The latest buzzword in the grotto
Published:
February 24, 2009 at 10:58am
It’s omerta.
Watch it spring up all over the internet after Muscat fed it into the system and Leo Brincat keeps the ball rolling in The Malta Independent today.
Possible variants:
Omrta!!!!!!
oMErTA??????!!!!!!!
WAKE UP AND SMELL THE OMERTA!!!!!!!!!
gONZipn oMErta!!!!!!!!!!!
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http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090223/local/bastjan-dalli-granted-bail
did we miss something?
[Daphne – No. Why?]
water turned into whiskey
soap turned into drugs
humans turned into gods
court of justice turned into a joke
Mat555,
Why is the granting of bail to Mr. Dalli against a heftyish deposit to be considered an example of a “court of justice turned into a joke”?
Or have I completely misunderstood what you are trying to say?
Dear Manuel,
In my opinion that’s the problem….the hefty deposit! Ghax kieku jiena ppruvajt indahhal is-sapun hawn Malta – real soap, that is – I wouldn’t have that much money to pay the deposit…imma bil-flus taghmel triq fil bahar!
And please note, this is not the first time this particular chap has done something of this nature. Allura hekk sew? You don’t need to answer.
Do you mean that the principle of “innocent until proven guilty” should not apply to this particular individual? Bail should be denied only in the most exceptional circumstances – and Mr. Dalli was denied bail for a month or so until some witnesses who had sensitive evidence to give actually testified.
In fact it is what YOU are implying, which suggests that there should be law for most people – and another one for those who happen to be related to politicians!
Omerta does not even exist in the Maltese language and it was used in a totally inappropriate context by Joseph Muscat. It does not mean that government remains silent about a problem but that private persons behave according to a code of silence which inhibits them from giving away their companions.
It seems that Joseph is trying to emulate Alfred Sant in using buzzwords but, whatever other faults he might have had, Sant was a cultured person not a bumpkin; he certainly knew the meaning of the words he used.
[Daphne – Talking of bumpkins, I noticed when listening to a parliamentary debate some days ago – the one in which Muscat decided that a boatload of 278 immigrants is a national crisis – that when he loses it and gets excited, he forgets to control his accent and sounds just like…..a bumpkin. Incidentally, word has reached me that Mario Vella might have written Muscat’s doctoral thesis. I’m not one for rumour and gossip, but given that I once worked across the corridor from Mario Vella, and Joseph Muscat visited his room regularly, this is something I want to be looking at. Bristol is a good university and Muscat is neither educated nor linguistically able, but then again, his research and writing skills may have evolved to a considerable degree since the days he wrote kotba tas-skandli for Sensiela Kotba Socjalisti and bad articles for L-orizzont and maltastar.com]
Apparently, his stint at Crystal Finance (Alfred Mifsud’s firm) was also a ‘hoax’, needed to boost his dry and empty CV. Mifsud was his boss at Super One at the time.
He obviously has no clue about anything in the financial sector, and in these circles Muscat is regarded as a tragic joke.
Back to the topic of this thread. Actually, it’s quite amusing trying to understand the mindset of this coordinated lot. Omerta’ is popping up all over the place, even in articles where it doesn’t really belong.
Dapnne,
I think you’ve got the little bearded wonder. Had some dealings with him a few years ago. All he could do was grin. A PhD? Don’t think so, unless his is called ‘piled high and deep’.