Supporters and members of the progressive liberal movement Malta Taghna Lkoll savage authors for their stand
The writers who issued a statement against the government’s planned violation of human rights in the deportation of immigrants are being systematically savaged on the timesofmalta comments-board and elsewhere.
One of the lines they’re using is so typically Old/New Labour that I could just laugh with despair.
Who do they think they are just because they are authors. So what? Why don’t we have a statement from 25 plumbers or 25 mechanics – mela they’re not important as well. Some people really think they are something “just because they push a pen”.
The sham of Labour’s progressive liberalism is really, but really, coming apart at the seams. Basically, it was a cheap dress that you wore to a couple of parties before it bust in the back.
Let’s play it again, shall we? Lara Boffa is proud of it
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http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130712/local/25-authors-in-statement-against-repatriation-of-migrants.477651
More racial hatred violence this time against Arriva drivers
http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2013-07-12/news/two-arriva-drivers-racially-assaulted-2060386305/
This is getting out of hand.
The most feminist and cultural party in history.
Valletta Capital of Culture 2018 comes to mind. Povra Malta.
And the fools believed.
I think that our PM should read an excellent contribution penned by Joe Cassar SJ in today’s edition of TOM.
The underlying message is that there is a striking difference between the “interest” and the “values” of the country. Every decision or action taken on behalf of the country, must always be assessed within a framework of values and ethics. Self-interest should be a secondary consideration and be subordinate to matters of value and ethics.
If we seek self-interest in a vacuum of values, we cannot expect anything better that what we witnessed in the past few days.
What we have seen unfold before us was nothing more than an application of the the Human Shield concept that has been applied by rogue leaders during warfare. You create a realistic and visible threat to human life that is directly linked to the actions or decisions taken by third partties and exploit this threat as leverage to safeguard your interests.
By enforcing, or merely threatening to apply the push-back policy, we displayed our disposition to sacrifice human life in the hope that this will provide us with increased leverage with the EU and above-all, political score points on our small Island.
They’ll be savaging the MEPs who pronounced themselves next.
And they’ll take to the streets to convince Joseph to reenact the Foreign Interference Act, limiting access to the internet and any foreign broadcasts.
Love the caption. May I add:
“….and in my own little world the second floor has no clue of what’s happening on the ground floor.”
“Ignorance is Strength” again.
With the exception of Maria Grech-Ganado it seems that only people who are 50 years or younger may apply to be Maltese writers. Please don’t take this as a silly point, I think it tells us something about the politics and dynamics – rather than the demographics – of the local literary scene.
I wonder if Ms Grech-Ganado, former wife to Louis Grech, is on Lara Boffa’s blacklist. Is she in, or is she out, Lara? With Lara’s kind of intelligence, she must be confused by now.
I am sure Van R. was left speechless a couple of times.
Great work by the new Adolf. He would have made the great dictator proud
I blame the standard of “moderation” adopted by The Times that not only allows the most disgusting insulting comments but very often suppresses decent comments rebutting the filth or emasculated them by censoring. That has happened to me times without number.
I still can’t understand how (The) Times of Malta permits certain comments on its on-line version. Do they actually have someone who monitors and evaluate what is written before they publish it? I doubt.
I feel gratified just hearing the Boffa surname bringing great memories of respect to this great Maltese family of upright citizens. “And I’m proud of it” Lara Lara, please please, do change your surname as quickly as possible.
Imma ghalfejn kull razza ghanda jkolla il-paljazza? Mhux sewwa.
“Hello, I’m Hermann Van Rompuy. So are you saying you are the Prime Minister here? Oh, I just love your British sense of humour.”
Caption: Idhol, naghmillek kafe’?
This so-called ‘Malta Taghna Lkoll movement’, with its sweeping assumptions, has no room for dissenters and is drunk with power after only 120 days. Further debauchery can only ensue, (actually, it already has). I cannot bear to think of the colossal hangover this country will have to go through.
Just have a look at the body language, Van Rompuy doesn’t trust Muscat.
The people supporting push backs are arguing that we will be loosing our (Maltese) identity with this ‘invasion’ of the boat people fleeing Libya.
If by ‘our’ identity they mean being xenophobic and racists, I am coerced to say “Help these families to settle here”.
I don’t want my old neighbour to behave irrationally, and I want my new neighbour to integrate in my community and make Malta his home.
I hasten to say that this ‘popular’ attitude against immigrants can be seen everywhere around the world: France, Australia, England, Thailand, Finland, Germany and Italy, to name but a few.
It is a natural basic instinct to “protect our territory”. The fuel for this Fascist attitude has been always there – all it needs is a fool in a position of power to ignite it with a push back policy, to alienate the people from more important and pressing national issues.
With this “push back/smell the coffee” stunt what did Malta gain?
What new investments did we attract to our shores? How many more tourists did we attract with all that negative publicity we got lately on the international media?
I wish Mark Montebello would say something now.
“Who do they think they are just because they are authors. So what? Why don’t we have a statement from 25 plumbers or 25 mechanics – mela they’re not important as well. Some people really think they are something “just because they push a pen.”
This argument can be turned the other way round too.
Who do they (the people criticizing the authors) think they are just because they blindly support the party in power?
Some people really think they are something just because they (cannot) push a pen to present a decent argument.
Don’t authors have as much right as anybody else to have and express an opinion?
What is stopping other groups of people expressing an opinion for or against the matter under discussion? Is FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION now the prerogative only of supporters of Labour policies?
And what about Kenneth Zammit Tabona? Waqa’ fil-muta
Egocentrics like Kenneth Zammit Tabona only complain and protest when they believe their own minority is persecuted.