Comments on: Well said, Mario – read this piece, everyone

By: Never Again

Never Again — Thu, 31 May 2012 11:24:13 +0000

Funny – can’t find it on The Times website.

[Daphne – I’ve just seen it. Go to Opinion.]

By: La Redoute

La Redoute — Thu, 31 May 2012 09:45:41 +0000

In reply to Qeghdin Sew. Why do Labour's defenders and the PN's detractors (same difference) always sound so boring?

By: Dee

Dee — Wed, 30 May 2012 23:36:49 +0000

Franco Debono’s vote this evening is a slap in the face to all the Nationalists who lived under the Mintoff regime and what they went through in those dreadful days.

Shame on you, Franco and may God forgive you, because some one like me will never do. You are handing it out on a sliver platter to the neo-Mintoffian Labour Party.

By: Mr. Cassar

Mr. Cassar — Wed, 30 May 2012 22:07:44 +0000

Fair enough. this logic has a % of truth in it, but does it mean that Carm Mifsud Bonnici did a good job? no! does it mean that past mistakes must be repeated? certainly not! is it a crime for a party to move forward and open its mind, or let things be and do nothing, cause 26 years ago was involved in acts of violence? alla hares!!! whats good is good, but what’s bad have the courage to state its bad disregarding one’s political color!!! The opposition is there to highlight the wrong doing of a government, if not, whats her use?!!! Though I understand your job Ms Caruana galizia…

By: Qeghdin Sew

Qeghdin Sew — Wed, 30 May 2012 19:25:22 +0000

In reply to Qeghdin Sew.

Shame you then can’t spot the logical fallacy in the excerpt below, but I can live with that.

“I write this because there is today a motion presented by the PL, the same party then in government, today in opposition, presented by Dr Herrera and Michael Falzon asking for a vote of censure on the workings of the Minister for Home Affairs.

Had the members of the opposition been young MPs, free from the sins of their party when in government, I would have not written this.

Given that three of the present Labour MPs served as ministers and 10 having been active in the party pre-1987, they are not innocent of the crimes I have just described.”

By: Grezz

Grezz — Wed, 30 May 2012 18:54:19 +0000

Very well said. It should be made compulsory reading for anybody considering to vote Labour next time round.

By: grezja

grezja — Wed, 30 May 2012 18:15:31 +0000

In reply to grezja. Sorry said not sad was thinking of a very sad time!

By: grezja

grezja — Wed, 30 May 2012 15:06:21 +0000

Very well sad – I recall those days.

[Daphne – Very well ‘sad’; a Freudian slip and a very accurate one.]

By: ciccio

ciccio — Wed, 30 May 2012 14:56:28 +0000

It seems that Franco Debono has read this piece, and will not be voting with Labour.

By: Pink

Pink — Wed, 30 May 2012 13:26:50 +0000

Wow!

Very well said!

Hija hasra li l-PL kull ma jaf jghamel huwa li jitfa t-tajn. Il-PL qed jeqred pajjiz waqt li qieghed fl-oppozizjoni, ahseb u ara la jitla fil-Gvern.

Jiddispjacini hafna li hawn Maltin li jiddeciedu li ma jarawhomx dawn l-affarijiet.

It’s a shame!