Taxation being an aspect of regulation. Have you tried taking a walk outside? It might help clear your head.

Indeed, La Redoute, contraband is the result of extensive taxation.

You people are so predictable one doubts whether you have a mind of your own.

Tfal zghar, skola tan-nuna, flok mohh, xkora skalora.

Lucifer-lust?

It would have been even more beneficial had the Government retained the Permanent Secretaries there to guarantee continuity and, dare I say, to guide new inexperienced incumbents. But then, after all, everything goes doesn’t it?

I would think their noses are more in the trough than on the thin white line nowadays.

That’s not news. Whoever wrote that story hasn’t been to Valletta recently. The stone clad concrete blocks have been there for ages.

The explanation for the change is quite simple, really. There’s no way a stone block that size could have been cut and transported safely into place.

@Kev

Cigarettes and alcohol are sold in a non-criminalized, regulated market. That explains the black market trade in contraband, doesn’t it?

You’re spending too much time in the loo.

Indeed. Our layer of scum is like the filling of a tarte Tatin. The decent people are the thinnest of layers, hidden away at the bottom.

Whether we are speaking of persons who are Maltese, or foreigners of any race or denomination, we are speaking of human beings with noble and less noble characteristics, who could be law-abiding or criminals, good, bad or indifferent.

Indeed, “thou protest too much” could very well apply in many cases where speakers have nothing better to say to prove their point.

The day when we realise that we are ordinary fallible mortals, and make it a point to overcome this weakness, then, and only then, shall our society start to improve.

Religion, ethics, morals, integrity, and so many other guides are there to help. Do not blame them if we ignore or pervert them, but rather our arrogant Lucifer-lust.