You’re right.

Hemm minn gab l-O levels mill-Habs f’Kordin. Jekk ghandu o levels, jistudja xi a-levels – jekk ghandu l-a-levels, ghamlu pjacir u hudulu l-kotba tal-filosofija li kultant issib fil-librerija ta’ l-SPCA fil-Furjana – 3 for 2 euros – u ghadduhomlu. Ma nafx x’inhi dil-fissazzjoni li ghandhom li jridu jidhlu l-Universita.biex jaghmlu xi statement li huma nies all right hafna.

All right, meta tifla ta’ 15-il sena qeghdha taht it-trab u min kien maghha qisu ma gara xejn?

Fejn hi l-moralita? Il-Gustizzja tghid xi haga fuq il-moralita? Jekk le, about time li Owen Bonnici jaghmel xi haga biex jirrevedu l-ligi.

When Danilo Restivo’s case was brushed under the carpet, he, the murderer, moved on to prey on other victims.

He was never declared mentally ill – just a guy with another ‘fetish’.

He was 21 when he murdered his first victim – Elisa Clapps, 15.

Restivo was at university, studying dentistry.

Why should an exception be made in his case?

Wouldn’t everybody else like to study from home and tackle a full degree in the span of time allocated to a full-time course rather than stretch it out and “make a sacrifice” to attend the part-time course after work?

If a normal student has to attend x lectures out of a full module to earn it, then no exceptions should be made – especially not for him.

Because they’re being treated like members of an judging panel i.e. giving us their ‘opinion’, rather than medical fact.

Exactly. Or we wouldn’t hold people in remand. Or even detain and handcuff them.

The presumption of innocence until the contrary is proved does not mean that he is proven innocent for the interim period. It only means that he be not considered prematurely guilty and punished at law for the crime of which he is accused.

Without revealing my profession, when I received a warrant to practice my profession, from thereon I shouldered the responsibilities of my decisions ALONE.

I never had any doubt in my ability to make educated judgments. My employer did not need to employ two others and have the three of us corroborate each other’s decisions.

Even if they are dividing the hourly rate between them, it is humiliating having to support one’s decision with a partner or two. Is psychiatry regarded as a profession in Malta?