Dinosaur Man: the sooner the species dies out (and it won’t be long now), the better for us all
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December 21, 2013 at 1:33am
Malta Today reports on Carol Peralta’s press conference, at which he spoke to journalists while “sitting on his red leather couch smoking a cigarette”:
During the press conference, Peralta admitted that a joke he passed during the party – much to the amusement of his guests – was passing his hand over his trouser zipper, to confirm that he was “a man” due to the fact that his name often led some newspapers to misreport him as a female magistrate.
What an ass. What an old fossil. What a freaky old dinosaur. Imagine if Magistrate Herrera were to do the same, and grab hold of her breasts at a party to confirm that she is a woman despite so many people believing that Consuelo is a man’s name.
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Disgusting comment indeed from Magistrate Peralta. Whether he said it while he was sober or not, it is definitely uncalled for even from an average educated man, let alone from a Magistrate.
The worst is that he recounts this stupid event in a press conference. Do we need to hear more?
I’ll bet film director Carol Reed never had to stroke his johnson in front of the press to stress the point that he was a male film director.
I recall a particular scene in the court registry a couple of decades ago. A person with a foreign accent walked into the court registry and asked in English to be directed to the customer service desk. After a brief but pregnant silence, virtually everyone in the court registry (employees and lawyers alike) burst out laughing.
The prevailing culture at the courts at time was one of chaos, chauvinism, screaming matches, outright rudeness and an attitude of might is right. It was not uncommon for magistrates and judges to preside over cases being defended by their own brother/sister/son/daughter.
It was not uncommon either for adjudicators to throw tantrums. The culture was one of verbal aggression, where a good lawyer was one who constantly interrupted, spoke out of turn etc. In other words a lawyer with average good manners stood no chance of ever being heard.
In this cultural context it comes as no surprise that Magistrate Peralta does not understand that what he did was wrong. He defends his actions, saying it was a private function. I fail to understand how a public court room can be expected to double up as venue for a private function.
Christmas parties in the civil service have been traditionally held on the premises, though I understand that this is no longer allowed. Many in the civil service do not distinguish between a private sector employer’s discretion to show appreciation for hard work by organizing drinks for employees on the premises during working hours and the fact that the civil service is funded from taxpayer’s money and is therefore likely to fall under more public scrutiny.
Thankfully times are changing. Without politicizing the issue and attributing the change to any particular political party, Malta is gradually raising its standards all round, from increased social activism and awareness to higher expectations and public scrutiny.
The laissez-faire culture of yesteryear is apt to land some of the older generations in hot water as they do not seem to realize that the rules of the game have changed. I remember a time when smoking was allowed in civil service offices. Today that would be unheard of.
In this context the commissioning of reports on standards in public life does not seem to be such a bad idea. What was acceptable in pre-internet Maltese society, no longer is.
Bishop Charles Scicluna expressed his support to the journalist. “Magistrate holds party in court hall – journalist arrested while reporting event…: support TOM!” the bishop wrote.
Short and smart.
Daphne, I’m not too sure whether I’ve heard it on the radio or read it somewhere but one of the reporters at Peralta’s press conference actually asked the man whether he is still involved with freemasonry. He declined to answer. Have you missed it?
[Daphne – I know he is a Freemason. It’s not as though I have been waiting 20 years for somebody to ask about it at a press conference.]
Peralta is full of bravado and menofregismo because the Commission is headed by George Abela and Silvio Camilleri CJ who were from the same law course. Apart from this, there is the local mazunerija, that include some MPs from both sides of the House, and is still very influential within all arms of government as it was when he last faced impeachment.
Walk over at Bank of Valletta board . 8 – 3 I believe . Il bank Taghna Lkoll . Loans for favours ?
These days groping oneself is not a an accurate means of determining sex, particularly with the ever-increasing tendency for Maltese men to have man boobs.
‘A banana republic’! And it has nothing to do with what Peralta has behind his zipper.
Makes one wonder who exactly was the “scum” and the “parasite of society” in Hall 3 during the incident between Carol Peralta and The Times journalist.
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20131221/local/magistrate-peraltas-account-in-his-own-words.499945
Dinosaur man doesn’t like his pics sent to Daphne. At least not when his beard’s undone.
Up next, rape as something induced by provocative clothing.
It appears that the tapes have been pulled from the Times of Malta website.
I understand how this magistrate ordering the arrest of a reporter is an abuse of power that got mentioned in the papers but I cannot understand how the police evaded public scrutiny.
No matter who orders an arrest – the police must know whether the magistrate has the power to order such arrest and must also know whether it should proceed with the arrest.
The police again arrested someone for taking pictures and it doesn’t matter who ordered the arrest because at the end of the day the police are solely responsible for it.
Taking it to the logical extreme, as you like to do, if I were to walk up to a policeman and order the arrest of a passer-by, and the police arrest the man, the papers should point the finger primarily at the police and not at me.
Meanwhile, the North Face advertising continues.
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20131221/local/no-breakthrough-in-top-level-talks-on-citizenship.499949
Do they know the meaning of ‘shame’?
I think the media should check if there is any VAT being collected on those advertising services, and how this advertising violates the code of ethics for Ministers.
A Christmas ‘carol’ to Magistrate Peralta:
“Magistrate Peralta case to be discussed next week”
http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2013-12-21/news/magistrate-peralta-case-to-be-discussed-next-week-3512107008/
These crooks are unbelievable:
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/12/21/world/europe/malta-citizenship-program/index.html
The change of plan means people can register their interest in the scheme with Henley & Partners, but cannot officially apply until the Maltese government reveals its planned amendments.
they are concerned – what about those on the island?
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20131221/letters/Maltese-in-Australia-concerned.499896
It is clear that there is a conflict of interest in having the contracted company both carry out the due diligence and promote the scheme. The government should continue to be responsible for carrying out the due diligence test on applicants.
The magistrate then turned to the other people in the room and said: “He’s going to send some photos to Daphne [Caruana Galizia].” When Mr Martin denied this, the magistrate proceeded to ask if he was a reporter, and this was where Mr Martin replied: “Yes, I work for Times of Malta.”
It seems it’s become a criminal offence if someone takes a photo of a magistrate and sends it to Daphne.
Didn’t Mr Martin have a right to be assisted by a lawyer?
Didn’t Mr Martin have a right to remain silent in front of this impromptu process?
Dignity does not come with the robes one wears but with one’s behaviour.
“The magistrate then turned to the other people in the room and said: “He’s going to send some photos to Daphne [Caruana Galizia].” When Mr Martin denied this, the magistrate proceeded to ask if he was a reporter, and this was where Mr Martin replied: “Yes, I work for Times of Malta.””
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20131221/local/magistrate-peraltas-account-in-his-own-words.499945#.UrXYWcu9KSM
I occasionally grab hold of my eyeballs, pop them out of their sockets, rinse them in floor polish and then stick needles in them, just to make sure I’m not dreaming and that this is really happening in Malta, in 2013.