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		By: nina		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[nina]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2012 16:51:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hey Daphne - do you mind?  Now I&#039;m hurt and am going to throw a tantrum.

&quot;Ragel ta certu eta&#039; jirraguna bhal idjota&quot;.

Jiena ta&#039; certu eta, imma nirraguna bhal bniedma ta&#039; sens - forsi mhux ta&#039; great achiever, top student etc, imma li naf id-differenza bejn demokrazija u l-istat li konna fih 20 sena ilu.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Daphne &#8211; do you mind?  Now I&#8217;m hurt and am going to throw a tantrum.</p>
<p>&#8220;Ragel ta certu eta&#8217; jirraguna bhal idjota&#8221;.</p>
<p>Jiena ta&#8217; certu eta, imma nirraguna bhal bniedma ta&#8217; sens &#8211; forsi mhux ta&#8217; great achiever, top student etc, imma li naf id-differenza bejn demokrazija u l-istat li konna fih 20 sena ilu.</p>
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		By: La Redoute		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[La Redoute]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 15:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/06/here-it-is-dear-readers-the-post-that-franco-debono-is-too-immature-to-deal-wth/#comment-258166&quot;&gt;Joseph Attard&lt;/a&gt;.

What is more than a dictator and how is a Labour Government (sic) less than one? And why do you care what happens here when you are in the Ukraine (sic)?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/06/here-it-is-dear-readers-the-post-that-franco-debono-is-too-immature-to-deal-wth/#comment-258166">Joseph Attard</a>.</p>
<p>What is more than a dictator and how is a Labour Government (sic) less than one? And why do you care what happens here when you are in the Ukraine (sic)?</p>
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		By: TROY		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[TROY]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 14:40:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/06/here-it-is-dear-readers-the-post-that-franco-debono-is-too-immature-to-deal-wth/#comment-257528&quot;&gt;mandango70&lt;/a&gt;.

Another usful idiot bites the dust.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/06/here-it-is-dear-readers-the-post-that-franco-debono-is-too-immature-to-deal-wth/#comment-257528">mandango70</a>.</p>
<p>Another usful idiot bites the dust.</p>
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		By: Mario		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mario]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 10:54:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Most probably he will not be accepted to contest the coming election with the P.N. I don&#039;t see him the type of person of calling it a day and move over. So, Daphne do you think that he will join forces with PL? 

Will he contest as an independent candidate? Or we will see him on the list of AD?

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Most probably he will not be accepted to contest the coming election with the P.N. I don&#8217;t see him the type of person of calling it a day and move over. So, Daphne do you think that he will join forces with PL? </p>
<p>Will he contest as an independent candidate? Or we will see him on the list of AD?</p>
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		By: Ivan Cutajar		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ivan Cutajar]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 09:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/06/here-it-is-dear-readers-the-post-that-franco-debono-is-too-immature-to-deal-wth/#comment-258166&quot;&gt;Joseph Attard&lt;/a&gt;.

You are right Mr. Attard we have more than a dictator ruling and ruining a nation, What we need now is a Labour Government which how how and what to do,. And not a dictatorship!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/06/here-it-is-dear-readers-the-post-that-franco-debono-is-too-immature-to-deal-wth/#comment-258166">Joseph Attard</a>.</p>
<p>You are right Mr. Attard we have more than a dictator ruling and ruining a nation, What we need now is a Labour Government which how how and what to do,. And not a dictatorship!</p>
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		By: La Redoute		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[La Redoute]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 08:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/06/here-it-is-dear-readers-the-post-that-franco-debono-is-too-immature-to-deal-wth/#comment-258166&quot;&gt;Joseph Attard&lt;/a&gt;.

If you expect the current government to be voted out, then, by definition, you do not live in a dictatorship.

Poverty of thought is so unbecoming in those who posture as wise old men.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/06/here-it-is-dear-readers-the-post-that-franco-debono-is-too-immature-to-deal-wth/#comment-258166">Joseph Attard</a>.</p>
<p>If you expect the current government to be voted out, then, by definition, you do not live in a dictatorship.</p>
<p>Poverty of thought is so unbecoming in those who posture as wise old men.</p>
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		By: Joseph Attard		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph Attard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 02:36:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/06/here-it-is-dear-readers-the-post-that-franco-debono-is-too-immature-to-deal-wth/#comment-257530&quot;&gt;Joseph Attard&lt;/a&gt;.

First I&#039;m not your &#039;dear.&#039; 

&lt;strong&gt;[Daphne - You don&#039;t have to be. It&#039;s the idiom.]&lt;/strong&gt;

All mothers speak &#039;embarrassing idiocies&#039; about their children. Your mother would probably do so about you. 

&lt;strong&gt;[Daphne - You&#039;re quite wrong. My mother doesn&#039;t speak embarrassing idiocies about me (or about anyone else, for that matter). Nor do I speak embarrassing idiocies about my children. This problem appears to be uniquely associated with those women who don&#039;t allow the parent-child relationship to develop into an adult-adult relationship.]&lt;/strong&gt;

Your reason for attacking the woman was because she was Franco&#039;s mother and you knew it would hurt him. That&#039;s the way you work Daphne. 

&lt;strong&gt;[Daphne - Oh, does that constitute an attack? My, then what would you call it if her house had been set on fire with her, her husband and her son asleep a few feet from the blaze? If she was threatened by a joke, then it&#039;s no surprise her son is such a sopping wet coward. No, I did not criticise her because she is Franco&#039;s mother. I criticised her because of her attitude and behaviour. Had he a different mother, and one who didn&#039;t show off on television, I wouldn&#039;t have bothered. You&#039;ll notice I&#039;ve said nothing about his father, and it certainly is not because I know that Franco doesn&#039;t give a damn about his dad. How would I know that it would cause him to react so irrationally that he would blackmail the prime minister for five months? I figured he&#039;s nuts, but not so cracked.]&lt;/strong&gt;

You say that all the stuff your family had to contend with was caused by the Labour Party and nothing to do with you! It&#039;s a bit like being an alcoholic. First you have to admit to yourself that you have a problem, but obviously you haven&#039;t reached that stage yet. 

&lt;strong&gt;[Daphne - Ah, let&#039;s see whether I follow your reasoning correctly. When a Labour mob burned down The Times building, it was the editors&#039; fault, for allowing things that annoyed the Labour Party to be published in their newspapers. Let me guess: you vote Labour.]&lt;/strong&gt;

As for arguing that if a woman is raped it is her own fault, first off what has that got to do with what is being discussed here? Nothing is the answer to that by the way. I would have more respect for women to ever suggest such a thing but I&#039;m sure if I run a search on the web I will find something along those lines attributed to you at some stage. 

&lt;strong&gt;[Daphne - It was an example I used to illustrate that your reasoning is completely fallacious. It is an exact parallel. You seek to absolve the perpetrators of crimes against my family by arguing that I am to blame for provoking the perpetrators. You have a Labour brain, and those generally tend to be concealed by a pair of boxer shorts.]&lt;/strong&gt;

Oh and by the way we don&#039;t have to emigrate to find a dictatorship. In case you hadn&#039;t noticed we are living in one at the moment although not for long we hope.

&lt;strong&gt;[Daphne - Miskin. I mean it. Ragel ta&#039; certu eta jirraguna bhal idjota.]&lt;/strong&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/06/here-it-is-dear-readers-the-post-that-franco-debono-is-too-immature-to-deal-wth/#comment-257530">Joseph Attard</a>.</p>
<p>First I&#8217;m not your &#8216;dear.&#8217; </p>
<p><strong>[Daphne &#8211; You don&#8217;t have to be. It&#8217;s the idiom.]</strong></p>
<p>All mothers speak &#8217;embarrassing idiocies&#8217; about their children. Your mother would probably do so about you. </p>
<p><strong>[Daphne &#8211; You&#8217;re quite wrong. My mother doesn&#8217;t speak embarrassing idiocies about me (or about anyone else, for that matter). Nor do I speak embarrassing idiocies about my children. This problem appears to be uniquely associated with those women who don&#8217;t allow the parent-child relationship to develop into an adult-adult relationship.]</strong></p>
<p>Your reason for attacking the woman was because she was Franco&#8217;s mother and you knew it would hurt him. That&#8217;s the way you work Daphne. </p>
<p><strong>[Daphne &#8211; Oh, does that constitute an attack? My, then what would you call it if her house had been set on fire with her, her husband and her son asleep a few feet from the blaze? If she was threatened by a joke, then it&#8217;s no surprise her son is such a sopping wet coward. No, I did not criticise her because she is Franco&#8217;s mother. I criticised her because of her attitude and behaviour. Had he a different mother, and one who didn&#8217;t show off on television, I wouldn&#8217;t have bothered. You&#8217;ll notice I&#8217;ve said nothing about his father, and it certainly is not because I know that Franco doesn&#8217;t give a damn about his dad. How would I know that it would cause him to react so irrationally that he would blackmail the prime minister for five months? I figured he&#8217;s nuts, but not so cracked.]</strong></p>
<p>You say that all the stuff your family had to contend with was caused by the Labour Party and nothing to do with you! It&#8217;s a bit like being an alcoholic. First you have to admit to yourself that you have a problem, but obviously you haven&#8217;t reached that stage yet. </p>
<p><strong>[Daphne &#8211; Ah, let&#8217;s see whether I follow your reasoning correctly. When a Labour mob burned down The Times building, it was the editors&#8217; fault, for allowing things that annoyed the Labour Party to be published in their newspapers. Let me guess: you vote Labour.]</strong></p>
<p>As for arguing that if a woman is raped it is her own fault, first off what has that got to do with what is being discussed here? Nothing is the answer to that by the way. I would have more respect for women to ever suggest such a thing but I&#8217;m sure if I run a search on the web I will find something along those lines attributed to you at some stage. </p>
<p><strong>[Daphne &#8211; It was an example I used to illustrate that your reasoning is completely fallacious. It is an exact parallel. You seek to absolve the perpetrators of crimes against my family by arguing that I am to blame for provoking the perpetrators. You have a Labour brain, and those generally tend to be concealed by a pair of boxer shorts.]</strong></p>
<p>Oh and by the way we don&#8217;t have to emigrate to find a dictatorship. In case you hadn&#8217;t noticed we are living in one at the moment although not for long we hope.</p>
<p><strong>[Daphne &#8211; Miskin. I mean it. Ragel ta&#8217; certu eta jirraguna bhal idjota.]</strong></p>
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		By: Miss O'Brien		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Miss O'Brien]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2012 20:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[F**kwit]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>F**kwit</p>
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		By: FP		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[FP]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2012 18:33:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hey, Franco, here&#039;s your short plank.  Now run.

Bir-rispett kollu, naturalment.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey, Franco, here&#8217;s your short plank.  Now run.</p>
<p>Bir-rispett kollu, naturalment.</p>
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		By: Mandy Mallia		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mandy Mallia]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2012 16:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
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Labour have two weights and two measures, and no principles whatsoever. Franco Debono will feel very much at home with them. Pity, however, that he is foisting them all on us, especially in a time of crisis, when what Malta needs is the steady leadership it has currently got.

NOTE FOR VICTOR LAIVIERA, SPYING HERE WITHOUT COMMENTING - There is no need for me to, as you are wont to say, &#039;declare my interest in the matter&#039;, because all the regulars on this blog will know that the author is my sister.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Labour have two weights and two measures, and no principles whatsoever. Franco Debono will feel very much at home with them. Pity, however, that he is foisting them all on us, especially in a time of crisis, when what Malta needs is the steady leadership it has currently got.</p>
<p>NOTE FOR VICTOR LAIVIERA, SPYING HERE WITHOUT COMMENTING &#8211; There is no need for me to, as you are wont to say, &#8216;declare my interest in the matter&#8217;, because all the regulars on this blog will know that the author is my sister.</p>
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