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	Comments on: How easily people are taken in. As gullible as medieval peasants, I sometimes think.	</title>
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	<description>Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta.</description>
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		By: bob-a-job		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[bob-a-job]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 20:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/02/how-easily-people-are-taken-in-as-gullible-as-medieval-peasants-i-sometimes-think/#comment-786074&quot;&gt;H.P. Baxxter&lt;/a&gt;.

Or not voting for PN in this case unless I&#039;m reading it wrong.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/02/how-easily-people-are-taken-in-as-gullible-as-medieval-peasants-i-sometimes-think/#comment-786074">H.P. Baxxter</a>.</p>
<p>Or not voting for PN in this case unless I&#8217;m reading it wrong.</p>
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		By: Gahan		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gahan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 18:54:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Paul Bonello’s speech at the Zabbar political meeting shows that he lacks basic analytical skills which are highly needed when it comes to financial investments; Joseph Muscat “No Baggage”?

Who does he think he’s kidding?

Did he qualify as an &quot;inexperienced investor&quot; in the BOV Vilhena Property Fund payout?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Paul Bonello’s speech at the Zabbar political meeting shows that he lacks basic analytical skills which are highly needed when it comes to financial investments; Joseph Muscat “No Baggage”?</p>
<p>Who does he think he’s kidding?</p>
<p>Did he qualify as an &#8220;inexperienced investor&#8221; in the BOV Vilhena Property Fund payout?</p>
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		By: Pink		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pink]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 17:41:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/02/how-easily-people-are-taken-in-as-gullible-as-medieval-peasants-i-sometimes-think/#comment-785391&quot;&gt;Jozef&lt;/a&gt;.

No Bonello isn&#039;t Labour. 

And I say isn&#039;t because I still believe that he isn&#039;t labour - but maybe just wants to punish the PN for something that he did not get. 

We&#039;ll never know, but I sincerely hope that PN will be elected because I think he will definitely be sorry in a few years time,]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/02/how-easily-people-are-taken-in-as-gullible-as-medieval-peasants-i-sometimes-think/#comment-785391">Jozef</a>.</p>
<p>No Bonello isn&#8217;t Labour. </p>
<p>And I say isn&#8217;t because I still believe that he isn&#8217;t labour &#8211; but maybe just wants to punish the PN for something that he did not get. </p>
<p>We&#8217;ll never know, but I sincerely hope that PN will be elected because I think he will definitely be sorry in a few years time,</p>
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		By: H.P. Baxxter		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[H.P. Baxxter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:51:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/02/how-easily-people-are-taken-in-as-gullible-as-medieval-peasants-i-sometimes-think/#comment-785960&quot;&gt;Peter Mallia&lt;/a&gt;.

Oh please. Being rich comes with many exclusive perks. There are still a thousand things that the poor cannot afford, so let&#039;s not justify voting for PN on stupid grounds, shall we?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/02/how-easily-people-are-taken-in-as-gullible-as-medieval-peasants-i-sometimes-think/#comment-785960">Peter Mallia</a>.</p>
<p>Oh please. Being rich comes with many exclusive perks. There are still a thousand things that the poor cannot afford, so let&#8217;s not justify voting for PN on stupid grounds, shall we?</p>
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		By: ciccio		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ciccio]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:37:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/02/how-easily-people-are-taken-in-as-gullible-as-medieval-peasants-i-sometimes-think/#comment-785660&quot;&gt;knowuwell&lt;/a&gt;.

Joseph Muscat huwa &quot;persuna minghajr baggage.&quot;  

Mela Paul Bonello qatt ma semaghha ta&#039; Made in Brussels, u ma rahx l-artiklu fl-orizzont fejn Joseph Muscat qalilna biex ma nidhlux fl-Ewropa?

Imbasta jigi Paul Bonello jghajjar lir-regolaturi u lil-gvern ghax issa qeghdin fl-Ewropa.  

Tghidx x&#039;vizjoni kellu Joseph Muscat.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/02/how-easily-people-are-taken-in-as-gullible-as-medieval-peasants-i-sometimes-think/#comment-785660">knowuwell</a>.</p>
<p>Joseph Muscat huwa &#8220;persuna minghajr baggage.&#8221;  </p>
<p>Mela Paul Bonello qatt ma semaghha ta&#8217; Made in Brussels, u ma rahx l-artiklu fl-orizzont fejn Joseph Muscat qalilna biex ma nidhlux fl-Ewropa?</p>
<p>Imbasta jigi Paul Bonello jghajjar lir-regolaturi u lil-gvern ghax issa qeghdin fl-Ewropa.  </p>
<p>Tghidx x&#8217;vizjoni kellu Joseph Muscat.</p>
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		By: observer		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[observer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/02/how-easily-people-are-taken-in-as-gullible-as-medieval-peasants-i-sometimes-think/#comment-785660&quot;&gt;knowuwell&lt;/a&gt;.

He&#039;ll soon be utterly ashamed of so doing.  And it won&#039;t be in the very distant future, either!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/02/how-easily-people-are-taken-in-as-gullible-as-medieval-peasants-i-sometimes-think/#comment-785660">knowuwell</a>.</p>
<p>He&#8217;ll soon be utterly ashamed of so doing.  And it won&#8217;t be in the very distant future, either!</p>
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		By: Pink		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pink]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:14:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/02/how-easily-people-are-taken-in-as-gullible-as-medieval-peasants-i-sometimes-think/#comment-785660&quot;&gt;knowuwell&lt;/a&gt;.

My thoughts exactly. I thought that he was an intelligent person and would see through Labour&#039;s lies. Clearly he did not.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/02/how-easily-people-are-taken-in-as-gullible-as-medieval-peasants-i-sometimes-think/#comment-785660">knowuwell</a>.</p>
<p>My thoughts exactly. I thought that he was an intelligent person and would see through Labour&#8217;s lies. Clearly he did not.</p>
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		By: Peter Mallia		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mallia]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I know some people who voted No for the EU in 2003 for one very simple reason - they were well-off enough to enjoy a good quality of life and preferred not to give other people the chance of joining them. Someone I know said &quot;I can afford to send my son to do his degree abroad. But I prefer to pay for it than having the EU paying for it and having some five or six silly Maltese (or, even worse, Gozitan!) doing the same course as my son thanks to the EU money. 

The same is happening now. I know people who cannot take it that everyone is climbing up the social ladder. Have a look at Facebook - everbody is studying abroad or getting degrees over the internet. University of Manchester, City, University of Leeds, Leicester, Warwick ... you name it. Young people from Isla, Zabbar, Xewkija, Siggiewi ... sons and daughters of farmers and carpenters and illiterate welders, are getting their degrees from Warwick - thanks to the Nationalist Government, irking our Savona&#039;s that everyone can now afford what they do.

Under the Nationalist Government - if you want to make it - you can. Under Labour it was never like that and it won&#039;t be like that, because they are - deep down - Mintoffjani. THEY DID NOT CHANGE. 

Another friend put it nicely - it was nice to be rich under Mintoff. You could feel you are different that everybody else. Under the Nationalists being rich comes with few exclusive perks as everybody can do (almost all) the things rich people can do. Go to the most expensive restaurants under a Nationalist government ... you can see people coming from different strata there. Go under a Labour government and it would be the Rolex / yacht-club crowd, smiling at each other, so pleased that there is finally a government that can make them feel different.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I know some people who voted No for the EU in 2003 for one very simple reason &#8211; they were well-off enough to enjoy a good quality of life and preferred not to give other people the chance of joining them. Someone I know said &#8220;I can afford to send my son to do his degree abroad. But I prefer to pay for it than having the EU paying for it and having some five or six silly Maltese (or, even worse, Gozitan!) doing the same course as my son thanks to the EU money. </p>
<p>The same is happening now. I know people who cannot take it that everyone is climbing up the social ladder. Have a look at Facebook &#8211; everbody is studying abroad or getting degrees over the internet. University of Manchester, City, University of Leeds, Leicester, Warwick &#8230; you name it. Young people from Isla, Zabbar, Xewkija, Siggiewi &#8230; sons and daughters of farmers and carpenters and illiterate welders, are getting their degrees from Warwick &#8211; thanks to the Nationalist Government, irking our Savona&#8217;s that everyone can now afford what they do.</p>
<p>Under the Nationalist Government &#8211; if you want to make it &#8211; you can. Under Labour it was never like that and it won&#8217;t be like that, because they are &#8211; deep down &#8211; Mintoffjani. THEY DID NOT CHANGE. </p>
<p>Another friend put it nicely &#8211; it was nice to be rich under Mintoff. You could feel you are different that everybody else. Under the Nationalists being rich comes with few exclusive perks as everybody can do (almost all) the things rich people can do. Go to the most expensive restaurants under a Nationalist government &#8230; you can see people coming from different strata there. Go under a Labour government and it would be the Rolex / yacht-club crowd, smiling at each other, so pleased that there is finally a government that can make them feel different.</p>
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		By: bob-a-job		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[bob-a-job]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:38:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Joseph Muscat is right when he says &quot;Team Maghqud&quot;. Literally translated that means &quot;Thick Team&quot;, so where&#039;s the problem?

Now on to Cyrus (not literally this time).
&#039;(Cyrus is a great one for sleeping his way to the bottom)&#039; Well done. I like that.

Shall we also say he bums his way around. 

One wonders where he got all the money for his Local Council campaign four years ago because he must have spent thousands on brochures, bill boards, DVDs and other material and all this while claiming a minimum wage.

Naturally he swore he didn&#039;t spend more than the €500 allowed but then the Bible has little meaning to him and the Electoral Commission never bothered to check if he had taken a false oath, which I understand may be a yet another crime he&#039;s committed.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Joseph Muscat is right when he says &#8220;Team Maghqud&#8221;. Literally translated that means &#8220;Thick Team&#8221;, so where&#8217;s the problem?</p>
<p>Now on to Cyrus (not literally this time).<br />
&#8216;(Cyrus is a great one for sleeping his way to the bottom)&#8217; Well done. I like that.</p>
<p>Shall we also say he bums his way around. </p>
<p>One wonders where he got all the money for his Local Council campaign four years ago because he must have spent thousands on brochures, bill boards, DVDs and other material and all this while claiming a minimum wage.</p>
<p>Naturally he swore he didn&#8217;t spend more than the €500 allowed but then the Bible has little meaning to him and the Electoral Commission never bothered to check if he had taken a false oath, which I understand may be a yet another crime he&#8217;s committed.</p>
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		By: knowuwell		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[knowuwell]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:09:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[OMG Paul I never imagined you could stoop so low.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>OMG Paul I never imagined you could stoop so low.</p>
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