Comments on: Joe ‘Peppi’ Azzopardi has made himself the face of Maltese hamallagni https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/06/joe-peppi-azzopardi-has-made-himself-the-face-of-maltese-hamallagni/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Tue, 16 Jun 2015 12:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Daphne Caruana Galizia https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/06/joe-peppi-azzopardi-has-made-himself-the-face-of-maltese-hamallagni/#comment-3043356 Tue, 16 Jun 2015 12:59:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=65010#comment-3043356 If you think the Labour Party, in or out of government, is some kind of champion of free speech, you need to have your head examined.

And I don’t say that lightly.

]]> By: Joe Fenech https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/06/joe-peppi-azzopardi-has-made-himself-the-face-of-maltese-hamallagni/#comment-3043231 Sun, 14 Jun 2015 21:18:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=65010#comment-3043231 When my generation was young, education was generally seen as a way out of post-war hardship.

Parents and extended family would hammer into our heads “studja halli tilhaq”.

Today it’s “ilghaq u ah*i ha tilhaq”.

]]> By: be-witched https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/06/joe-peppi-azzopardi-has-made-himself-the-face-of-maltese-hamallagni/#comment-3043228 Sun, 14 Jun 2015 20:55:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=65010#comment-3043228 Peppi can use his television to watch The Book Thief. It might teach him a couple of important lessons.

]]> By: bookmemoirs https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/06/joe-peppi-azzopardi-has-made-himself-the-face-of-maltese-hamallagni/#comment-3043227 Sun, 14 Jun 2015 20:51:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=65010#comment-3043227 A man without books is a man without culture, plus an idiot passing inane comments.

]]> By: Jan https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/06/joe-peppi-azzopardi-has-made-himself-the-face-of-maltese-hamallagni/#comment-3043225 Sun, 14 Jun 2015 20:22:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=65010#comment-3043225 Brown-nosers have their proboscis in places other than books.

]]> By: Lara https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/06/joe-peppi-azzopardi-has-made-himself-the-face-of-maltese-hamallagni/#comment-3043224 Sun, 14 Jun 2015 20:17:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=65010#comment-3043224 In reply to Ta wigi.

Dak ghax in-nies li mhumiex ta’ stoffa l-ewwel responsabbilta’ dejjem tkun lejn buthom stess.

]]> By: Manuel Camilleri https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/06/joe-peppi-azzopardi-has-made-himself-the-face-of-maltese-hamallagni/#comment-3043223 Sun, 14 Jun 2015 19:53:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=65010#comment-3043223 In reply to Bodvar Bjarki.

Precisely.

]]> By: Ms.D.Galea https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/06/joe-peppi-azzopardi-has-made-himself-the-face-of-maltese-hamallagni/#comment-3043221 Sun, 14 Jun 2015 19:41:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=65010#comment-3043221 The Nazis hated books and burnt them in public, Sur Azzopardi.

]]> By: Bodvar Bjarki https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/06/joe-peppi-azzopardi-has-made-himself-the-face-of-maltese-hamallagni/#comment-3043189 Sun, 14 Jun 2015 11:23:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=65010#comment-3043189 People who love books definitely hate Xarabank; it is inevitable.

]]> By: Wilson https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/06/joe-peppi-azzopardi-has-made-himself-the-face-of-maltese-hamallagni/#comment-3043170 Sun, 14 Jun 2015 09:23:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=65010#comment-3043170 Should we be burning our libraries too?

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