Comments on: Take a break from the EP elections

By: mat555

mat555 — Mon, 25 May 2009 09:11:42 +0000

….and all the best women are married, all the handsome men are gay………

Guy Chambers, Robbie Williams (Supreme)

By: Jean Caruana

Jean Caruana — Mon, 25 May 2009 07:29:03 +0000

The truth that your article was not given the prominence it is usually given; the truth that readers – myself included – expected an article on Maltese politics just two weeks before an election; the truth that a dismal showing for the PN in these elections will mean a bigger dent to the government’s credibility….

Maybe you do not want to be part of the forthcoming PN fiasco and you decided to jump ship?
The latter point is sheer personal speculation which might or might not have some truth in it.

[Daphne – Exactly what are you reading on this blog? And don’t you know about http://www.independent.com.mt? Or are you still fixed in the age of print?]

By: Jean Caruana

Jean Caruana — Mon, 25 May 2009 06:44:14 +0000

You know much more about journalism to be aware that my comments are genuine. You, on the other hand, are being parsimonious with the truth, so I shall rest my case.

[Daphne – What truth? Unbelievable.]

By: Jean Caruana

Jean Caruana — Sun, 24 May 2009 21:48:16 +0000

This blog is not a newspaper, and I do not imagine that it has the same readership as the newspaper, both in quantity and in quality. My two points were that your article was “hidden” away; and that it was expected of you – I imagine by many of your readers – to write about the EP elections. As a reader of your articles I guess it is legitimate to make these two observations.

I am not talking of conspiracies and please do not insult me by putting me in the same boat as Kevin Ellul Bonici.

[Daphne – My article was not ‘hidden away’. And it is not always op-ed. And this is not a general election. And I did not feel like writing about politics.]

By: Jean Caruana

Jean Caruana — Sun, 24 May 2009 21:29:02 +0000

I don’t buy that. You don’t take a break at the most important last two weeks of an election campaign. You didn’t take a break last year, and don’t tell us that this is very different because even though we will not be electing who will run Malta, still the bigger the losses suffered by the party in government the bigger the dent on the government’s credibility.

[Daphne – That’s right. I’m part of a conspiracy to say nothing on what isn’t the eve of the election, despite the fact that there’s a constant stream of EP commentary on this blog. Kevin Ellul Bonici has a galleon you might want to take a trip on.]

By: Jean Caruana

Jean Caruana — Sun, 24 May 2009 21:04:45 +0000

I nearly missed your article. Why was it compressed between Kirill M Stafrace and the letters’ page? It used to be op-ed not long ago. Surprised also that only two Sundays before June 6 and you don’t write about politics as expected by, I am sure, most of your readers. What’s happening?

[Daphne – I needed a break from the EP effluent.]

By: maryanne

maryanne — Sun, 24 May 2009 14:40:19 +0000

In reply to Francis V. U kif!

By: Francis V

Francis V — Sun, 24 May 2009 12:42:48 +0000

Ghaxxaqa Kevin!

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090524/local/e-mail-blunder-exposes-pl-candidates-familial-push

By: Magrin

Magrin — Sun, 24 May 2009 11:22:38 +0000

Originally Mel Gibson was not from Australia. He was born in the USA though his mother is, or was Australian. He came to Australia when quite young and started his movie career in the Australian film industry.

He gravitated to Hollywood after a series of Mad Max and other film and theatre roles in Australia. Then came the Lethal Weapon franchise.

He ventured into film directing with Braveheart and from then on to other ventures until that episode with that traffic cop which left him a cripple in the eyes of those who until then had admired every move in his career.

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 24 May 2009 10:21:58 +0000

Daphne, I don’t really get your point about available men. There’s not much available for men in that age category either, so why present only one side of the coin?

[Daphne – Have you actually read the article? It hinges on statistics, not perceptions.]