Comments on: Top comment (and I think she’s right)

By: Peppa

Peppa — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 12:01:54 +0000

I will not vote according to the leaders. I have my brains and I am going to use them. I am not risking votes or my seat in parliament.

By: nitpicker

nitpicker — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 19:29:33 +0000

The No faction is only trying to protect hunters from themselves. Once quail become extinct, and extinct they will become, we may expect a strong surge in applicants for the loony bin.

By: Francis Saliba M.D.

Francis Saliba M.D. — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 18:40:55 +0000

The same mentality that induces a hunter to shoot himself because of hunting laws is the same mentality that would induce a hunter to shoot himself for failing to shoot a protected bird out of the sky. It is a psychological defect that needs treatment not appeasement.

By: George Grech

George Grech — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 13:47:15 +0000

Jien ma jinteressanix kif ser jivvutaw Joseph Muscat u Simon Busuttil.

Jien nigi naqa u nqum mir-raguni li taw ghax jien la weghdt xejn lil hadd biex nitla fil-gvern u l-anqas ghandi ghalfejn nilghaq lil hadd biex Nikseb lura lil votanti.

Jien ser nivvota Le mhux ghax tinteressani il-konservazzjoni ta’ l-ghasafar ghax ma narafx ammorin minn pappagall u sakemm niekol tigiega lanqas nista nqis ruhi li jien xi attivist favur il-mohqrija ta’ l-annimali.

Jien ha nivvota Le ghax jien xbajt immur fil-kampanja fir-rebbiegha u ma nistax ftit ghal kwiet ingawdi l-isbah zmien tas-sena fil-kwiet u l-paci, li ma nisma musketterija ta’ sparar bit-tama li ma jaqax comb fuqi u nevita li niltaqa ma xi kaccatur li jhariskek bl-ikrah sakemm ma joffendix ghax kull bicca art jaghmluha taghhom b’jedd qisu hallihilom wirt in-nannu.

Ha nivvota Le ghal-ragunijiet egoistici, iva, u kif jaqbel lili. Anke dan nigi naqa u nqum minnu ghax fuq kollox ghal darba inkun qed naghmel bhal maggoranza tal-Maltin li nivvota kif jaqbel lili u mhux lil pajjizi.

By: Marisa Xuereb

Marisa Xuereb — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 11:48:53 +0000

People who become suicidal if they are not allowed to shoot at birds for as long as they wish are mentally unstable.

And people who are mentally unstable should not be allowed anywhere close to a firearm.

But in this country, such people are licensed to own one or more firearms and run around in open fields wielding one. How would you like one of these characters for a neighbour?

By: Antoine Vella

Antoine Vella — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 08:59:53 +0000

More than a fixation, hunting is actually an addiction, a drug, for many Maltese hunters.

When they describe what they suffer when the season is suspended – severe depression and even, in one case, suicide – they are describing withdrawal symptoms.

Independently of the outcome of the referendum, it is alarming to note that a hobby can take over the life of a person so completely that all sense of proportion is lost. Many hunters are not in control of their own lives but literally depend on hunting to maintain their mental health.

During the campaign for the EU referendum in 2003, I met several farmers who told me they didn’t care about agriculture disappearing but wanted assurances that hunting would not be touched if we joined the EU.

Nobody talks about this issue but I think it’s a national problem because it is so widespread and can have severe consequences. Instead of referring to addiction to blogs, Minister Michael Farrugia would do well to look into addiction to hunting.

By: manum

manum — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 08:12:13 +0000

So in other words, when I am forbidden from raping every passer by I should feel betrayed and shoot myself?

I think the best thing for every hunter who is, yes to shoot oneself. There is no place for this madness in a civilised society.

By: tinnat

tinnat — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 07:42:35 +0000

Having read that, I’m now convinced the result will be ‘yes’.

By: Henry James

Henry James — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 06:14:30 +0000

And privately the No camp will blame Simon Busuttil.