Comments on: A racist police officer who wasn't reprimanded

By: steve said

steve said — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 09:52:25 +0000

shouldn’t a thought be spared to the prostitutes themselves? they are amongst the most marginalised persons in our society, usually riddled with other problems such a gambling or usury debts, drug or alcohol addiction. it is sad to see young women, without any dignity, selling their bodies for a few euros. it is easy to condemn them, but if we has to condemn all people who make ‘serious’ mistakes that would be quite a chunk of our society. i think these are desperate people, people who have made mistakes, but a truly Catholic/Christian society should not stop at condemning its’ members mistakes, but reach out to help.

By: John Schembri

John Schembri — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:55:11 +0000

@ Daphne : I did not say I am put off by gays because of what I experienced when I was eighteen , at least I don’t think it left any mark on my life. I just stated a fact.
I hate working with gay people who feel and show that they are PROUD, punto e basta.
So, can you put me into another pigeon hole please.

By: John Schembri

John Schembri — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:21:15 +0000

@ Marku :you are right it is a xenophobic site , but the fact how Van Gogh was killed is undeniable.I just searched a little and hit on that web site which fits your “murder scenario”.
You had a ‘witty’ reply for a ‘thorny’ question.You nearly cornered me , and poor Van Gogh saved my day!
It is very difficult to tell who killed the poor guy near the refugee centre in Marsa.

By: Marku

Marku — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:37:04 +0000

J. Grima: without referring to you personally, just because one does not feel threatened by black people in politics, sport or entertainment does not necessarily mean that that person is not racist. Many white people in the U.S. are happy to see black athletes on their team but nevertheless exhibit racist feelings toward African-Americans generally.

By: John Schembri

John Schembri — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:34:59 +0000

So Daphne now we are on an equal footing ,you feel threatned by “heterosexual men of a certain kind” and I feel ill at ease with gays who are PROUD and “show offs”.
I also experienced something similar to Mario’s story when I was eighteen. If it were not for my friend wielding a one inch pipe in his hand , I would have been ‘attacked’ by a 150 kg guy, who was afraid to face a woman.
And please leave tal-Muzew out of the story, I left Muzew at the age of thirteen , and most probably they never heard of that pill .
BTW :You must be leading a stressful life with all these “heterosexual men of a certain kind” all around you!

[Daphne – No, we are not on an equal footing, John. You’re homophobic and I don’t care what people do in bed except when they give fibbing interviews about it like a certain would-be minister of health. You claim to have been put off homosexuals by an ‘attack’ when you were 18. Odd then, that despite several similar would-be attacks on my person from the age of 14, by what I can only conclude were heterosexual men, and despite having to put up with several wankers and other assorted perverts on Sliema’s beaches and promenades, I have not been put off heterosexual men and nor do I refuse to work with them.]

By: Marku

Marku — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:30:55 +0000

John Schembri: thank you for the reading suggestion but I prefer not to frequent xenophobic websites.

By: kev

kev — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:22:10 +0000

Ouch! I knew I hit a nerve the moment I flung my arrow :)

It’s the only sure way to win an argument with Daphne.

[Daphne – You seem to be at a loose end today. All’s well on the Brussels revolution front, I take it?]

By: Pat

Pat — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:05:24 +0000

“A homosexual is a man who is attracted to men sort of, you don’t feel threatened (you’re a woman) but Mario and I do.”

You should definitely feel less threatened to work with a gay man, than Daphne, or any other woman, should feel working with a straight man, as statistics show them to be a far higher risk.

[Daphne – Not only are they a sexual risk, but a downright inconvenience, with egos that need pandering too, offence that must not be caused, touchy-touchiness, and they have to be allowed to speak at length whenever they want to do so, while everyone else listens. I generalise, of course, but you get the drift.]

By: kev

kev — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:03:13 +0000

Okay Daphne, I give up – what with the Jack-the-Ripper tangent and all… Albertown has been a no-go area for as long as Daphne remembers. And that’s a fact that concerns an opinion.

Soon you’ll be competing with La Benoît, but you’re not there yet.

[Daphne – Marie Benoit is exactly my mother’s age and so from a completely different generation (and it goes without saying that my mother doesn’t have her narrow-minded perspective). You are obviously one of those men who imagines that because we are both (a) women and (b) newspaper writers then we are in the same category. But actually, I am your age, your generation, and your contemporary, so if you are going to make comparisons…..]

By: John Schembri

John Schembri — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:47:54 +0000

Kevin is THE expert on this one .Thanks Kev!