Comments on: That’s sadism, not ‘animal cruelty’ https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/07/that%e2%80%99s-sadism-not-%e2%80%98animal-cruelty%e2%80%99/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:10:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Janine https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/07/that%e2%80%99s-sadism-not-%e2%80%98animal-cruelty%e2%80%99/#comment-31108 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:10:42 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=3397#comment-31108 Mandy – We know the Gozitans are unique – The “cave” dog story and now this: two dogs dumped in a skip inside a dog-food sack, poisoned and left to die screeching and fitting in agony. A kitten taken to the police station with a severe eye infection which led to the loss of an eye. I suspect the poisoned dogs were some sort of vendetta “Gozo style”.

A long time ago when any form of animal cruelty was ever reported, the same Gozitans had their own special way of disposing their dogs, by digging a deep hole which would lead to the sea and just chuck live unwanted dogs into it. It seems these people never change.

]]> By: Mandy Mallia https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/07/that%e2%80%99s-sadism-not-%e2%80%98animal-cruelty%e2%80%99/#comment-31107 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:35:56 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=3397#comment-31107 http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090715/local/more-animal-cruelty-reported-in-gozo

]]> By: Clive https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/07/that%e2%80%99s-sadism-not-%e2%80%98animal-cruelty%e2%80%99/#comment-31106 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:42:20 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=3397#comment-31106 Daphne hits the nail on the head with this article. This sort of behaviour is the sign of a disturbed, dangerous mind.
My grandad used to tell his daughters “never marry a man who beats his dog, because one day he may well beat you”.
Sensible chap…..

]]> By: Carla Sidella https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/07/that%e2%80%99s-sadism-not-%e2%80%98animal-cruelty%e2%80%99/#comment-31105 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:56:15 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=3397#comment-31105 @Rose
What stopped you from reporting the boy?

]]> By: Ganni https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/07/that%e2%80%99s-sadism-not-%e2%80%98animal-cruelty%e2%80%99/#comment-31104 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:25:02 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=3397#comment-31104 In reply to marika mifsud.

“how only the elite even thought of going”…not really. Matinees were particularly popular with people from villages and the countryside. It would have been impossible to have barely acceptable attendance for every performance if only the elite went.

[Daphne – Tajjeb wisq. So what The People want is a species of Catholic Institute for our own times, designed by Renzo Piano, in which we can have Zeza tal-Flagship revivals.]

]]> By: Alex https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/07/that%e2%80%99s-sadism-not-%e2%80%98animal-cruelty%e2%80%99/#comment-31103 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:35:10 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=3397#comment-31103 In reply to jenny.

No! but seriously…I’m very disturbed by this. First I was mortified for the young lady “ghax miskina everyone should be given a chance”; then I said “za***b” ten times over (with that grinding voice still stabbing at my senses). How dare she be allowed to perform? How is it that someone, somewhere, gave her so much as an ounce of encouragement to go on TV and take up 5 minutes of air time? How is it that the NET TV people could even contemplate giving her a nod of approval and the 3-2-1-GO sign? How is it that the cameraman didn’t resign when he was given no choice but to keep the red button pressed? How is it that her family didn’t ground her for 7 years when she expressed an intention to become a sinker fuq it-telefixin?

]]> By: marika mifsud https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/07/that%e2%80%99s-sadism-not-%e2%80%98animal-cruelty%e2%80%99/#comment-31102 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:38:47 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=3397#comment-31102 I think a child like the one Rose describes should have been reported and given help from an early age.
I once saw a group of boys aged about 10 teasing and throwing things at a large alsation that was tied up in a garage just next door to their school. I’m normally very timid but I went up to them and asked “Shall I untie the dog?” I then told them I was going to report them to the headmaster which I did. Sadism at such a young age is horrific.

]]> By: rose https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/07/that%e2%80%99s-sadism-not-%e2%80%98animal-cruelty%e2%80%99/#comment-31101 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:56:31 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=3397#comment-31101 I once had a boy in my class (I teach 12-year-olds) who explained to me how he loved hanging two cats by their hind legs, next to each other, and let them fight it out until one of them killed the other. It was shocking hearing all the details, but when I tried to talk some sense into him, he always tried to make fun of me instead. As the years passed, I got to know what a hooligan he had turned out to be. So yes, Daphne, I agree with you 100 per cent: these people need help to overcome their sadism.

]]> By: jenny https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/07/that%e2%80%99s-sadism-not-%e2%80%98animal-cruelty%e2%80%99/#comment-31100 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:53:27 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=3397#comment-31100 In reply to C Attard.

Amazing. Who on earth told her that she could sing.

]]> By: Milone https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/07/that%e2%80%99s-sadism-not-%e2%80%98animal-cruelty%e2%80%99/#comment-31099 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:37:30 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=3397#comment-31099 In reply to marika mifsud.

EUR30 is a bargain. Ticket prices for performances at La Scala and the Royal Opera House cost far, far more. EUR100 might get you a back seat in a shared box with a restricted view – if you’re lucky, that is.

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