Comments on: Tow Karmenu to Libya – sign our petition NOW

By: Corinne Vella

Corinne Vella — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:27:28 +0000

Antoine Vella: “If this is not racist, I don’t know what is.”

Two girls in Marsa thought so, though they might not have been referring to the photos you mention. The sharp intake of breath at their impertinence could be heard all the way across the Atlantic.

By: Antoine Vella

Antoine Vella — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:24:41 +0000

The bottom of the CNI petition website contains dramatic photos that look like something from a doomsday film (not saying that they are, but placed out of context they do seem like one of those disaster films that were popular years ago).

There is also a bloodcurdling list of tropical diseases, some of which cannot spread here because we don’t have the transmitting vector, e.g. tsetse fly. The implication is of course that Africans carry disease and should be shunned. This has nothing to do with them being ‘illegal immigrants’ but refers to their origins. If this is not racist, I don’t know what is.

By: Leonard

Leonard — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:10:22 +0000

Might as well do a Kurtz and get it over with.

By: Corinne Vella

Corinne Vella — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 17:56:42 +0000

And it looks like Josie Muscat drafted the text of CNI’s petition.

By: kev

kev — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 17:17:54 +0000

“It looks like Karmenu’s petition was designed by the same person who picks Josie Muscat’s outfits. Put on your sunglasses before clicking here.
http://www.cnimalta.org/il.html”

…and to think that you know this person by name… but can you spot who he is?

[Daphne – Ray Ashley died some time ago, and Charles & Ron have far better taste than that….so who?]

By: Daphne Caruana Galizia

Daphne Caruana Galizia — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:53:38 +0000

It looks like Karmenu’s petition was designed by the same person who picks Josie Muscat’s outfits. Put on your sunglasses before clicking here.

http://www.cnimalta.org/il.html

By: Corinne Vella

Corinne Vella — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:13:53 +0000

So the thinking-hat solution to immigration is to scuttle the boats. He had the foresight to realise that the people on board should be removed first. He’s now working on the next bit: what to do with the people rescued from the scuttled ship.

By: Antoine Vella

Antoine Vella — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:40:10 +0000

A.Camilleri
That is what I said.

By: A Camilleri

A Camilleri — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:15:09 +0000

@Antoine. Thought it was meant to be the other way round. You’re a racist if you do distinguish between illegal immigrants on the basis of colour, creed, etc.

By: Corinne Vella

Corinne Vella — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:14:09 +0000

Tony Pace: He never noticed that a total suspension of budget distribution failed to stop any rockets flying.

[Daphne – His solution to illegal immigration? Target the middlemen and confiscate their boats. He hasn’t noticed that the immigrants come in on ‘disposable’ boats, and that even if middlemen are found trafficking immigrants, there’s provision in the law already for confiscation of the vessel.]