Jiswew lil butek?

Somehow, I don’t think so. The fuss made about ‘our’ taxes is loudest among those who pay least.

@ Mustafa’:

“Jekk inti daqshekk favur l-immigrazzjoni llegali ghaliex ma toffrilhomx kenn u titmaghhom u tlibbishom fuq il-proprjeta’ tieghek?”

Xbajna nisimghuh dan l-argument idjotiku. L-ewwel nett hadd m’hu favur l-immigrazzjoni illegali, imma xi whud minnha ghandhom qalb bizzejjed biex ma jqisux il-but qabel id-drittijiet umani, specjalment id-dritt ghall-hajja. Rigward jekk nitimghuhomx u nlibbsuhom fuq il-propjeta taghna, ahna nhallsu t-taxxi biex kif ahna nitimghu u nlibbsu Maltin li ma jridux jahdmu u li jimlewna bi tfal li ma jistghux imantnu wahedhom, inlibbsu u nitimghu ukoll nies li verament ghandhom bzonn u mhux b’kapricc jew injoranza.

“Taf jew ma tafx li dawn qed jiswew lill-kaxxa u lil butna miljuni ta’ ewros? B’laham haddiehor kullhadd amerikan!”

Minghajr ma ninhela nistaqsik ghall-istatistici li cert li ma ghandekx, nghidlek biss li min jevadi t-taxxa jew jghamel bhal dawk li semmejt iktar il-fuq, ukoll qed jiswina l-flus. Barra min hekk, is-sens ta umanita lejn il-proxxmu u d-drittijiet umani jigu qabel kollox.

“U taf li dawn qed ikunu r-rovina ta’ nies dicenti f’pajjizna????? Nies onesti qed jipiccaw arrestati minhabba l-agir mahmug u kriminali ta’ uhud minn dawn l-illegali? fejnha s-serjeta’ tieghek?”

Donnok kont hemm biex diga taf li innocenti. X’qed tistenna biex tmur tixhed il-qorti?

And, why, I love ethnic food as much as any foodie in London. For goodness’ sake, why don’t racists just shut up?

Perfectly right – what about ‘helwa tat-Tork’, which is Middle Eastern halva?

The Fraench love the couscous introduced by the Algerian and Tunisian immigrants. They even adopted it in the French cuisine.

Clever move. What do you do when you take a distress call fro a sinking boat?

Malta doesn’t have the critical mass of a big city, the numbers and brutal suburbs made 20 storey concrete tower blocks simply aren’t there.

Areas like Msida, Gzira and the lower parts of Guardamangia have taken on the sembiance of depressed areas primarily because of the main arteries surrounding them. Given that these places manifest community, they’re still alive.

A public transport regime, the restriction of traffic and the idea that public roads are outdoor space, not carriageways, are proven ways to combat this. Creating a panic in Balzan because of its open centre is speculation.

They came from our interaction (or rather falling off the back of an army or navy truck) with Britain, Italy, Turkey, Marocco,

So what is new? We can still have our pastizzi (originally from Naples), bragioli (which are Sicilian by the way), bigilla (Greece) and the rest.

Careful, you might be treading on thin ice.

Don’t you realise that you could be charged with being a racist? Why did you order Japanese food? What’s wrong with Italian or Maltese food?

I think this whole matter is now bordering on the ridiculous.

Say I’m attacked by a fellow Maltese and I defend myself and happily break his jaw. I’m taken to court and charged with causing him bodily harm, but if the same man happened to be an illegal immigrant they will call me a racist.

“we should all come to terms that multiculturalism is a failure, everywhere, maybe except nordic countries.”

Using your argument, if Nordic countries can’t do it, why can’t we? Apart from the fact that far fewer people there are born with a massive chip on their shoulder?

“One should also remember the Australian prime minister’s comments on immigration, regarding this subject.”

You DO know that was a hoax, don’t you?

“I cannot understand the reasoning of the Jesuits”

Well, being Christian they probably follow teachings like “do unto others as you would have them do unto you” and “Whatever you do to the least of my brethren you do unto me”

“Then we will see how the affluent and ‘cultured’ react.”

Do you equate villas in Madliena and apartments in Portomaso with being ‘cultured’? How little you know.

“Immigrants would have to adapt to the culture of the host country.”

Or perhaps we can learn from each other? Why do you think the US remains the richest and most powerful country on earth?