Comments on: Our head of state tweets that she “attended 100 years celebrations of WWI”

By: Rumplestiltskin

Rumplestiltskin — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 19:12:49 +0000

‘Tis folly to be wise where ignorance reigns supreme.

Celebration of World War I indeed!

By: CiVi

CiVi — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 18:09:36 +0000

L-aqwa li nitwit-jaw.

By: Niku

Niku — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 15:33:16 +0000

In reply to Socrates. Dritt ghall-gol-hajt !

By: michael seychell

michael seychell — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 14:40:27 +0000

In reply to Libertas. During her long years as MLP general secretary, there were quite a few incidences that one should remember, albeit these should not be commemorated.

By: John B.

John B. — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 07:13:56 +0000

Ghaliha ‘selebrejxin’ la marret mawra b’xejn b’hafna nies importanti.

By: Carmelo Micallef

Carmelo Micallef — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 01:33:58 +0000

In reply to Gaetano Pace.

Hear. Hear.

In our hearts we know that ‘these’ people are not merely the government party but our actual enemies.

The simple words should not obscure the fact that it is time for us to stop throwing jibes and realize that we are dealing not with an opposing political party but with an enemy.

An enemy that has used the tools of democracy to gain power and effect a dictatorship of the majority. Our enemy has no illusions or delicacies about our respective roles. It is our side that has lived with the hope, maybe delusion, that the ‘lumpen’ majority of our society can be educated towards enlightenment.

Our enemies are the Mintoffians not the Labourists, and enemies they are and will always be. There are still elements of Christian Socialists who have found it difficult to cross over, not because they are bad people but the divisions in our minute society are so pervasive it was, and is, difficult for them.

I purposefully choose not to refer to the dimwits who floated into the hands of the devil.

The Leader of the PN is a man of superb intellect who understands the difference between right and wrong; this man also has a backbone of steel in this regard.

Simon Busuttil’s culture and grace may appear to be inappropriate in dealing merely with an opposing political ideology but no – he can be a guiding light as Eddie Fenech Adami was – this does not mean weakness so long as they is a clear acceptance that we are dealing with an enemy that must be confronted, faced down and beaten.

God Bless Malta

By: Spock

Spock — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 01:14:11 +0000

After celebrating the hundredth anniversary of the outbreak of a war which killed millions, our esteemed President should have rounded it all up with a Standing Ovulation .

By: Antoine Vella

Antoine Vella — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 00:45:07 +0000

The fact is that modern media, with its inbuilt immediacy, is utterly unforgiving and exposes – amplifies, even – all the inadequacies of its users, be they politicians, celebrities, professionals or what have you.

By: Typically Labour

Typically Labour — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 22:43:16 +0000

Is this all? Is this why we had a long day’s celebration to mark the appointment of the head of state?

I shudder to think of the level of spoken English if the outcome of a two-line tweet rehearsed as it may be, is nothing short of a disaster.

In hindsight, I think this country would have been better served back then if four hours were trimmed from the official programme and a private session of Better English slotted in for good measure.

By: albona

albona — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 22:24:21 +0000

Not to mention that even if it were appropriate to use the noun celebration you:would actually write:

the hundred year celebration.

Aw challie ixghal l airkondixxins mjen.

The plural is par for the course in Malta.