Comments on: The New Year’s Eve murders: what on earth was The Sunday Times thinking? And the Police Commissioner is off his rocker.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 02 Dec 2013 19:47:20 +0000

Re my earlier comment maybe bitterness comes a bit close to describing it?

[Daphne – I’ve just given you the word you’re looking for.]

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 02 Dec 2013 19:40:35 +0000

I get the feeling that the overwhelming majority of the vile and lurid comments passed on this case seem to stem from envious pleasure because it involves two families of the sort that inspire bitterness and jealousy: one with plenty of new money and entirely self-made, and the other a family of Sliema puliti.

I can’t quite find a word for what I mean in English and in Maltese “ghira” doesn’t quite capture it. I believe it’s called “lanzit” a sort of “hu ga fik” sensation.

[Daphne – British English uses the German word ‘Schadenfreude’ (shah-den-froi-de), which means a pleasure in the misfortune of others who we envy.]

By: Felix

Felix — Mon, 02 Dec 2013 16:40:13 +0000

“Leaving cases like this one open isn’t healthy,” Zammit told The Sunday Times. “That’s because people want answers, he said” – This statement reveals clearly that our Police Commissioner’s thinking is primarily political.

By: Thorny2

Thorny2 — Mon, 02 Dec 2013 16:12:33 +0000

In reply to David. Good reply to this idiot.

By: Thorny2

Thorny2 — Mon, 02 Dec 2013 16:10:56 +0000

In reply to pale blue my foot!. This commissioner of police should be totally ignored. He has nothing new to say.

By: ray meilak

ray meilak — Mon, 02 Dec 2013 16:09:32 +0000

When police detectives investigate a homicide the first thing they need are the hard facts; speculations and hunches do not close a murder case. Secondly, besides the interest of justice they have to try and bring some kind of closure to the victim’s family.

Our intelligent police commissioner did it the other way round, he opened another feeding frenzy to the hungry public, caused another stir of speculation and does not even think that these victims have families whose feelings should be taken into consideration.

May I tell the police commissioner that solving a murder is not in the interest of Joe Public, but in the interest of seeing justice done.

By: Thorny2

Thorny2 — Mon, 02 Dec 2013 16:08:46 +0000

In reply to La Redoute. l-gharef jahseb li hu xi kummissarju tal-affari tieghu imma meta jiftah halqu biex johrog ic-cucati.

By: Rita Camilleri

Rita Camilleri — Mon, 02 Dec 2013 12:56:43 +0000

In reply to David.

@David – why do we, as a public, have a right to be informed about the personal details of private persons who have been murdered? Will it change your mood? Will it satisfy your curiosity? Does it fall within the ‘public interest’ remit?

I really cannot understand the morbid fascination about other people’s misfortunes. I feel sorry for both victims’ families who have to live with people whose only interest is nosing in other peoples’ lives. Live and let live.

By: Bullivant

Bullivant — Mon, 02 Dec 2013 09:56:57 +0000

In reply to Manuel.

I sometimes wonder whether there actually is a moderator on the comments board of timesofmalta.com.

Comments are uploaded wholesale and it is clear that the moderator – if there is one – is an out of depth part-timer. Furthermore Times of Malta does not even abide by its own rules of engagement, sketchy as they are.

Some time ago, that newspaper had triumphantly announced that it had engaged a superannuated tabloid hack from the UK as consultant to improve content and circulation; as he has failed on both counts, has he been shuttled back to Blighty?

By: Makjavel

Makjavel — Mon, 02 Dec 2013 06:46:12 +0000

In reply to David. Daphne , unfortunately Xarabank has become the standard of behaviour. The problem is that the Police Commissioner is of Xarabank standard.