Daphne,
Thanks for the update. For the record however, I live in Sliema and the Environment & Planning Review Tribunal is by law independent from MEPA, simply because it decides planning appeals. Best regards, J.

Four legs good, two legs better.

As an outsider, there are lots of chances for mirth.

One TV spend years mocking Dalli as ‘Johnny Cash’ and have their legions of followers indoctrinated into hatred. Then suddenly, Dalli is a hero and they have to do a mental u-turn.

So right and so true – thanks mate for hitting the nail squarely on the head. I am begining to feel swamped by blithering nutcases and this island in the sun is boiling my brains because so many are immune to plain common sense and empathy with fellow humans.

The only difference is Malta is that most of the catholics pretty much don’t “give a toss” about Christ, but they have shifted their fundamentalist tendencies to their political party.

Politics is a religion in Malta. Political allegiance is transmitted through familial association, parent to child. It is emotional and completely irrational. No amount of argument will sway their opinion, and even if by some superhuman dint of persuasion, you manage to make them admit that their party is in the wrong, they will still never change allegiance and they will still vote in the same way.

Some have go so far as to set up niches with candles honouring their political gods. They say prayers to them and they stand transfixed at any inane utterance their gods might happen to produce.

The situation in Malta is not that much different from that in fundamentalist regimes such as Iran and Saudi Arabia. It is only the names of the gods that change.

Basta dejjem fuq quddiem net il-knisja tal-Mellieha, jilghaba tal-qaddis. Gakbin iktar minnu m’hawnx. Forsi jrid jpatti ghall-zmien meta kien tabib.

The hamallagni Mintoffjana of his family (ta’ Sacci) has passed on to the new generation, in particular his nephew Jevon Vella.

[Daphne – I wish to point out that there are two men by the name of ‘Jevon Vella’ who are from Mellieha. One is this individual, and the other is a very decent and civilised architect who works with the planning authority.]

Some of the behaviour exhibited in recent days by certain individuals certainly bring their professions into disrepute.

Their actions could be considered to be gross misconduct requiring the intervention of their professional association.

I meant ‘intelligent’ comments. Left ‘comments’ out by mistake.