Comments on: These characters are all the same https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/04/these-characters-are-all-the-same/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:28:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Riff Raff https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/04/these-characters-are-all-the-same/#comment-219252 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:28:09 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=18202#comment-219252 Funny that he happens to be a Tooth Fairy.

]]> By: Greybeard https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/04/these-characters-are-all-the-same/#comment-219108 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 08:32:11 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=18202#comment-219108 What’s the date today? Is it 1st April?

]]> By: Ghoxrin Punt https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/04/these-characters-are-all-the-same/#comment-218847 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 22:16:50 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=18202#comment-218847 In reply to Jozef.

I should hope we never see again. The controversy and subsequent consequences did Malta no good, but only lined the pockets of the selected few, whilst holding back the multitude, a significant amount of who were too ignorant to notice

]]> By: Berdyriffraff https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/04/these-characters-are-all-the-same/#comment-218721 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:26:51 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=18202#comment-218721 Flying a plane with one hand is no mean feat.

]]> By: Daphne Caruana Galizia https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/04/these-characters-are-all-the-same/#comment-218692 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:39:03 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=18202#comment-218692 “All watches and clocks made must bear his portrait printed on the dial-face. A giant 15-meter (50 ft) tall gold-plated statue of him stands on a rotating pedestal in Ashgabat, so it will always face into the sun and shine light onto the city.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Turkmenistan

]]> By: Jozef https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/04/these-characters-are-all-the-same/#comment-218690 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:32:24 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=18202#comment-218690 I cannot understand how some columnists fail to see their credibility shattered when describing Mintoff as a man of ‘misunderstood brilliance’.

If that is so, he wouldn’t have backed down when his ‘panache’ was needed most. What he did instead, was to appoint a puppet to bear the brunt of the economic disaster and face the thugs he had surrounded himself with.

Mintoff isn’t cool; trying to portray him as such is just the trademark of those who made money off his oppression.

“It is a testament to his multitalented, often misguided and misunderstood brilliance, as the most powerful, most controversial and consequential man Malta has seen yet and may never see again.”: http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120408/opinion/Dear-Dominator-and-Iron-Man.414572

]]> By: David S https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/04/these-characters-are-all-the-same/#comment-218683 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:13:40 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=18202#comment-218683 Did you see the timesofmalta.com poll question this week?

Do you consider Mintoff to be a)saviour b) a traitor c) none of the above

Hello, how about a very obvious third option: a villain.

Next time there is a referendum , we will leave it to The Times to formulate the question.

]]> By: Sowerberry https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/04/these-characters-are-all-the-same/#comment-218665 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:50:45 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=18202#comment-218665 http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120411/local/malta-returns-libyan-money.415026

The majority of the comments show that the Mintoff mentality is alive and kicking !

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