Comments on: Anybody with an addiction should be in rehab, not have his behaviour justified and validated

By: Chris Ripard

Chris Ripard — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 12:45:08 +0000

In reply to Marlowe.

I think you’re quite right, Marlowe. You can tell that all the talk about “shooting for the pot” is a load of guff when these people shoot storks, raptors, swans . . . anything that flies pretty much.

It’s the thrill of the kill. No more and no less. One of my kaccatur friends says so in so many words – but only in private, of course.

By: rowena smith

rowena smith — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 21:59:46 +0000

excellent!

By: bob-a-job

bob-a-job — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 16:03:00 +0000

In reply to Alexander Ball.

Here’s another one.

http://www.67notout.com/2014_06_01_archive.html

By: bob-a-job

bob-a-job — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 14:03:50 +0000

In reply to Another John. And eff you Union Jack too at one point.

By: bob-a-job

bob-a-job — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 14:00:28 +0000

In reply to Alexander Ball. You must do considering you've been here since 1798.

By: Another John

Another John — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 13:42:25 +0000

In reply to vanni. I've always maintained that Malta is the land of "I'm OK, eff you Jack".

By: D. Borg

D. Borg — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 12:53:25 +0000

And they are all licensed to own and keep shotguns, and drive around our streets carrying them – which at best they end up using to kill unprotected birds, whilst contaminating fields with lead pellets.

By: vanni

vanni — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 12:51:22 +0000

It all boils down to selfishness.

I want to shoot something so I will.

I want to build a shack by the sea, so I will.

I want to use the car horn at all hours, so I will.

I want to play loud music on my car stereo, so I will.

I want to bother some girls who are in Malta on holiday, so I will.

I want to stop and have a conversation along the promenade, regardless how much I might inconvenience others, so I will.

As long as I am OK, f#ck you.

By: Marlowe

Marlowe — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 12:42:00 +0000

Don’t underestimate the kick they get off playing god. Having the control to end the life of another creature, no matter how small, gives one a sense of power that is absent from a life lived watching Super One.

And let us not forget that one of the basic tenets of psychology is that people can’t be made to change, but they have to want to change. Drug and alcohol addicts are spurred to act by factors like debt or the inability to maintain any meaningful relationships.

By: Alexander Ball

Alexander Ball — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 12:27:49 +0000

I love the Maltese. They give me so many opportunities to take the piss.