Comments on: It’s such a shame the vast majority of Maltese people are so poorly educated, even when they think they are not, with tragic consequences for them and their country

By: La Redoute

La Redoute — Wed, 04 Sep 2013 08:33:04 +0000

In reply to kev. How tiresome you are, Kev, and how boring your life must be if you feel the need to pop in every ten minutes to pour scorn on your intellectual inferiors. Really, why do you imagine anyone should listen to someone who lionised Dom Mintoff and voted Labour for a lifetime?

By: albona

albona — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 21:57:02 +0000

In reply to Kevin. But it has! You have had too much to think sir. You need a visit by the Thought Police.

By: AE

AE — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 19:59:26 +0000

This is excellent. Thank you.

By: Alter Ego

Alter Ego — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 17:46:06 +0000

In reply to DUKE.

More than ignorance I believe most of those who voted labour did so because they are selfish. They were disillusioned by the PN because they didn’t get what they expected from their party..

Dr. Gonzi did his utmost for Malta ending his legislature with a billion euro from the EU but the former didn’t look at the bigger picture of how much Malta would benefit if the PN were re elected.

What mattered was their personal gain. And now how many of those who voted for change are satisfied with the present situation? -(which doesn’t augur much better for the future).

By: Liberal

Liberal — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 17:13:45 +0000

In reply to kev. Or should it be "War on GonziPN", kev. You should watch Michael Radford's movie, kev. It starts with a "Taghna lkoll" meeting.

By: Wishwell

Wishwell — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 16:59:39 +0000

http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/book/walden-by-henry-david-thoreau

By: ciccio

ciccio — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 15:18:28 +0000

This account sounds so familiar with the situation in Malta right now.

Why didn’t George Abela read this from the throne in the opening session of Parliament?

By: kev

kev — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 14:11:40 +0000

What blissful irony! That which applies to global politics, (read ‘Western’) is here being attributed to tiny Malta.

War on Goldstein, anyone? Or should that read ‘terrror’?

But let the children play. They may never grow up, after all.

By: Hamallupepe

Hamallupepe — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 14:09:03 +0000

I was thinking about Orwell’s dystopia just last week when the Taliana and Facebook user information stories came out.

Here’s another memorable quote from that masterpiece:

“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face – for ever.”

With the police commissioner a mere puppet in the minister’s (and his minion’s) hands, it’s not too fictional to forecast Orwellian nightmares happening in future Malta.

This very worrying affair happened within just a few months of Labour coming to power. Imagine what things are going to be like in 2022 when they will be nearing the end of their second term in office.

By: Anonymous Coward

Anonymous Coward — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 13:57:34 +0000

Oh how I wish Joseph Muscat could think even once before uttering such inanities. On the other hand, it could be that he simply wants to turn public opinion against certain figures, as he did in the immigrant stand-off story:

“Three years down the line, the Government is still waiting for the results of the Air Malta restructuring process, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said this afternoon.

Speaking during a meeting with the board of the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association at Castille, Dr Muscat said people were paid €500,000 a year to restructure the airline and they should deliver.”

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130903/local/government-still-waiting-for-results-of-air-malta-restructuring-process.484705