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	Comments on: Ah, I see. So that&#8217;s why Astrid&#8217;s pressure group is keeping mum.	</title>
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		By: Oscar		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Oscar]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:40:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/01/ah-i-see-so-thats-why-astrids-pressure-group-is-keeping-mum/#comment-738807&quot;&gt;observer&lt;/a&gt;.

Paul is a good man, very professional and thorough in whatever job is assigned to him. 

He just happens to be very disillusioned as a result of a couple of nasty experiences he had with Minister Gatt.  Come back, Paul.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/01/ah-i-see-so-thats-why-astrids-pressure-group-is-keeping-mum/#comment-738807">observer</a>.</p>
<p>Paul is a good man, very professional and thorough in whatever job is assigned to him. </p>
<p>He just happens to be very disillusioned as a result of a couple of nasty experiences he had with Minister Gatt.  Come back, Paul.</p>
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		By: TROY		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[TROY]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 12:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/01/ah-i-see-so-thats-why-astrids-pressure-group-is-keeping-mum/#comment-736875&quot;&gt;H.P. Baxxter&lt;/a&gt;.

Go easy on him Baxxter, because he&#039;s got dementia.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/01/ah-i-see-so-thats-why-astrids-pressure-group-is-keeping-mum/#comment-736875">H.P. Baxxter</a>.</p>
<p>Go easy on him Baxxter, because he&#8217;s got dementia.</p>
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		By: Jozef		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jozef]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 11:39:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/01/ah-i-see-so-thats-why-astrids-pressure-group-is-keeping-mum/#comment-738807&quot;&gt;observer&lt;/a&gt;.

All the more reason why Astrid cannot avoid the matter then. 

She did it with Sargas when those proposed a rigged installation in the middle of Marsaxlokk bay.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/01/ah-i-see-so-thats-why-astrids-pressure-group-is-keeping-mum/#comment-738807">observer</a>.</p>
<p>All the more reason why Astrid cannot avoid the matter then. </p>
<p>She did it with Sargas when those proposed a rigged installation in the middle of Marsaxlokk bay.</p>
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		By: Kevin Zammit		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Zammit]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 11:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/01/ah-i-see-so-thats-why-astrids-pressure-group-is-keeping-mum/#comment-736875&quot;&gt;H.P. Baxxter&lt;/a&gt;.

And don&#039;t forget to take your and Karmenu Vella&#039;s dementia pills before you hit the pillow, Dward!

&lt;strong&gt;[Daphne - My, I had no idea Eddy Privitera and Il-Guy are an item.]&lt;/strong&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/01/ah-i-see-so-thats-why-astrids-pressure-group-is-keeping-mum/#comment-736875">H.P. Baxxter</a>.</p>
<p>And don&#8217;t forget to take your and Karmenu Vella&#8217;s dementia pills before you hit the pillow, Dward!</p>
<p><strong>[Daphne &#8211; My, I had no idea Eddy Privitera and Il-Guy are an item.]</strong></p>
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		By: mattie		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mattie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 08:59:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/01/ah-i-see-so-thats-why-astrids-pressure-group-is-keeping-mum/#comment-735082&quot;&gt;Jozef&lt;/a&gt;.

Din Astrid, tahseb li Malta taghha biss.

Malta taghna lkoll Astrid he. The Piano project is the best thing ever.

Valletta is part of my culture. If it&#039;s not yours, tough, I am part of Valletta. I am part of the city. I am part of Malta. I am Maltese. I like the project. I like being in an open air theatre in Valletta, where when I&#039;m there seated amongst many other people, (who like me, like the project, cause they wouldn&#039;t be there if they didn&#039;t) I can look around and still appreciate the beauty of the arcitectural works around me. 

That is why the Piano project makes sense. It&#039;s the feeling of being in a crowd and still feeling the richness of the beauty around us. But perhaps you haven&#039;t got an eye for architecture, so you wouldn&#039;t know what I&#039;m talking about. 

Finally, if you don&#039;t like it leave Malta. There&#039;s many a place you can go to. But careful, cause nowhere in Europe will you find such cheap ideas to defend your stance against the project. 

Your saying that Piano is a foreigner doesn&#039;t make sense. In Art and Architecture, no one is a foreigner. In Art and Architectural works, you&#039;re either knowledgeable or you&#039;re not.

Don&#039;t try to get into this complex subject because from your comments it shows, the subject is not your forte.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/01/ah-i-see-so-thats-why-astrids-pressure-group-is-keeping-mum/#comment-735082">Jozef</a>.</p>
<p>Din Astrid, tahseb li Malta taghha biss.</p>
<p>Malta taghna lkoll Astrid he. The Piano project is the best thing ever.</p>
<p>Valletta is part of my culture. If it&#8217;s not yours, tough, I am part of Valletta. I am part of the city. I am part of Malta. I am Maltese. I like the project. I like being in an open air theatre in Valletta, where when I&#8217;m there seated amongst many other people, (who like me, like the project, cause they wouldn&#8217;t be there if they didn&#8217;t) I can look around and still appreciate the beauty of the arcitectural works around me. </p>
<p>That is why the Piano project makes sense. It&#8217;s the feeling of being in a crowd and still feeling the richness of the beauty around us. But perhaps you haven&#8217;t got an eye for architecture, so you wouldn&#8217;t know what I&#8217;m talking about. </p>
<p>Finally, if you don&#8217;t like it leave Malta. There&#8217;s many a place you can go to. But careful, cause nowhere in Europe will you find such cheap ideas to defend your stance against the project. </p>
<p>Your saying that Piano is a foreigner doesn&#8217;t make sense. In Art and Architecture, no one is a foreigner. In Art and Architectural works, you&#8217;re either knowledgeable or you&#8217;re not.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t try to get into this complex subject because from your comments it shows, the subject is not your forte.</p>
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		By: observer		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[observer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 08:38:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/01/ah-i-see-so-thats-why-astrids-pressure-group-is-keeping-mum/#comment-735976&quot;&gt;Michael Camilleri&lt;/a&gt;.

No. Definitely not. I happen to know Ing. Cardona quite well, and, no matter what his opinions or leanings, it would have been a mistake had any Government not availed itself of his experience and services! I disagree totally with what you  state in paras. 2 and 3 of your comments. Whatever the reasons for his differences with the PN (was it the Palumbo takeover of the Drydocks?) one cannot just throw aside a man respected even abroad for his professional abilities.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/01/ah-i-see-so-thats-why-astrids-pressure-group-is-keeping-mum/#comment-735976">Michael Camilleri</a>.</p>
<p>No. Definitely not. I happen to know Ing. Cardona quite well, and, no matter what his opinions or leanings, it would have been a mistake had any Government not availed itself of his experience and services! I disagree totally with what you  state in paras. 2 and 3 of your comments. Whatever the reasons for his differences with the PN (was it the Palumbo takeover of the Drydocks?) one cannot just throw aside a man respected even abroad for his professional abilities.</p>
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		By: Angus Black		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Angus Black]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 03:09:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/01/ah-i-see-so-thats-why-astrids-pressure-group-is-keeping-mum/#comment-736541&quot;&gt;silvio farrugia&lt;/a&gt;.

Mintoff was more than amply compensated and retained the property consisting of l-Gharix where he entertained his favourite friends with  a special treat of sandwiches and washed down with a mouthful of coffee from a thermos flask brought from his villa in Tarxien.

We &#039;Christians&#039; sent him to the other side after a funeral mass said by the Archbishop and a state funeral to boot.

Kollox ha mieghu, ta.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/01/ah-i-see-so-thats-why-astrids-pressure-group-is-keeping-mum/#comment-736541">silvio farrugia</a>.</p>
<p>Mintoff was more than amply compensated and retained the property consisting of l-Gharix where he entertained his favourite friends with  a special treat of sandwiches and washed down with a mouthful of coffee from a thermos flask brought from his villa in Tarxien.</p>
<p>We &#8216;Christians&#8217; sent him to the other side after a funeral mass said by the Archbishop and a state funeral to boot.</p>
<p>Kollox ha mieghu, ta.</p>
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		By: maryanne		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[maryanne]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:44:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/01/ah-i-see-so-thats-why-astrids-pressure-group-is-keeping-mum/#comment-734793&quot;&gt;Vanni&lt;/a&gt;.

Amazing. Only this evening we were joking about this at home but we were betting on Joseph to wear a red tie.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/01/ah-i-see-so-thats-why-astrids-pressure-group-is-keeping-mum/#comment-734793">Vanni</a>.</p>
<p>Amazing. Only this evening we were joking about this at home but we were betting on Joseph to wear a red tie.</p>
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		By: Jozef		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jozef]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/01/ah-i-see-so-thats-why-astrids-pressure-group-is-keeping-mum/#comment-736886&quot;&gt;Jozef&lt;/a&gt;.

Just look at the thing. 

http://www.londonbridgequarter.com/the-shard/overview

It doesn&#039;t have dedicated parking, straddles the station and is open to the public. London shows how it&#039;s done. 

And she has the cheek to call him a conman.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/01/ah-i-see-so-thats-why-astrids-pressure-group-is-keeping-mum/#comment-736886">Jozef</a>.</p>
<p>Just look at the thing. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.londonbridgequarter.com/the-shard/overview" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.londonbridgequarter.com/the-shard/overview</a></p>
<p>It doesn&#8217;t have dedicated parking, straddles the station and is open to the public. London shows how it&#8217;s done. </p>
<p>And she has the cheek to call him a conman.</p>
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		By: Jozef		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jozef]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:31:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/01/ah-i-see-so-thats-why-astrids-pressure-group-is-keeping-mum/#comment-735674&quot;&gt;george&lt;/a&gt;.

Yes, en plein air.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/01/ah-i-see-so-thats-why-astrids-pressure-group-is-keeping-mum/#comment-735674">george</a>.</p>
<p>Yes, en plein air.</p>
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