Hi Peter. I appreciate your opinion, but I cannot agree with you the way you explained how a person can opt to go thirsty. The fact is that if you go thirsty, five people are still going to be elected to represent us in the EU.

The fact that people may think that by abstaining from voting is teaching someone a lesson, maybe I would agree with you there, as we can all understand that political parties would prefer on having a majority of Euro-MPs from their party, but ultimately the people we send will be those pushing our ifs and buts, and no matter how small our contingent is over there, I am sure that even one MP can be capable of making a difference for us.

Therefore it is not a question of voting or not voting, but selecting the best people to represent us//me/you. Again I stress my point, if maybe in my previous post I pointed towards selecting PN candidates, another option would at least be to vote for candidates that had backed our EU submission, and not offered us a crude invention like Partnership etc.

There are other parties (candidates) on the ticket and people who at least believe in the EU and what advantages we can get from it. Again look at the pic heading this blog, and look at Mr. Allahares Qatt…………how can I ever believe that these people have changed their policies when I still see that they elect the likes of Dr. Vella in high ranking positions in their party?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhvBrAycsK8

Peter, tolerance does not mean that one cannot comment or criticise another person’s decision. You are free to abstain from voting but then you have to be mature enough to accept the consequences, including criticism.

Actually, it is you who is being patronising towards those who might abstain from voting. What you are saying might be summarised in this way: let them vent their emotions now, harmlessly, so they will then vote for the PN when it really matters.

David: Your attitude is a touch patronising when you state that “For anybody to abstain from voting PN this Saturday is an insult to this country”. The insult, if anything, is your lack of tolerance to other people’s voting choices.

I still haven’t made up my mind on how exactly I will be voting this Saturday, but I will say this: faced with two bottles marked “Bitter-tasting Stuff”, and “Even Worse-Tasting Stuff”, I can completely understand the mindframe of someone who opts to go thirsty. Many of us might actually decide to pick up one of those two bottles and down the contents, but it’s everyone’s prerogative to choose not to.

This is where I disagree with Daphne that it’s usually a case of “cutting your nose to spite your face”. It’s not. People have a myriad of reasons for voting the way they do, or for abstaining. Many people do unfortunately reason with their ass when it comes to taking the decision, but you can’t clump everyone into that basket. There’s a huge number of people who (rightly or wrongly) feel very betrayed by the current government, and I’d rather they vent their anger and disappointment now than on an election that really matters. If abstaining is their method of reaching catharsis, then so be it.

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090604/opinion/people-first

We are presenting a team of 12 candidates coming from different walks of life and with whom you can easily identify. They will be working on an 18-point priority plan crafted with you in mind. They will be putting you first.

Veru każ ta’ pigeon brains producing pidgin English.

For anybody to abstain from voting PN this Saturday is an insult to this country. How can anyone trust these Labour candidates who can’t even understand how the hell they are even taking part in this election?

These people perform so many U-turns and somersaults that their place should actually be in a circus and not trying to convince us that they now believe in the EU. The only consolation I have is that my family and I will be out voting for the party that worked to put our country in its rightful place, in the EU.

[Daphne – Oooooh, another bitchfest at the kwartieri, then.]