There was a lynch mob shouting abuse at the ‘cat killer’, but for this man there were only a few press photographers
I do not say there should be a lynch mob or any kind of abusive crowd. That’s uncivilised and ignorant, whether it’s for cats or human beings.
But what does it say about our society that a lynch mob was rounded up to hurl abuse at a ‘cat killer’ as he was driven into the Court of Justice a few weeks ago, while for this man there was only silence, emptiness and a few press photographers?
There was more fuss and hysteria – including in the media – about the arraignment of the ‘cat killer’ than there is about a teacher charged with the murder of his 15-year-old pupil.
Any hysteria I’ve noticed is in his defence, and if I am a good judge of Maltese character types, then my assessment that the cat-hysterics and the Erin-supporters are largely one and the same will turn out to be roughly correct.
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A good observation and a reminder that something is seriously wrong with this country. Its moral bankruptcy of the worse kind.
Indeed. I’m finding it more difficult to admit that I’m Maltese by the day.
Actually someone told me that there were people waiting for the ‘cat killer’ before the court had opened, something like from 5am! This country is in a mess because its people have the wrong priorities.
My thoughts exactly….
I have been saying the same for a long time including on Facebook. Not regarding this case, but on similar situations including immigration cases.
The result was that many of so-called friends stopped commenting on my timeline and others even removed my account from ‘friend’ status.
Well…I don’t care about these exposed hypocrites. Or maybe I do, I pity them.
If the Ġiġa murder case happened today it would not shock the nation for several years like it did in the very early 1960s.
I like animals and have had various kinds of pets at home.
But they are still animals not humans.
And that is where something went terribly wrong.
When animal lovers (of the extreme kind) speak of their pets as almost having human nature then their view of their fellow kind is bound to be skewered.
The cat killer had been abusing and killing animals for 2 years that is the reason why people made much fass over it, everyone had been waiting for the day when the killer would be caught. Its not because humans have less attention but you cant compare these too stories. There are much more animal cruelty cases which are unheard!
The cat killer raised all the attention to a level that reached an incomprehensible interest because he was nailing the animals to crucifixes, statues, and church doors – and he left several notes to detail his psychological state of mind.
Had the cat killer nailed his ‘victims’ to a tree, somewhere in an abandoned field in Mosta, the Maltese holier than ever, would have said ‘jahasra’ and moved on.
The church here is still very much holy to the Maltese. A very positive trait but this does not distract the fact that some Maltese are very mixed up when it comes to politics, the church, pets and animals, abuse of minors, love – all that revolves around logical thinking – the Maltese don’t excel, they mishandle it.
Wasn’t there the other case of that man who shot his dog because he couldn’t keep it? No one mentions it anymore.
What about the school Erin was employed with i.e. St Michael’s Foundation. What action is being taken with regards having an unwarranted teacher meddling with underage students?
cat killer or human killer, the issue is , do we have any pity for a mentally ill person. has anyone wondered, what this person went through in order to become the person he is today. does anyone really care? I wonder
Mentally ill people are kept under supervision and not put in charge of children.
‘cat killer or human killer, the issue is , do we have any pity for a mentally ill person. ‘
Keep up joyce, of course we do. We were so concerned about his state of mind (see other topics) we kept asking why St. Michael’s Foundation and Masquerade employed him.
A mentally ill person who is / is not under special care, is a problem to the people around him because he does not perform how society expects him to and especially in a school environment – so it goes without saying that we are what our state of mind makes us and this person should have never been trusted with children.