“The contrast between the attitudes of Catholics and non-Catholics on this topic is enormous. The starting point for Catholics is the due respect for the dignity of these persons who come to our shores in the direst of situations. The first question that comes to mind is: How can we help them?…”

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120116/blogs/respect-their-dignity.402549

I know. I wanted to reply to an absurd suggestion (Fenech Adami replaces Gonzi) with a slightly less absurd but still impossible suggestion (kick an MP out of parliament).

@A.Charles
Read it again. I said he’d have come out of the closet (ergo that there are gays who have come out in conservative villages) but that he’d have been circumspect (in other words he would not have dared to spread naked pictures of his ex).

@ Daphne. You’re right. I looked up my notes on the tradition of courtly love and there it is.

Why I think my idea can work.

Dr. Gonzi has stated on t.vg. that he would be willing to step down, if this is good for the country.

Dr. Franco said he will not support the government as long it is still run by Dr.Gonzi.

Dr. Gonzi has already suggested a place for himself in parliament. He has asked Dr.A. Gatt to give up his ministry.

There will no longer be the need for a vote of confidence.

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Gonzi has already challenged Dr. Debono to stick to his word of not supporting the government only as long as Gonzi is P.M.

Dr. Fenech Adami is capable of bringing back into the party, the large amount of dissgruntled supporters.P.N.

Dr. Gonzi can keep on doing what he is doing now.

So you see it is not just a matter of “Don’t call us we’ll call you”.

[Daphne – It’s a terrible idea and a non-starter, but going into the reasons why would wipe me out at this point.]

@ Silvio:

“You find some animals who just let their offsprings fend up for themselves once born.most of whom do not survive for long”.

You’ll find that the opposite is actually true.

Members of species who let their offspring fend for themselves soon after they are born are precisely the kind of species whose young can survive pretty well without active supervision and care early on.

If this weren’t the case, the species would soon go extinct and there wouldn’t be any species whose members let their offspring fend for themselves soon after they are born.

Same thoughts.

Er, how about Franco Debono gets kicked out of parliament, Simon Busuttil is co-opted instead of him, Gonzi resigns as party leader (but not PM), Simon Busuttil becomes party leader and we go to the polls, with Gonzi pledging to step down after three months. If PN wins, Simon Busuttil becomes PM.

Then comes the hard job of forming a cabinet out of this mass of vulgar talentless wannabes.

[Daphne – The catch: you can’t kick people out of parliament.]

Only one word came to mind when I read this post – rubbish.

I don’t expect everybody to Associate with my way of thinking about mothers and their offsprings.
Actually it also happens in the animal world.
You find some animals who just let their offsprings fend up for themselves once born.most of whom do not survive for long.
It also happens with us human beings,and one can usually tell who these are because it leaves a mark on their character, not a good one,I’m afraid

[Daphne – Silvio, you belong to a different generation. Today’s mothers do not raise their sons to think of them as yours did, believe me. There is the world of difference between neglecting your children and turning them into psychological and emotional extensions of yourself. And not all mothers in the past were like yours, in any case. And if they didn’t recognise the need to turn their sons into men, then society did it for them. Boys emigrated alone at 16 or joined the army, or were packed off to boarding school long before that. I don’t agree with such extreme measures, but the other extreme is probably more damaging.]

Jesus did have brothers.