The level of stupidity is so immense, I’d feel an alien in that place.

Martin Luther King Jr. 1929-1968

In the trashification of Valletta I cannot help but be reminded of shanty towns. The site hurts one’s eyes even if one sees them for free. Would tourists pay to see such garishness? Would the stalls look any better with multi-coloured undergarments fluttering in the wind hanging from the black, beige and red monstrosities?

Next time the PM visits with his European counterparts he should exploit the opportunity to sell the patent for similar erections in front of the Britain’s Houses of Parliament or in the Avenue des Champs-Élysées.

We shall then see how that money making venture goes because as long as we make a buck…..

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20150130/local/vallettas-new-monti-stalls-and-location-come-under-fire.554024

This is all well and good but this is what bothers me about the article:

“I am sure that if we teach migrants about Maltese culture – what it means to be Maltese, who our forefathers were, what a festa is, how our political system works and so on – we will bridge the gap that is stopping many migrants from integrating,” he said.

Is this guy being serious or what?

Maltese culture – Is there even such a thing? It is 2015 which means a country of over 400,000 people is not homogeneous, even thought is it very small. If it means eating pastizzi and all that crap, then God help the immigrants.

What it means to be Maltese – In my book, it is to have a Maltese passport, whether you were born here or purchased one for €650,000, and not to speak the language or to go to a marċ tal-banda.

Who our forefathers were – Oh great, here comes the Great Siege drivel and ‘Mietna għal barrani’ crap. What next, that we are the descendants of those who welcomed St.Paul on our shores? Vera tal-biki.

What a festa is – Oh come on, is it really necessary now? I cannot stand the blatant hypocrisy; people make a fuss when they learn about Muslims here in Malta, but have no problem with this in-your-face attitude about the festas and Christianity in general. Besides, I’m sure many immigrants here realized what festas are considering how some Maltese are loud about them and are probably freaked out about it too.

How our political system works – It is better not to comment on this one. Not even the Maltese themselves know how it works because all then know how to do is to attend those ghastly mass meetings and vote every five years and in the occasional referendum.

“I say this because I have had to stop considering myself as one, I can’t relate to this crap anymore.”

Same here. That is the reason I refer to the Maltese as ‘them’ and not ‘us’.

The short answer is no.

It still is, but mostly because of the Maltese criminals and the Maltese ‘imbarazz’.

Sure, there were those two immigrants who stole a man’s bag lately, but that doesn’t justify putting all the immigrants in the same ‘keffa’.

I might as well say that all people ‘tas-South’ are uneducated hamalli with no table manners (or any manners whatsoever) because those are the kind of people I see where I live.

So does the leaning tower of Pisa but that doesn’t make it smart.