Many countries in the world are ruled by despots. Some as vicious, others less so, than Gaddafi. Look at the Ivory Coast and so many others. I think, actually, that there are more people in the world living under the yoke of dictators than people living in liberal democracies.

At this stage I am certainly at a loss of what the democracies of the world should do about the rest. There are simply too many oppressed. Even the media spot lights are not evenly distributed and cannot cope with the coverage.

Sometimes, when I hear of massacres here and massacres there, I would not know what to say and think. Sometimes I actually think that the free world has too much on its plate to solve all the world’s problems (and I am talking only about regime change here!). Anyway, enough of my ramblings, maybe I am wrong, who knows.

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20110303/local/eritreans-plead-for-help-for-asylum-seekers-stranded-in-libya

Carmel Cilia

It seems in Malta everybody has the right and chance to protest except us Maltese. Who and when is somebody going to organise a protest against illigal immigration. I hope the usual channels would not tell us that today it is not right to protest.
If we let one single man from this mess into our island we would no longer be able to stem the surge. I hope that our political leaders bothe Dr. Gonzi and Dr. Muscat realise this.
They would be help responsible for what could happen to maltese citizens if this rock is invaded by foreignors of this sort. It is also about time that we show the back door to all those who recommend that because of our religion we should accept these multitudes.
Our existence would depend on what we do today.

Maybe he’s finally found something to do in County Antrim, with or without people like the FAA.

I have yet to see one wearing a metallic, bronze-coloured suit.

H.P. Baxxter

No. Whatever was wrong with the selection boards you mention, none of them represented a bloody dictatorial regime.

The LSE’s mistake was to think that there was no difference between the Gaddafi scholarship scheme and the ones you mention.

I am sure you heard Dr Frank Portelli speak re: Commission to withdraw honours of the republic, particularly to Gaddafi. What are your thoughts?

http://www.csmonitor.com/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/images/csm-photo-galleries-images/in-pictures-images/qaddafi-a-look-back/04/9701716-1-eng-US/04_full_600x400.jpg

[Daphne – http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/02/27/strip-him-of-his-maltese-gongs/ ]

Aha! Now Joey and Karmenu can build (plagiarise) on this brilliancy and, presto, a ‘New’ Labour manifesto.