You’re right MikeC, I have to come clean: mine were total fabrications. There IS an omnipotent God after all, the cosmos is eternal, there have been no crimes against humanity in our detention centres, Maltese is our national language, Joseph Muscat is our next deserving leader, religion teachers are not abusing our children, schools are not a total waste of time, and there is total freedom of expression in our bigot-free country.

And you are also right about me: I am the trolley-pushing inmate of a mental institution, with access to the internet, where I wreak havoc and play games with your poor mind.

But then, maybe we are happy with this, you know, more quiet, less hassle and fewer people in the A&E.

You may choose not to answer the question, and I can choose to assume that most of what you write and claim is personal experience is actually fabrication and fantasy.

I missed the report in the papers but whether it was reported or not has no bearing on whether you have any direct experience of it other than reading the report in the paper yourself.

You have alternately claimed you are a doctor and when pressed admitted you weren’t.

It has been suggested that you are actually someone who pushes a food trolley in a hospital but you could equally be a patient in a mental institution with access to the internet.

As I say, you may choose not to answer my question, and I may choose to assume that every single claim you make is false, since some of them, by your admission or by virtue of being contradicted by well known facts, certainly are.

[Daphne – They are not value for money, but a waste of money. If you are going to eat rubbish in a depressing non-aesthetic environment devoid of all charm and comfort, then you’re better off at home, cooking your own supper, which is bound to be better, and eating it in more congenial surroundings. And no, it’s not just the company which makes it fun – all sorts of other elements come into play.]

It’s a fair question but I will choose not to answer it. I’m no Patrick Attard, who was either very brave or very stupid, I am neither. Daphne gets paid for saying it as it is, it’s easy for her to criticise us wusses. [Daphne – I don’t get paid for this blog, and the only reason criticism is easy is because there’s just so much that sucks.] I would probably get fired if I spoke. [Daphne – No you wouldn’t. You use a false name.]
I don’t need to verify the case above because it made the papers. And I wasn’t the last one to leave in such circumstances. There was a constantly changing medical team until the MSF docs came along, and not even they could take it.

At Il-Barri, Mgarr: a few beers, rabbit, snails or horse meat with plenty of chips, veggies and bread would cost you 20 euro.

[Daphne – My idea of absolute hell. I hope you are joking.]

I’m beginning to get very confused with your curriculum vitae and what it is exactly you do in the medical field.

In the article above, you say:

“No, in fact I am not proud at all of my experience. First of all, I shut my eyes to the abuses happening for several weeks because the money was so good (we were paid about three times the going rate for public doctors, plus allowances). When I finally spoke out and reported two guards, they were court-martialled and penalised two days’ wages each. I was then advised by the chief administrator to resign from this job “for my own safety”. I never spoke out in public, like many other Maltese doctors who have worked in such centres I just found another job and kept my mouth shut.”

Yet in this thread, (http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2008/06/14/he-has-nothing-to-declare-not-even-genius/) where much doubt is cast on your multiple identities, ethics, and veracity, you say:

“I may not be a doctor but have worked in both the state and private health care system both in Malta and overseas so I know what I am talking about.”

To which one of the responses (by daphne), which remained unanswered was:

“What were you doing in the state and private health care system both in Malta and overseas? Pushing trolleys of food around? You can’t have been doing anything much given that you didn’t know about the STD clinic at Boffa, or who Philip Carabot is.”

Now I’d like a convincing answer to that question. Because you see, to even begin to believe you’ve ever been near a detention centre, I’d like to know exactly what it is you did in a hospital which earns you, as you put it “three times the going rate for public doctors, plus allowances” when you do the4 same thing in a detention centre.

Based on your posts, I think its a fair question, isn’t it?