I never suffered fools gladly, and now I suffer them not at all
Leo Amery
The crass ignorance of those who should know better, and who really have no excuse for not doing so really sets my teeth, on edge. The internet comments-boards which attract a wide cross-section of people, but mainly idiots who squeeze out the rest, have become a microcosm of a clash of cultures.
Beneath one story about the Evil Twins, Jeffrey and Franco, on timesofmalta.com, one man addressed himself to them:
In the name of God, go!
Had the swarming freaks, mainly of a Labour bent, been more widely read, this exhortation might have rung a bell in some distant recess of their dim minds.
But no.
They buzzed in, asking him what God has to do with it, and why bring God into the matter.
I groaned inwardly, and resolved to write a post about it, because I know that the swarming freaks make regular pit-stops here (they are led by the living Labour fossil, Eddy Privitera).
So listen carefully, my dears, because this is something you won’t learn down at the Labour Party club or from L-Orizzont or Super One.
Leo Amery, a Conservative MP, rose to his feet in the House of Commons (this is that large and fancy building you see on bottles of HP sauce; it is in London and is otherwise known as the parliament house) on 7 May 1940 (special note: Britain was then at war with Germany; the war in question is known as the Second World War) and addressed himself to the prime minister, Neville Chamberlain:
“In the name of God, go!”
The house was engaged in a debate on the catastrophic Franco-British expedition in Norway (I can’t be fagged to explain this). Amery’s words encapsulated the growing exasperation with Chamberlain, and a couple of days later, Winston Churchill replaced him to be remembered as the wartime prime minister.
The exhortation was not Amery’s own. He had sought impact by choosing words – as men of education sometimes do, an effort that is largely wasted in Malta, as we have seen – which have resonance in history.
Amery had echoed Oliver Cromwell’s words on 20 April 20, 1653, spoken to a parliament whose members were trying to hang on even after voting for dissolution:
“You have sat too long for any good you have been doing lately. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!”
And that is precisely why those words were addressed, quite pertinently to the Evil Twins.
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The bottom line is that I have lost faith in my political party, (ie. PN) I believe that Dr. Gonzi is failing miserably to control certain factions and their arrogance within the party, a real pity coming to that.
I shall never vote LP as I still carry those physical scars done unto me 26 years ago. However, I cannot vote for PN either, not after they really screwed my personal life and that of my family, good and proper (and that is very worse than the physical scars I carry).
I wish you well and God speed.
I am in the same boat as you are, Brian – but I will never cut off my nose to spite my face.
@ Francis Saliba
Unfortunately, I don’t have a head or what resembles a head any longer…. it’s been ‘cut off’, let alone of having a nose to spite my face.
At last, someone with sense on this blog.
I think I have already explained this to you, if you do not vote, you shall have the government that you don’t want.
But it seems that you are either not able to understand this, or else you are one of those that whatever bad things happen to you, it is always the fault of the government.
Grow up.
@ Snoopy
You seem to embrace all reasoning and one’s experiences without exception -That’s all I unfortunately have to say to you.
.sincerely i share the same sentiments.
and it seems the pn doesn’t give a hoot.
it is indeed a sorry state for this country of ours.
Can you explain this country is in a sorry state, maybe similar to Spain, Italy, Greece or Ireland?
Or maybe you want to end up like France under Hollande? Other countries come to mind such as Cyprus, Slovenia, The Netherlands or Hungary.
Hope that either Brian or John III can give me an answer.
Lovely, sentimental voters are just what this country needs – geez!
The LP has a miserable track record, and yet it has twice as many ‘old timers’ on their candidate list as the NP. Please do advise which districts have only ‘arrogant’ NP candidates as opposed to ‘fresh’ LP candidates.
Brian, I hope that you will not be one of those who, after a Labour victory, does not blame himself and instead blames the PN.
@ Giovanni
I have always carried my own cross in life, have you?
Brian : Your argument, although I understand it, is not a valid argument. We are going to vote on the present and future, not the past. If what GonziPN is indeed worse than what you say you suffered in the past, then you should give a chance to Dr. Muscat’s movement this time. You will be welcome !
Yes, Brian, give us a cens!
@ Eddy Privitera
Thank you, but no thank you. Muscat is not the catalyst for change.
Brian, in my opinion the PN needs a good clean up and Gonzi is not able to do that.
I do not live in Malta and this time round I will not come down to vote.
In my case, this makes sense simply because I do not live in Malta and will not suffer the effects of a Labour government with Joe Muscat at its helm. If I did live in Malta I would bite the bullet and probably vote for the NP again.
Sweet. So Labour.
Just vote for the better, but vote.
In the name of the electorate “who voted for you” , go
When I quoted Oliver Cromwell’s well known angry remonstrance at discreditable parliamentarians “In the name of God, Go!” I anticipated that the ever hopeful Little Elves who unfailingly come out in support of the Evil Twins would not make the connection.
And they never disappoint. So I spelled it out to them in a later comment.
And you, Daphne, with all your “super-intelligence”, it didn’t occur to you that I was taking the mickey out of that correspondent !
[Daphne – I go on the balance of probabilities, Eddy. And having been exposed to your fine wisdom, repeatedly, on this website, I reached the conclusion I did.]
Eddy Privitera “taking the mickey out of me”?
That will be the day!
You couldn’t take the mickey off the mouse, Eddy, let alone ‘that corresepondent’. Learn to accept your limitations.
If you haven’t picked that up at your age, it’s no wonder your thinking is so warped.
Well, you got it wrong this time , despite your extra-fine wisdom !
@ Eddy Privitera
Hence, all the shite you have previously written on this site and other local websites, are all…as you have admittedly stated above are, ‘just to take the mickey and pass away your meaningless exsistence’
I would hardly call Privitera and Laiviera ”Lil elves”. They are more like those two grumpy old muppet characters always agitating from the balcony.
True, but unlike the muppets’ resident critics (Statler and Waldorf) where one was jovial an the other grumpy, these two are both Waldorf clones.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/dvd-reviews/the-muppet-show–season-1/2005/11/07/1131211973877.html
Aunt Hetty: What makes you so scared to show your name , and perhaps your face too so we can all check your sex-appeal ?
@Eddy Privitera;
‘Rest assured that I am not your type.
I’m not rubbery and inflatable
Eddy, careful eith this stuff about sex appeal. The Most Feminist Government in the History of Malta will not tolerate any of this nonsense.
“…rose to his feet in the House of Commons (this is that large and fancy building you see on bottles of HP sauce; it is in London and is otherwise known as the parliament house)…”
The Labour elves are more likely to understand which building that is if you describe it as the building in which, in 1978, Yana Mintoff, protesting against British presence in Northern Ireland, threw horse shit from the public gallery in the direction of MPs during a parliamentary session.
Amery Street in Sliema (Daphne, you know it well) is named after Leo Amery who together with Lord Milner (of Milner Street, round the corner) drafted Malta’s 1921 Self-Government Constitution. Go figure his name would crop up again after 90 years with a local political connection.
[Daphne – I know Milner Street much better.]
You learn something new everyday.
Thanks for this, Daphne. No wonder people of my generation flock to this website so often.
Daphne, if you took the words ” In the name of God, GO ” in the same sense as when they were addressed to Neville Chamberlain, prim-minister of Great Britain at that time, then surely, those same words are being said by the majority of the Maltese people, to the prime minister Lawrence Gonzi !
Even Lawrence Gonzi, like Neville Chamberlain, way back in January, had though that his troubles were over and “PEACE” was going to reign within his GonziPN “Kingdom”- just like Neville Chamberlain !
[Daphne – I am sorely tempted to address those very words to you, Mr Privitera.]
Dan x’gara f’daqqa wahda. Did Joseph issue instructions for you to pollute this blog, Mr. Privitera?
Mr. Privitera, in the name of God, please stop using those exclamation marks.
Why do I have to be excited every time I finish reading one of your sentences?
I think we’ve understood and shared Privitera’s wish to see Labour in government one last time.
The message is clear, no space shall be left free of the movement’s message. Even because there’s no message really, just snide catcalls.
Now that we’ve had all had an overdose of his exclamation marks, will he please answer the following, just to get an idea.
When labour’s elected, will he expect his request to exit the EU to be given due consideration? If not, will he continue doing the same to Joseph?
Perhaps he could also tell us whether the EU referendum result was a clear victory for the yes vote? A simple yes or no will suffice.
Given that he’s also an ardent admirer of Mr.John Dalli, does he approve of the Sargas proposal, and if so where would he like to see it built?
Finally, if, as he insists, violence was a reciprocal affair, whose responsibility was it to see that law and order in the country prevailed? Is he saying that Mintoff was cornered in his office, unable to muster any authority on his followers?
Is it right to conclude that in 1981, the country was effectively lost to unelected individuals?
Are you feeling uncomfortable with me around ?
I adore animals in general but draw a line at roaches and lice.
No, just disappointed, as usual, that your lot will always move away from an argument.
My fault, I’m afraid, to expect anything better.
It’s that I have used all the Baygon on the Asian tiger.
What does GO have to do with it? Why not Vodafone or Melita?
Dear Daphne, as one can see, with Mr Privitera you can never win; first he argues about taking the Mickey out of the writer then after your excellent explanation, he writes that those words fit perfectly to GonziPN.
Now may I address Mr Privitera: “F’giegh Alla, hallina kwieti, qazzistna u dejjaqtna; minhabba nies bhalek waqaft nikteb kummenti fit-Times u l-Malta Today ghax qatt ma ggibha zewg maghkom. Nies bhalek itellghuli l-pressjoni bin-non sequiturs taghkom. Intennilek. f’giegh Alla itlaq u ghib minn fuq il-websites Maltin, xi dwejjaq fik.”
[Daphne – He only learned how to use a computer 18 months ago, so clearly, he’s still excited. We should be pleased to see a very senior citizen taking up new skills, and wait until he calms down and gets over the initial (albeit prolonged) thrill.]
Hasn’t he any grandchildren to take out for walks and visits to the swings or kite-flying or something? I’d hang my toddler’s head in shame if my grandfather wasted his last remaining years (make no mistake, Eddy) cheerleading for a political party.
[Daphne – People who are Mr Privitera’s age have great-grandchildren, and not toddler grandchildren. Get your generations right, H.P. ]
Niddedika dawn l-erba versi lil Daphne u l-ammiraturi ta’ GonziPN li ghogobhom jirrisponduni:
Gonzi baqa ggranfat mal-passat,
Halli jnessi kemm ghamel qassatat !
Tisma l-Joseph jitkellem b’tant fervur,
Ghax mohhu fil-prezent u l-futur !
The PN are behaving as if they lost the election already, we need better leaders than what we have. Regrettably the LP has nothing to offer either, they reinstated the old guard, to take Malta backwards rather than forward.
The PN has been a victim of global problems, Malta fared much better than other countries.
@ Paul Bonnici
I am so pleased ( And proud of it too), that Malta, this little rock of ours, has fared so much better than our ‘Greater’ Southern European neighbours.
Unfortunately Paul, as the saying goes, charity begins at home. Meaning, that if I am no longer able to sustain my family through no fault of mine…Then to hell with it.
It really hurts.
The problem is that the Evil Twins, being nuts, deem themselves to be like Amery with Gonzi cast in the role of Chamberlain.
[Daphne – Do you for a moment suppose that Debono knows anything at all about British politics/politicians during the Second World War? Dak ‘Taljan’.]
The only difference between Chamberlain in 1940 and Gonzi in 2012 is that the former underestimated the evil intentions of humanity’s greatest madman while the latter underestimated the madness of a freak of nature from Ghaxaq.
No use, Daphne. Mr Privitera wouldn’t take the hint, He would think that you were only taking the mickey out of him.
Daphne, if you have watched John Dalli speaking on Bla Agenda this evening,, I am wondering whether you will spend a sleepless night tonight !
[Daphne – I was at a wedding, Mr Privitera. And the correct tense to use in this context is ‘if you watched’, and not ‘if you have watched’.]
Thanks Miss Daphne ! Why not start an English language school ? At least you would be doing something you’re good at, instead of spreading vitriol ” in perfect English”., against anybody who dares confront GonziPN’s oligarchy .
Although you may have been at a wedding, I am certain that you and the GonziPN clan who were around you, had heard of what John Dalli had said that same evening by the time you left ! So my question remains: did you have a sleepless night ?
[Daphne – Mrs, not Miss. No, nobody was talking about John Dalli and Super One. When talk turned to politics, and it doesn’t necessarily do so at celebrations, it was to wonder out loud exactly what is wrong with Franco Debono and Jeffrey Pullicino. No, I didn’t have a sleepless night. I’m not that sort.]
@ Eddy Privitera
Minds are like concrete, really mixed up and permanently set.. into idiocy.
Brian:Is your mind special then ?
No, yours is. You’ve lived through the war but you’re still an idiot.
@ Eddy Privitera
Not at all, but my forehead is….It has some distinct scars, inflicted upon me by some thugs in the 80s.
Brian:Is your mind special then ?
I NOTE THAT 5 OF MY COMMENTS ARE STILL ” AWAITING MODERATION”, EV EN THOUGH OTHER COMMENTS POSTED AFTER MINE, HAVE APPEARED !
IS THIS A WAY HOW COMMENTS ARE CENSORED SO THAT THEY CAN ONLY BE SEEN BY THE ONE WHO WRITES THEM ?
[Daphne – No, Mr Privitera, it’s just that I start uploading from the top, which means last in, first out.]
If Mr. Privitera cannot wait until his comments are moderated, which at worst takes one day, I can imagine how anxious he’s been over the past 14 years, waiting for a Labour government. And he has to wait a bit more.
How right you are… especially in your respect!
Sorry, my mistake ! I await to see if my comments will appear. I believe they will be.
I think Eddy’s comments should be given priority, Daphne. He’s a senior citizen after all.
Yes, they should be given priority. Low priority.
I believe they will be…a moment ago you were judging Daphne by your PL standards , censuring every word like Franco does on his blog.
Anyone knows who Malonki is?
Privitera, apparently has been “instructed” to perform on Daphne’s blog; his miserable efforts reflect his party’s inability to convince.
Funny that you mention this, because Lawrence’s weaknesses could easily be comparable to Chamberlain’s at the time in question. But the understanding of the populace have been left only with a Nationalist choice. Of my little understanding of local politics (and there isn’t much except for the childish exchanges) the PL has as much culpability for this situation just like anyone on the other side. I ask myself 25 years to build a constructive opposition (and there were ample arguments) and nothing much of an opposition has really ever existed in all this time. I mean really, how can the latest comments put forward by the Labour party as a political program ever win you an election….you really would not have lived but existed in some logical argument between yourself and a wall. One can really comment on the PN’s government because they have tried, but the PL has not even tried to be an militant opposition let alone a constructive one. What the PN has done now is leave the knowledgeable in a quandary as to vote PN or not vote at all.
Daphne dear, some people would like to address those words to you. If you do go there is always a space at my place.
@Brian
I presume that this applies to Mr Privitera – if so I agree with you wholeheartedly.
Brian: I too suffered physical violence from PN thugs way back in 1966 at Hamrun where I was set upon by a number of them. But I have also suffered much worse psychological violence from 1987 to 1995 when was denied promotion for the simple reason that I was, and still am, a PL activist. I have a decision of the Tribunal for the Investigation of Injustices to prove this !
[Daphne – Maybe it’s because you were simply incompetent, Mr Privitera. Had that thought occurred to you?]
I have also suffered injustices by the commissioner of Inland Revenue up to 2005, as declared both by the Board of Special Commissioners and the Court of Appeal !
So you see, the PN and GonziPN administrations are not as innocent as they depict themselves to be !
@ Eddy Privitera
I apologise for my previous comment on this blog where I stated that you have ‘A meaningless life’. It could be that you, being an elderly person, took my comment as a personal insult. It just came to me this morning, when my father who is 90 years old, blurted out that he is now living a meaningless life due to his age.
That is not what I wanted to imply. Hopefully you accept my apology.
However, I still consider you as an idiot, adding to this, your political stance, as total crap. I have followed you through the 70s & 80s and all that you have written or said in the media then was total ‘hdura’.
May I also remind you that the Malta Labour Party started using violence and disruption well back into the 50s. Please, get to know Maltese political history.
I personally abhor all kinds of violence. I believe in freedom of speech, quite lackng in the 70s and 80s, when you were as one and soulmate to the regime of those unfortunate years.
Can you give me just one honest explanation or excuse to those sorrowful years?
Kemm inti bravu, izzellaq GonziPN int u tghid tghid li graw qabel Sant.
Ara vera tinkixfu.