When Agatha was president, she handed food to Peppi Azzoppardi and all those workers of the diamond factory, who camped at the San Anton garden’s entrance, protesting about their rights. Then some days later,she sent soldiers to kick them out from there.

AT: eric-le-rouge@hotmail.com “Commenting on politics is everyone’s right”

Xarabankesque!

To make a comment one has to be INFORMED about the subject, or at least do one’s best to be.

With her uninformed comment, Ms Losco drove a political dagger into Marie Louise Coleiro Preca’s back.

With ‘supporters’ like Ira , who needs enemies? Ms Coleiro Preca does not want to be made president.

It seems Botox affects people’s intelligence negatively.

Freemasons are not allowed to attack their brothers.

And always adamantly refused to participate in PN fund raisers. Il-vera lagħqija. We’re about to enter the age of the Smiling Presidency.

Is it “Do Not Use Punctuation Day” today?

M. Le Rouge, I’m a follower of this blog and I love reading people’s comments and debates.

Firstly, please use a capital “I”. A small “i” is so tedious and, quite frankly, the followers of this blog take pride in their spelling and grammar.

Secondly, you seem to fail to understand the concept behind this website, which is aimed at people who are interested in debating politics and events. We do not come here to be agreed with.

Many of us share the same views and we are all appalled by (basically) the same things, a common ground which, I find, is more important for lasting relationships than common likes.

Finally, and most importantly perhaps, Ira Losco has the right to say what she pleases as much as I have the right to go on stage dancing. Nobody may deny me that right. However, whether it is right and proper for Ira to comment on politics and for me to go and prance on stage is quite another issue altogether.

This is a crucial distinction which is being put aside.

This is what I call the “Xarabank” mentality: I have the right to say whatever I wish even if I am Johnny nobody and I also expect my opinion to be given the same weight as that of the experts in the field.

Yes, Ira has the right to say whatever she pleases. However, it would be more proper to her to inform herself prior to regaling us with whatever she thinks. After all, her statement reveals how vacuous her mind is. And, I daresay, her political affiliations which act as blinkers on her eyes and thinking process.

I do apologise.

I should have said “hamalla”.

Thanks for pointing it out.

The problem with people like Eric is they can’t read. Because reading means understand the meaning as well as mouthing the words.

No one is trying to take away Ira Losco’s right to speak her mind. But we have an equal right to call her stupid whenever she makes a stupid statement.

Voilà.

In addition, and would my fellow countrymen (who all seem to be servile deferential boot-lickers) listen up: we have a right to comment on Ira Losco’s personal life whereas she doesn’t have the reciprocal right. Because she is a celebrity, and we are not.

As for opposing views on this blog, many of us disagree with its owner on some very fundamental issues, but no one has ever been censored. The intelligence of an argument, and its opposite quality, its stupidity, are quite separate from the argument itself.

I agree with Kevin Ellul Bonici on the Ukraine issue, for instance, but his argumentation is completely imbecilic. On the other hand, I probably disagree with Daphne on the same issue, but she argues intelligently.

I disagree with Daphne all the time and she has hardly thrown me off the blog. That is because this is the only ‘academic’ blog where we can actually bounce ideas off each other. I think you are talking about another blog, perhaps Frankie’s.

J. Azzopardi, you’ve clearly no clue about how the modern music industry functions.

Your comment about state aid to artistes gave you away.

As it happens, I do know bloody much about it.