Wouldn't one of Noel Arrigo's vibrators have been enough?
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November 21, 2009 at 1:35am
You try coming anywhere near me with that island and I'll shove this up your....rosary ring
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Jimmy Vella (4 hours, 29 minutes ago)
The prime minister should have the decency and resign now before he plunges this little Island into the abbess.
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Thank you Daphne! I just sprayed a mouthful ot tea all over my keyboard and desk trying to stifle a laugh. There’s no better way to start the day, I guess.
Omg the Maltese translation of the above comment is extremely funny and stupid.
Oh, now I understand why a ‘deep plunge’ is followed by a
resErrection.
I would have assumed that the ‘resErrection’ would precede the ‘deep plunge’. Shows how much I know.
That’s because economists only know how to screw up the world with odd numbers and funny concepts. On the other hand religions offer odd concepts and funny figures.
Excellent retort! Mea Culpa. However, economists don’t screw up the world, since no one takes their advice. On the other hand, (they use that phrase a lot) they’re very good at saying, after the fact, ‘see, told you so’.
Lovely! How did you match such an apt picture with this abysmal text in the wee hours of the morning?
Daphne, would you have used the same or similar caption under the picture above, had this nun been holding a copy of the Muslim Koran rather than a cross in her hand? I bet you not! By the way, I am atheist!
[Daphne – Is Noel Arrigo a Muslim? Does he go to the mosque every Friday to petition God? So what exactly is your point here?]
Isn’t the point that Christian bating is easier than bashing Muslims? although there doesn’t seem to be any context to the remark… so it was pretty dumb,
Still, rather than doors set on fire, having your entire property blown up by a disgruntled jihadist would make for an excellent article :)
[Daphne – Your smiley is facetious and stupid, which is why I left it in. It wasn’t my door that was set on fire, but my house, and not by Muslims but by people who feel their ‘Catholic’ traditions threatened by Muslim niggers, as they see it.]
Cassandra Montegna
“Isn’t the point that Christian bating is easier than bashing Muslims?..”
One reason could be that Mohammed died in his bed, a powerful man, while Jesus allowed himself to be humiliated and crucified and forgave his executioners. Maybe he was trying to tell us something.
I didn’t say your house was vandalised by Muslims. I’m aware it was locals who did the damage. And my remarks were indeed facetious and stupid – thanks for preserving the smiley :)
As far as I am concerned the disgraced judge Noel Arrigo is as guilty as sin and I really admire the courageous way you are writing about him. My point is that the caption you used would cause offense to Christians.
It’s good that Christians don’t run riots and look for blood like demented Muslims when they are on the receiving end in defence of their ‘religion of peace’ – the bear named Mohammed in Sudan and the Danish cartoons come to my mind.
[Daphne – I don’t get your point. Or maybe you just miss the essential point – which is that in a democracy like ours, everybody is free to criticise religion or different religions, but members of no religion are free to commit crimes. If individual members of the Christian religion do not break the law, then bully for them. They’re not going to get applause for doing it. Also, the world is full of demented Christians so don’t get too cocky about it. They just happen to live in democratic societies which control their excesses and have done so for years.]
Kemm jiena vojt, fqir u miskin meta nipprova nwaqqa’ ghaz-zuffjett is-salib (simbolu ta’ mhabba universali) u l-kuruna tar-ruzarju (l-aqwa arma li biha n-nisrani qed jifdi lili u d-dinja mill-qerda ahharija).
Kemm irid ikun miftuh mohhi…. u kemm trid tkun zghira qalbi … u fejn qieghda ruhi … biex inwaqqa’ ghac-cajt lill-Iben t’Alla li ssallab, xerred demmu, u qala’ s-swat ghall-fejqan shih tal-umanita’ kollha.
Kif nista’ nkasbar lill-fundatur ta’ religjon li s-sies taghha huwa ‘min jaghtik daqqa ta’ harta dawwarlu haddek in-naha l-ohra’? Kemm niflah inkun dghajjef biex nattakka lil min lest jaqla’ d-daqqiet kollha tieghi minghajr ma jitniffes u jirritalja?
Kif il-kobor tal-imhabba t’Alla jgibni daqs naqra … mhux ta’ b’xejn il-qaddisin isiru x-xejn … u jkunu kollox!
ehhh? “simbolu ta’ mhabba universali”
Symbol of universal love? No it’s not; it’s a symbol of torture. And don’t give me that crap about how he loved us so much he died for us. He didn’t want to die, no more than I do. The purpose of symbols is that they are to the point, and make a statement, without having to read behind the lines. Take off you blinkers, for one second, and just look at what you worship. Jesus supposedly did so many great things, and we worship his torture? If we were just inventing Christianity now, would we use the cross as our new symbol? I doubt it!
Daphne, I dont mind when people make fun of our religion (and that of others) especially when this is directed at the people who lead or are involved (as these are usually imperfect). What I cannot understand is when from a simple joke we go to trying our best to offend the people who follow that particular religion.
To make matters worse, instead of focusing on the many positive teaching that is at the base of every religion we focus on the wrong perpetrated by the few and make this seem like it is the religion itself – example a priest who does something wrong is completely at fault but that is not what Christ teaches right? I have a feeling you are not a fervent Catholic – I stand to be corrected.
[Daphne – I am not even a Catholic, still less a fervent one. I think of religion as more than a title and a badge of identity, and so, given that I am no faith in the most fundamental tenets of Catholicism, I cannot – unlike very many of my compatriots – identify myself as a Catholic, and this despite the fact that my life is probably more in keeping with the spirit of the faith than the lives of so many others who call themselves Catholics.]
I don’t know what you think about the teachings of Christ, for example. I do not know what turned you away from the Catholic Church (I’m assuming you had a Catholic upbinging but again I stand to be corrected).
[Daphne – Yes, I did, but here’s the thing: nobody asked me. And when I was old enough to think about it for myself, I decided I really wasn’t impressed or interested.]
But I have a feeling it was not the teachings of Christ that have put you off but probably the Catholic representatives you encountered. Now there is no problem in taking the mickey once in a while – few can remain serious when looking at this picture. On the other hand vulgar remarks about religion seem twice as insulting – they are no better that the idiot on the bus who says f’Gh*** id-Duluri or something so disgusting.
Unfortunately this vulgar habit of many Maltese is the first thing that strikes you when you arrive in Malta from abroad or worse still when you are waiting at the departures lounge in a foreign airport. I understand that most jokes are intended to sting with insolence but nobody likes it when you joke about his/her mother for example. Not many husbands would laugh if you call their wives whores and few parents will laugh if the joke is on their son. Whether you believe in God or not one should avoid being vulgar about something that other people hold dear – it is basic respect – you can joke but you do not need to be vulgar. Now in this case one could make fun of the nun but the image of Christ on a cross being shoved anywhere it shouldn’t is not nice – don’t you agree?
[Daphne – There is a world of difference between that sort of joke and the swearing of taxi drivers. I guess you miss the distinction.]
A bit off-topic, maybe … L-aqwa s-slaleb u li jobdu l-Knisja u ma’ juzawx condoms, imma mbaghad …
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20091122/local/gu-clinic-report-exposes-high-rate-of-extramarital-affairs
I’m glad The Times staff don’t proofread the comments they upload: would take away most of the fun of reading them.
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20091119/local/chopping-off-hands-of-thieves-is-deserving-punishment-imam
you should have been burnt to the stake as the inquisition used to do. You scream about hamalli but the worst one of them is YOU.