Nowadays you’d be forgiven for thinking that his cases account for 90 percent of the criminal caseload in the Maltese courts.

Just imagne his mother feeling very proud of her boy.

This is about a post of yours that I saw on Tuesday, but which has since disappeared, regarding Fenech Adami being awarded the Robert Schuman medal.

[Daphne – No posts disappeared. That’s the subject of my column in The Malta Independent today http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=145174 ]

I was shocked, though certainly not surprised,at the degree of bitterness and negativity in the comments on the Times of Malta among others. I wish you could say something about this as it is appalling that some people can’t appreciate the simple fact that the award was given, first and foremost to a Maltese and a former prime minister of all the Maltese.

It is damning proof, if we ever needed it, that there is something seriously wrong with us as a people and portrays immaturity with which we approach politics. Can you imagine a similar scenario overseas?

I’d say in the UK journalists would be tripping over themselves attempting to get hold of whoever left negative comments. I genuinely harbour no undue adulation for Fenech Adami but I think it is significant to note, given the negative comments made, that while this former prime minister received the Robert Schuman medal, another former prime minister got the Gaffadi prize for human rights or whatever that embodiment of useless tripe (albeit a 100,000 dollar tripe) was called.

As someone living abroad, I know what I would be unashamed to talk about to a non Maltese should conversation ever stray in that direction regardless of my political beliefs.

lilly vella

Today, 12:23

“prosit xi gmiel , tindifa min gewwa issa jisthoqqilha kastilja.”

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120531/local/magnificence-revealed-as-covers-come-off-castille-restoration-works.422174

One day, two of his mates were having lunch in a well-known restaurant in Valletta. They’d ordered their lunch, and the waitress (Romanian, on her first week at work) had just brought them their drinks. Franco shuffled into the restaurant, sat down at his mates’ table, and snapped: “Aghmilli l-istess” (or words to that effect).

The waitress, thinking he was referring to the drinks, brought him his drink, then brought lunch for his two mates.

Franco exploded, insisting he’d ordered food as well. In short, he made a scene. The waitress burst into tears and went back to the kitchen, and the manager went over to ask what the commotion was about.

The manager sized up the situation and then calmly told him (I quote the delicious words verbatim): “Dawn l-affarijiet taghmilhom id-dar tieghek forsi, imma mhux fir-restaurant tieghi. Ohrog jekk joghgbok.”

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120531/local/government-opposition-agree-to-confidence-vote-on-monday.422178