Certainly not MY expression. The expression of a tiny fringe minority of the land, perhaps. But it’s been elevated to a national art form post-independence, as with all manifestations of working-class culture. And so the darkness spreads.

What is wrong is that the PL could never distinguish the difference between Party and Government.

They turn Government events into Party activities.

They think that winning elections and becoming the Government, they are now ‘Il-HAKEM’ and they own Malta with all its possessions.

They tell you ‘issa oqghod hemm, ghax issa il-power taghna’.

The give the best jobs to the boys Laburisti.

They think that they own you as well and that you have to be grateful towards them for their benevolence.

They believe that they have the right to insult and spite whomever they want. Even a President Laburist seems to believe in having the right to insult his people.

In other words, they follow a completely different set of ethics than those that we believe in.

I am not cultural relativist but I have an appreciation for ghana as an expression of the land.

Yes, because Maori culture is the pinnacle of Western civilisation.

Excuse my disdain, but you may call me racist if you wish.

Gensna was written to celebrate what the MLP labelled as “Jum il-Helsien”. It was produced around 1982.

Now, we should expect another rock opera to celebrate the birth of a new republic. Anything before that will be depicted as the dark ages.

Prepare yourselves for Gensna II: the story of our liberation from 26 years of PN dictatorship.

I would like to go on record as saying I like Ghana. It reminds me of the Iliad where Homer (Homer was not a single author but rather a whole army of orators) would go round telling stories through oral tradition.

The same exists in many cultures, in the Maori culture too for instance.

Il-kbir ghadu gej. Issa naraw Gensna b’Renato, il-Bajzu u Mary Spiteri tkantalna “Mitna ghal-Barrani” jew “Tema 79”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcMih-S_COg