Ho-hum

@ NGT : Fools rush in where angels fear to thread.
I read the comments on the Times and one of the commentators who is against this project once said on radio:
“If presumptuousness can be exported we wouldn’t have a fiscal deficit in Malta.”

What a peculiar argument. It is apparently dreadfully misogynistic to refer to two women in the same breath, lest it be assumed it is their gender that is under scrutiny.

Anyhow, true enough you are paid for your opinions, of which you are certainly in no short supply. But I would aver that there is a line to be drawn between holier-than-thou, feebly sarcastic, knee-jerk sanctimony and fact-based disquisition on the given subject at hand. I am no personal acquaintance of Astrid Vella, but I am fairly confident the poor woman doesn’t deserve quite the litany of opprobrium you have chosen to shower her with.

[Daphne – Again, a typically male perception: if a woman is tiny and speaks in a whispery voice, then she is harmless. Believe you me, sir, it’s those you have to watch out for.]

Let her have her say; if it’s stupid, or even malicious, then disassemble whatever it is at your pleasure. Otherwise, in my unpaid opinion, the whole exercise comes off as petty, personal and vindictive.

[Daphne -Because we’re women.]

I’ll see what I can do about the sense of humour, although I can’t say I have ever had any complaints. It is perhaps one of my great shortcomings that I fail to see the devastating Shavian wit in the fishwife tittle-tattle that often passes for satirical observation on this site.

[Daphne – Fishwives, eh? Women again.]

Just as the knights of Malta left us their grand auberges, by this new project we will be also leaving our stamp to future generations. In my humble opinion, the entrance to the city is a great idea with the narrow bridge, lift and gardens below. The theatre in the opera ruins, too, will be a welcoming venue for different performances.

However, I am a little disappointed that it will not have some kind of glass dome, so that it can be enjoyed throughout the year. I am not so keen about the parliament taking over Freedom Square. It is only because the area might end up too congested with this huge building. Valletta is a big city, and the Parliament House although well planned, should be elsewhere.

I accept that Richard England’s opinion should carry more weight than mine but, quite honestly, I don’t think Kenneth Zammit Tabona’s opinion is any better than mine. Anyway, I’m not one of the people he claims he is talking about.

Who probably voted for Louis Grech ”imma mhux ghall Labour you know, ghax issa sirna progressive, you know, u dawk tal-middle class maghna, you know, u issa nraraw x’se jghid Joey ghax dak jifhem f’kollox, you know.”

[Daphne – What he promised was to do something about the site, certainly not to rebuild Barry’s opera house.]