It’s our physical state, Daphne.

The size in contrast to the expanse is unbearable. Joseph’s land reclamation, just an extension is evidence. His proposal will not detach itself for real perspective.

Labour claims ‘superbia’ as essential to the national psyche. Counterbalanced by sickly sweet melanchony. So we’re either perfect or dead. No space or need for a life of choices, mistakes and learning.

It’s not a coincidence that Labour ignored the metaphor offered by the pipeline. Trust them to shirk responsibility that goes with facing untold possibilities, demanding humble objectivity.

That the route along the seabed, once defined, will pose the dilemma to do away with our nature. It becomes knowhow as much as the tunnel to Gozo. They will have it.

If we can do a pipeline to pass gas, why not another one sitting next to it, wide enough for people and goods?

I bet Joseph cannot afford that level of imagination. He knows the PN can.

[Daphne – Have you ever known me to hint at anything? I always spell it out. No, it’s a socio-cultural problem which formal (i.e. schools and university) can’t seem to overcome, largely because most of the damage is done at home. It’s a self-perpetuating problem, and nothing seems able to break the vicious cycle. If you imagine I learned how to think rationally by going to St Dorothy’s Convent when it was almost Dickensian, you’re very mistaken.]

Thanks, Daphne, for reminding us of the evil we had witnessed five years ago – and even before – when Sant was at Labour’s helm.

All of it reminds of the evil thrown at adversaries by Sant’s political and ‘traitor’ mentor – old Dom himself – during the decades since that creature took over the reigns of the Labour party from Dr Boffa.

I remember the crowds chanting “Boffa, dalwaqt jizbroffa” and “Mabel, ghandha l-scabies” in the early 50s when I was old enough to understand what hatred was about.

The fact that those people in the crowd were not insulted but chimed in instead means Alfred Sant truly knows his audience.

Worrying!

The only thing Joseph Muscat believes in is being the youngest PM – ie 10th March. After that date, he will slowly lose interest – after all, leading your nation is a huge anticlimax after becoming the youngest PM.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYWesss94HQ&list=UU6zHwBlhG9TkRY-r-jmn_bQ&index=1

[Daphne – Trying hard to emulate Fenech Adami, but without the heartfelt passion, because he is not sincere and also a bad actor, so you can hear it in the voice.]