Comments on: Manuel Mallia would have us believe that the police forced themselves on him. And that’s hardly the point, anyway. https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/06/manuel-mallia-would-have-us-believe-that-the-police-forced-themselves-on-him-and-thats-hardly-the-point-anyway/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Sat, 29 Jun 2013 11:14:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Anthony Cassar https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/06/manuel-mallia-would-have-us-believe-that-the-police-forced-themselves-on-him-and-thats-hardly-the-point-anyway/#comment-1113108 Sat, 29 Jun 2013 11:14:34 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=33604#comment-1113108 I have one simple question. Where is Franco Debono ?

]]> By: Jane https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/06/manuel-mallia-would-have-us-believe-that-the-police-forced-themselves-on-him-and-thats-hardly-the-point-anyway/#comment-1112950 Sat, 29 Jun 2013 09:20:35 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=33604#comment-1112950 In reply to Charles.

It is more degrading to be in a Minister’s pocket then to work as a waiter or in the catering business.

I don’t think the issue is that it is “degrading”. I worked as a waitress for years and never felt degraded in anyway.

[Daphne – You are right, Jane. ‘Degrading’ is not the issue here. Nor is being a waiter degrading in any way. Even if the police officers did it willingly and enjoyed it, it is wrong and dangerous.]

]]> By: Fast track visas... https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/06/manuel-mallia-would-have-us-believe-that-the-police-forced-themselves-on-him-and-thats-hardly-the-point-anyway/#comment-1112883 Sat, 29 Jun 2013 07:53:42 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=33604#comment-1112883 With reference to your paragraph before last, why give them another chance?

Why make it ‘next time?’ Isn’t once enough?

After all if a person commits a crime and is caught by the police, that person is booked and charged. Why should they be exempt?

They should be setting the example not creating instances for further examples of waivers.

It’s all right for some?

]]> By: Charles https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/06/manuel-mallia-would-have-us-believe-that-the-police-forced-themselves-on-him-and-thats-hardly-the-point-anyway/#comment-1112259 Fri, 28 Jun 2013 20:01:45 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=33604#comment-1112259 If the police force is being used in this degrading way it’s going to get much worse.

]]> By: jeremy castillo https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/06/manuel-mallia-would-have-us-believe-that-the-police-forced-themselves-on-him-and-thats-hardly-the-point-anyway/#comment-1112210 Fri, 28 Jun 2013 19:15:08 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=33604#comment-1112210 Do any of them have the necessary food handler’s permits?

]]> By: C Falzon https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/06/manuel-mallia-would-have-us-believe-that-the-police-forced-themselves-on-him-and-thats-hardly-the-point-anyway/#comment-1112027 Fri, 28 Jun 2013 16:19:05 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=33604#comment-1112027 In reply to maryanne.

Do we know for sure that he didn’t?

]]> By: A https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/06/manuel-mallia-would-have-us-believe-that-the-police-forced-themselves-on-him-and-thats-hardly-the-point-anyway/#comment-1112016 Fri, 28 Jun 2013 16:15:24 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=33604#comment-1112016 @M. Cassar
This is HORRIFYING essentially because if you train (or rather, re-train) the police to simply do your bidding no questions asked, no matter how much it degrades them in the process, you are one step away from sending them to innocent homes after dark simply because the residents there are the wrong colour, or didn’t say the right words to the right person, and so on.

]]> By: Stephen https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/06/manuel-mallia-would-have-us-believe-that-the-police-forced-themselves-on-him-and-thats-hardly-the-point-anyway/#comment-1111983 Fri, 28 Jun 2013 15:57:29 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=33604#comment-1111983 True, Daphne. But M. Cassar has a point. There is some kind of certification – HACCP, I think – which ALL food handlers should hold. If not, it could be a case for the department of health to investigate. We CAN’T go back to the “m’hux xorta” way of doing things.

]]> By: Bubu https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/06/manuel-mallia-would-have-us-believe-that-the-police-forced-themselves-on-him-and-thats-hardly-the-point-anyway/#comment-1111962 Fri, 28 Jun 2013 15:45:56 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=33604#comment-1111962 In reply to M. Cassar.

It *would* have been interesting for the 300 guests to have been carted off to A&E with food poisoning, though.

Just imagine the international headlines.

]]> By: maryanne https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/06/manuel-mallia-would-have-us-believe-that-the-police-forced-themselves-on-him-and-thats-hardly-the-point-anyway/#comment-1111955 Fri, 28 Jun 2013 15:40:44 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=33604#comment-1111955 If they really believe that there is nothing wrong with what they did, the Police Commissioner should have volunteered as a head waiter.

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