H.P. Baxxter, your comment in the second last paragraph simply MUST be challenged – “Allura skond l-gherf tieghek, pajjizi bhall-Awstralja, Canada, New Zealand, Jamaica (iva, gheziez Graffitti), etc, mhumhiex sovrani”

Having lived in Australia since 1956 let me remind you that on the 11th of November 1975, the Queens representative in Australia, Governor General Sir John Kerr, dismissed the democratically elected Labour government of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam half way through its term following a constitutional crises brought on by the opposition.

The Australian constitution in 1975 – as it still does today, stated that the queen through her representative the Governor General as the Head of State of the Commonwealth of Australia was therefore legally entitled to take that course of action.

I will not dispute your comment about the other countries mentioned because I don’t know all the facts but as far as Australia is concerned it is definitely still NOT a sovereign state.

Daphne,

Mill-kumment li ghadek kif hallejt lil N.Schembri urejt kemm int mara baxxa u tahseb li int l-aqwa u l-ahjar u li bhalek, Alla ghad irid johloq ohra.

Ahna nafu li inti brava HAFNA u taf titkellem hafna kemm bil-Malti u kemm bl-Ingliz. Nafu ukoll li ahna nies ta mentalita miskina u mbarazz li m’ghandekx hin ghalina imma safrattant, bil-hamallagni kollha taghna, u mmorru zmerc kemm immorru zmerc, xorta ssib hin tirrispondina.

Insomma, ha nhallik halli nilhaq noqghod naqra wicci mal-hajt fil-kantuniera nhossni inferjuri waqt li nara c-certifikati li ghandi ta l-ingliz…

Is there anything in Maltese which is not a hamallata or is not hamallagni?

What are your views re the following? Please mention any work of the mentioned person which impressed you, whether positively or negatively, and state why.

1. Dun Karm
2. Ruzar Briffa
3. Frans Sammut
4. Oliver Friggieri
5. Lino Spiteri
6. Alfred Sant
7. Charles Camilleri
8. Peter Serracino Inglott
9. Daniel Massa
10. Achille Mizzi
11. Mario Azzopardi
12. Gabriel Caruana
13. Josette Caruana
14. Antoine Camilleri
15. Antonio Sciortino
16. Guze Stagno
17. Esprit Barthet
18. Luciano Micallef
19. Ivo Muscat Azzopardi
20. Ira Losco

Very curious about your reaction.

Have a nice day

A Crowley
(Cefalu)

[Daphne – I don’t judge art and literature on the basis of whether the author is Maltese or not, nor do I group paintings, music and novels under a single heading according to the nationality of the person responsible for their creation. Your hotch-potch list of names shows clearly that this is what you do and how you think. Just because many Maltese are vulgar and the work of many Maltese artists and writers is seriously sub-standard, it does not follow that everything Maltese is bad. Everything Maltese is obviously not bad, because I’m Maltese. I could really let rip about a few of the names on your list, but I won’t, ‘Alestair Crowley’ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleister_Crowley%5D

Kemm taf iddur mal-lewża jew kif ngħidu bil-malti tinbeżaq mis-sunnara. Ma tixtax twieġeb direttament sura ta’ nies għax is-sewwa tniggeż. Problema kbira li għandek u jkollok titqanna biha tul kemm iddum tgħix hija li l-kulur aħmar tal-Labour ma taħmlux, imma f’ġismek apparti l-ħdura apparenti għandek 8lt likwidu jissejjaħ demm u dan inzerta aħmar mhux blu. U nistiednek tindaga naqra fl-istorja tas-sena partikolari 1977 la taf ħafna u fuq kollox għax ħasra qabżitlek din is-sena tant importanti fl-istorja tal-partit tiegħek.

[Daphne – Mur tmellah ma xi cercur bhalek, biex ma nghidlekx xi haga izjed specifika.]

Ta’ Joseph kulħadd jaf u kulħadd segwa għax kienet trasparenti. Ġorġ ħadd ma jaf kif spiċċa jew tneħħa. Kumbinazzjoni kont għadek żgħira biex ma tiftakarx. Ħadt qatt ma qallek kif, come u x’fatta spiċċa jew tneħħa? Ara veru ma tistħix. Il-partit Laburista kellu mexxej mingħajr siġġu?…Gonzi kellu jissellef aktar min-nofs il-kwota biex jingħata siġġu ħalli jigverna u kien l-ewwel Prim Ministru fl-istorja li qed jigverna b’siġġu misluf lilu mill-oppożizzjoni.

[Daphne – Il-Partit Laburista ma kellux ghazla hlief li jkun ‘trasparenti’, ghax fis-sena 2009 hawn il-liberta tal-istampa u l-liberta tal-espressjoni, kontra ta’ kif kienet is-sitwazzjoni fis-sena 1976. Nahseb li ma tantx hawn nies li jghoddu l-kliem ‘Partit Laburista’ u ‘trasparenza’ flimkien – pjuttost l-oppost.]