an instant sense of strethined hope and with the GWU demonstration, I am expecting to take my hopes to the next level. To anyone reading this, let me tell you, these public demonstrations REALLY work!”
Hellloooooooo Michael!!!!! There’s a spellcheck facility on every word processor!! Stick to IT-TORCA or KULLHADD ras !
The decision to turn The Times website into a kind of forum and allow the public to post comments was an interesting one but I’m not sure that the experiment is succeeding.
The comments have become as prominent as the news items and the opinion pieces themselves and have significantly lowered the standard of the whole website and, consequently, the paper.
I certainly do not expect all posts to have my same point of view and I’d enjoy an intelligent debate with someone who disagreed with me but what can I say to a person who intends to ‘strenthin his hopes’?
Surely the moderators could be a little more selective in what gets published. They do not seem to realise that foolish, semi-literate posts reflect badly on The Times.
timesofmalta.com has become a veritable rubbish dump. Last week, there was some article about I-don’t-know-what, and someone had the cheek/stupidity to post a comment with words to this effect:
“I’m not an expert on this field, so I won’t comment”
Billions of blue blistering barnacles!!! Get a life, people!!!
The timesofmalta.com has become the online Xarabank.
It’s not a compliment.
[Daphne – No, the portal is excellent. The problem lies entirely with the comments. They’re the kind you get on YouTube.]