Jiena ma naqbilx mad divorzju!

Xi survey semma 59% tal-Maltin iriedu id-divorzju. Hekk sewwa u il-41% iriedu isewwu it- tifriek? It-tfal mhux flus iriedu imma l’imhabba tal-omm u l’imhabba tal-missier.rigward li minn hu kontra id-divorzju huwa niqes mill edukazzjoni ma naqbilx jiena nahseb bil- kontra!

Min hu edukat mhux f’sens ta’ egozimu iried il-paci u mhux il- firda li maha igieb hafna feriti li ma jinalqu qatt.

Kev, if I understand well, the article deals with the threat to our money from hyper-inflation, and how Germans were left with worthless paper from hyper-inflation.
Now that is absolutely no news to me. At the time of the crisis, when governments were shoving the bad assets of the banks onto the public debt, I was one of the first to argue in my circles that all this debt can be resolved through a period of hyperinflation. The same applies to private debt.
I think the article just confirms my thoughts on this – mind you, it does not mean that this will necessarily happen – it is one possibility.
But I remember also that I mentioned this to you on this blog, a few weeks ago. On the subject of Malta’s national debt, which you quantified at Euro 50,000 per family of 4 (if I remember well), I said that this will be wiped away with high inflation (call it hyperinflation?). But you opposed my argument.
Kev, we have had high inflation in asset prices in the past 10 years – I am sure you know that. And we have just had that bubble burst – the financial crisis. I recently showed you that in the UK (but this was typical of Europe) the price of homes rose at 10% p.a. circa in the period before the burst of the bubble. Now, did you and me get more than, at max, 4 or 5% p.a. return in interest on our deposits in the banks? No. Was that the way the economy should have worked? No. It did not pay you and me to save, but to borrow and buy one, two, three or more houses as an “investment” because their return was higher.
I do not exclude another bubble – this is the way the economy goes. There is an important difference, however. The world now has better technical capacity to meet demand for certain goods (e.g. cars) and services than Germany in the 1920s, stricken as it was after loosing the war and hit by strikes. Moreover, people now spend an increasing percentage of their income on services. There are also more reserves of minerals and oils that have been discovered. I do subscribe to one of the conspiracy theories about oil and the dollar, and any increase in world demand for goods (due to this velocity change) will be met with the oil companies pumping up more oil, and reaching further under the oceans…making sure the dollar will keep its value.
Now this is of course my take of things. Others will have their different view – at least, I have a view.
I have to add that any comparison with post WW-1 Germany that does not take into account the lessons learnt, and how the world has changed since then, is likely to be a bit flawed at least. That said, get ready for WW-3!

Here Ciccio, just one aspect from many – this is a case against quantitative easing and ‘stimuli’ (the printing of money, creation of credit out of thin air); in other words, it is a case against further inflating our paper-money supply:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/7909432/The-Death-of-Paper-Money.html

It might help you square the circle in your head.

What a load of trash, Ciccio. The type that shows you really, but truly, are not understanding anything of what’s going on. I know your world view very well, Ciccio. That is why I’m being honest when I say: I don’t know where to start.

I do not wish to sound patronising, however I’d like to get Mr Scicluna into the picture. Say, most Maltese are Catholic, many are simply declared Catholic but do not practise but a sizeable minority holds other faiths.

So if such other religions are not legal (read divorce) because the vast majority does not pursue or is not interested in other religions, besides once grown cold from one religion who wants to go into another one? However, If a single person wants to follow such a path, who am I or Mr Scicluna to obstinately say no, because it does not solve the plights of the Maltese Catholic Church?

[Daphne – Divorce has nothing to do with religion. It is a secular matter. Whether all or no Maltese are Catholic is completely irrelevant.]

Divorce is not a matter to be decided by those who are happily married, but it is a civil right for whoever became entrailed in a sour experience to have a second chance.

Why should anyone be condemned to hell on earth, maybe for the wrongdoings of his/her partner? I cannot understand why many like Mr Scicluna cannot be christian enough to empathise with their fellow citizens.

My last attempt: imagine a sister o brother of yours, happily married for some years but their partner starts becoming obsessed with a religious fellowship to the extent of relinquishing family duties, escalating the matters to an untenable level. Should the wronged partner be condemned to eternal solitude, in such a short life? Ponder about this.

Kev, I see you forgot to attach the link to the next video episode, this time on how the United Soviet States of America’s plan to take over the world will collapse in two years.
You know what, the Empire is still going strong. Oil and reserves are still under control in the Middle East, and piplines in Central Asia, including the ones through the Afghanistan poppy fields, are on schedule. And now there are some oil wells in the Gulf of Mexico belonging to BP (big profits, bankruptcy possible) that will soon be bought cheaply by an American oil giant. The dollar is still the world’s reserve currency, while Euro takes a battering. And Goldman Sucks (GS) continues to play the Greedy Speculator (also abbreviated to GS), on the Euro for now, maybe the Chinese Yuan later (once its recent uncoupling from the US dollar after pressure by the US government). Those poor results for GS last week were part of the political convenience of this pre-election moment.
Kev, keep dreaming. Don’t tell me you are seeing Obama leading the next perestroika or glasnost in 2012?

“That it’s not divorce which leads to these situations.” Wrong conclusion, Daphne. An agreeable statement would be :”that it’s not ONLY divorce which leads to these situations.”
Divorce will not eliminate this problem.

[Daphne – Use some logic, John. Divorce does NOT cause these situations. Divorce is what happens when these situations exist already.]

In my opinion the worst thing is when someone has to go through an annulment. They go too deeply into the private and intimate life of the couple.

I appreciate my privacy and protect it as much as possible, so I cannot imagine myself going through that kind of process, with a bunch of “humans” asking me private and intimate questions.

[Daphne – I imagine they get a vicarious thrill out of it: asking probing questions about how and when and if a couple had sex, just like the vicarious thrill their precursors got in the Inquisition, asking ‘witches’ how and when they had sex with the devil. It’s all sick and twisted.]

I referred to them as “humans” since we’ve always been taught that marriage is a sacrament created by God, and then is the human being who decides whether it should be dissolved or not – priests, lawyers, etc.

Hey Kevvy. So the Americans are now emulating the tactics of the former Soviets? They’ve done that for years. Still seem to be going strong. Watch your back, the CIA are everywhere. On the other hand, don’t bother, you’re not important.

ciccio2010, a year ago Bernard Madoff got 150 years for doing something like that (albeit on a larger scale).