Imagine if anyone on the PN side of the house were to speak this way.
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November 12, 2012 at 9:58pm
“Liberals do not believe in anything, anything goes for them and have no respect for anyone, including themselves. I might be a dinosaur but I respect life. If I am a dinosaur, then liberals are pigs,” Vassallo said.
He said he would now await the insults of the pigs, with pride.
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http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20121112/local/adrian-vassallo-explains-his-opposition-to-ivf-law.445124
http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/en/newsdetails/news/national/Labour-MP-Adrian-Vassallo-dubs-liberals-pigs-in-IVF-debate-20121112
This guy is a piece of work. The rubbish he spouts is unbelievable. Basta bil-pipa f’halqu.
That pipe thing is a nod to his hero, 1950s Dom.
‘Basta bil-pipa f’halqu’…
Forsi jrid jimita lill-Perit?
Does that make Labour an alliance of progressives and pigs?
With which Parthian shot, he faded once again into the sunset.
Make that an alliance of dinosaurs and pigs.
Call it jolly bacon.
Sorry.
Labour’s attempts to present themselves as liberals has been like putting lipstick on a pig.
http://www.banklawyersblog.com/.a/6a00d8341c652b53ef01630539828a970d-800wi
Progressives, pigs and dinosaurs.
Jaqblu mieghu hemm diversi f’GonziPN, izda ma jaslux jghidu li jghid Adrian Vassallo. Jien nghid li ghandu dritt jesprimi l-principji tieghu, izda m’ghandux dritt jghid lil haddiehor “Hanzir” ghax ghandu opinjoni differenti u liberali ! Lanqas ma naqbel ma dik l-isvediza li qalet li Tonio Borg Dinosawru. Li hu GIDEB kontra Dr. Justyne Caruana fil-parlament ghandna kull ragun nghiduh !
U INT x’int, Privitera? Liberali jew konservattiv? Go on, do tell.
Just the guy to succeed or replace Tonio Borg.
That would be addressed at Joseph, and Swedish Luteran vicars. Blasted MEP’s all of them.
“Imagine if anyone on the PN side of the house were to speak this way.”
Very true and relevant especially today on the eve of Dr Borg’s ‘interview’ with members of the EP. He too has been labelled a conservative by the labour-leaning media for statements he made in the past.
Re-reading Dr Vassallo’s invective, it occurred to me that Joseph’s Labour is now a movement of LIBERALS (as well as progressives and moderates)! Could his statement be a reflection on his experience of Joseph’s movement?
Well, we all know that no party in Malta is liberal and that there are conservatives and liberals in every party. So I am not surprised that someone in the PL has said these things.
And why should anyone be surprised?
Since when have the Maltese voted liberal or conservative? That is not what has defined the parties in the past 30-40 years.
What has really defined the parties is something a lot more basic. Labour was always violent or stupid and the PN has always defended democracy and kept the country from ruin.
That’s why it’s all pretty rich that Muscat suddenly stands up and says that they are now liberal.
Suddenly, if you were gay you had to support them. My ass!
Muscat didn’t just try to move to goal posts. He changed the playing field altogether, with no respect towards the people who wouldn’t be caught dead voting for the party that tried to keep us out of Europe and when in power brought nothing but disaster.
I would hate to associate myself with a party that denies history so blatantly and arrogantly.
Actually, I can well imagine many on the PN side of the house speaking EXACTLY like this.
It’s just that they’re too crafty to say it out loud.
Can we start a campaign to send Adrian Vassallo to the European Commission as Tonio Borg’s right-hand man? Why send one religious lunatic to Brussels when we can double our fun by sending two?
[Daphne – I don’t think either of them is a lunatic. The real lunatics I see in parliament have so-called liberal values, but it’s not because they’re liberal.]
Bit prejudiced are we, Jackie?
One truly honest guy who says exactly what he really thinks without beating about the bush.
Dr Vassallo has been allowed to speak his mind by his party. His party is more liberal than a number of MEPs.
[Daphne – Fortunately, all Malta’s MEPs are liberal in outlook.]
Daphne you write: “Imagine if anyone on the PN side of the house were to speak this way.”
Actually, my response would have been more muted had he been a PN MP. I expect the PN to be anti-liberal.
On the other hand, I had allowed myself to believe that the LP had experienced some sort of epiphany and would really stand up for social-liberalism. This was partly from wanting to believe that the party I had supported from childhood really reflected my own views. It was also because I felt that, almost by definition, the party that was opposed to the Christian Conservatives would naturally be inclined to be progressive in terms of equality legislation and secularism.
Actions however, as always, speak much louder than words.
Starting from the PL’s endorsement of Tonio Borg for commissioner I began to question my ‘allegiance in absentia’ for all it’s worth. I became aware that the LP was more motivated by political opportunism than by any real values or beliefs. I waited for a long time for Muscat to state that lapse in judgement was a mistake, but he never did. I’m hopeful that the European MEPs tomorrow will see some sense, I’m fortunate my local (English) MEPs share my values, when my home nation’s MPs and MEPs play the fiddle .
Vassallo’s comments today did not really come as a shock. Everyone’s known this guy was not fit for being MP. Had this been a GP in the Britsh Medical Council he would almost certainly be struck off the register for these comments. As a spokesperson for the PL his whip should now be removed, but I very much doubt Muscat will have the balls to do that. I will be looking very closely at whether the PL’s actions will speak more loudly than its words yet again.
The sheer irony here is that the meaning of dinosaur in political discourse is not an insult, or a denigration of someone’s character – it’s a description of their values and reasoning as being antiquated or old fashioned. On the other hand, Vassallo’s mis-interpretation of that word, and his subsequent reaction actually shows his character is dubious, his abilities lacking and his ethical standards abhorrent. His stupidity in taking offence when none was meant ended up displaying his values for what they really are.
Pig is a harsh word. He has a right to his opinion but calling names loses all credibility.
Il-hanzir ta’ Adrian Vassallo…
http://youtu.be/Pzbi7kkZRLg
Personally I would not have used the word “:pigs”.
People have to stand for something they believe in and take a stand.
The problem with liberals is that for them anything goes and they are happiest when go against the norm or conventional wisdom.
What else should one expect from a “pro-lifer” that kills (birds) as a hobby.
Some mothers do have them… on both sides of the political divide.
“It’s a no-brainer: we’re getting more stupid, claims scientist”
I did not write the above but is the title of an article in http://www.thetimes.co.uk.
Can I get a t-shirt saying:
“I AM A LIBERAL PIG”
?
Lets make a few and sell them outside Valletta.
Dr Adrian Vassallo has sound Catholic principles. What is wrong with that?
They aren’t sound and they certainly aren’t Catholic.
They are not even Christian.
What he said is correct, Liberals do believe in anything. They smirch the human race.
Ignorance at its worst. Viva il-Labour!
Do certain people have to go on confirming that they are just idiots.
The proper reply to the Liberals should have been ‘you have your opinion about IVF and I have mine’.
Opinions to which we are both entitled or is that not the case with the Labour Party.
So I guess, one of Labour’s MP’s considers the leader of PL a “liberal pig” with a chance that his children were born “with lower IQ and a bigger risk of behavioural difficulties and ADHD”.
And Muscat’s reaction? Silence.
“Zmien id-deheb” for Vassallo must have been around 1856.
The best news today – http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20121113/local/former-priests-imprisoned-as-convictions-are-upheld-on-appeal.445131
Is there any high-ranking pig in our party to express his disgust on this man’s comments?
I wrote a little reflection about this issue this morning.
If you read between the lines and pigs and dinosaurs, the PL amendments are in fact more ‘liberal’. No matter how much his conscience inhibits him, he must and will do anything to please his dear leader.
http://hibernatingfrommalta.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/selective-liberal-pigs.html
Is this the same guy who was branded as a hero on NET TV when he criticised Joseph Muscat a few months ago in the aftermath of the divorce referendum?
[Daphne – Yes, the same guy who sits on the Opposition benches and thanked Joseph Muscat for letting him speak his mind.]
And yesterday Muscat Weghdi claimed he’s a declared liberal = pig . QED.