That would be ‘a bigger idiot’ and that bigger idiot would be you. Try to learn how to write properly in English before you give yourself away.

Simple? Yes, you are that too.

qed tajd li Mintoff haraq id-dar tal-familja tieghek?
jeww Mintoff qabbad in-nies biex jaghmlu dan?

By the tone of your replies to my posts I am assuming that I have somehow offended you, and for that I wish to apologize and make it clear that that was not my intent. However, please respect the fact that I have never stated that I am more intelligent than anyone else.

[Daphne – Look, Joseph, at least have the intelligence to understand one thing if nothing else. I have been doing this job for a long, long time, since I was in my early 20s. By now, I am more than able to read through the actual words to the real meaning and motivation of what people write and say. There are give-away turns of phrase, tone and other clues. I’m not bothered with explaining this. Just know that I find it very easy to see through comments that pretend to mean something else. That’s all. I’m not going to bother with the rest. This is the internet age and you are 100% free to write your own blog.]

You asked me to not insult you by claiming that I know more than you do, when I have made no such claim.

In your first reply on my first post you said that a blog was for opinions and not for news. I gave you my opinion, and still you are calling me ignorant and “not particularly intelligent” for doing so. Therefore, it is very clear who the ignorant one is here.

It now looks to me like the intention of this blog is to serve as a meeting spot for fanatics who have no sense of reasoning, people who only want others that think like them to tell them how right they are while no-one states otherwise. As such, I choose to have this post being my last on this website :)

Although, I must admit that “lack the skills to interpret situations for what they really are” caught my attention. Since it appears that you have information far greater than the Prime Minister’s, the €500 raise situation has never been explained further up to this date. So, you might have your readers curious about what you have to say that the Prime Minister didn’t, about the paragraph you replied to with that claim, unless you also lack that very same ability to see situations for what they really are.

Tghidx kemm insewwu l-affarijiet u nnaqsu il-mibgheda billi nuru iktar vjolenza morali bhal din…

That “Whether by now” should be a “Well, by now”.

Daphne, have your web designer have an Edit option! :))

That’s the thing though, Daphne. “May you rot in hell” is not an opinion, it is just rage. I can’t find any blog in which you provide a solution/OPINION as to what can be done to resolve something that may have happened before or even thing that are going on right now.

[Daphne – Rage? What, after all this time? No, rage is transient. That’s sheer contempt, which is permanent.]

And by a solution or opinion, I mean realistic and practical ones.

For example, you never pointed out how Mintoff was a scrooge when it comes to spending money, having yelled in public at whats-his-name for buying 2x Mercedes instead of Vauxhalls, with money taken from the people.

On the contrary, our Government today decides it’s time for a €500 raise to every member, they get a year of earnings out of it before actually listening to the cry of the Maltese saying that it wasn’t fair during this time of economic challenges, then that money is still left for keepers :).

[Daphne – With people like you, there is no hope. You lack the skills to interpret situations for what they really are.]

See? I’m an Anti-mintoffian, but still I managed to say another part of the truth which favors Mintoff. I wish I had enough knowledge of the past to actually explain all of the truth, because I’m tired of people only telling half of it.

[Daphne – I don’t think you’re anti-Mintoffian. You’re just not particularly intelligent, as your reasoning reveals.]

Some people make Mintoff look like an angel sent to us by God, others make him look like a curse upon the country. Sometimes I’m too confused to realize that they are talking about the same person.

The truth is that all of those people are cowards, both the ones telling the good parts, and the bad parts of the truth. Because for some reason they are too scared to tell the whole thing. Whether by now we should be evolved enough to stand up with our chests wide upon saying “Listen, I’m sorry I did that (bad thing), but do remember that I also did that (good thing)”. As a young citizen I do not look for a perfect, no-wrong-doing government, I just want an honest one.

But at the end of the day, I find really weird that a woman has this kind of hatred towards Mintoff, given all the rights established by Mintoff for women. I’m not saying you should be a follower, but at least not be this hateful in your comments.

[Daphne – Rights are inalienable, and not in anyone’s gift. What rights? Go on, list them. I’m waiting. I lived under Mintoff, and you didn’t. Don’t insult me by claiming that you know more than I do or are somehow better placed to speak.]

Daphne, you are officialy l-aktar mara mohxija tad-dinja