Comments on: They burned down a newspaper building but their frustration now is that they can’t burn down the internet

By: Daphne Caruana Galizia

Daphne Caruana Galizia — Fri, 17 Feb 2017 16:19:00 +0000

In reply to Makjavel. Oh, I had one of those. Green letters on a black screen...

By: Makjavel

Makjavel — Fri, 17 Feb 2017 16:18:00 +0000

Owning a fax machine was illegal and only some companies were allowed to have one. My first computer, an Amstrad, was bought under the counter. Those were the golden days, Labour style.

By: callixtus

callixtus — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 21:08:00 +0000

In reply to EarthwormDave. That toothless tiger has kept war at bay, helped bring down the Soviet Union without firing a shot, absorbed most of the former countries of the Warsaw Pact and made Europeans more prosperous than ever before.

By: EarthwormDave

EarthwormDave — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 11:29:00 +0000

The EU has been around for over fifty years. For a long time people have been saying it is a toothless tiger. How reasonable is it to think that things are likely to change in the foreseeable future?

Muscat, as an ex-MEP, knows this better than anyone.

The only hope lies in the hands of the electorate in 2018.

My main concern is the risk of the result being rigged.

By: Jan Farrugia

Jan Farrugia — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 10:55:00 +0000

In reply to me. I've read it and found it very eye-opening. Thanks for pointing it out. I had missed it somehow.

By: Tabatha_White

Tabatha_White — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 06:54:00 +0000

In reply to me.

Glenn’s blog is an example of Human Rights being transgressed by the Prime Minister himself.

I refuse to read it and thereby lend it legitimacy.

Glenn Bedingfield’s blog is not legitimate.

By: Doriette Rizzo Naudi

Doriette Rizzo Naudi — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 06:49:00 +0000

Want to bet? I lived through times when it was illegal to own a computer, near-impossible to make a phone call….isolated to an extreme. Guess who was in government then?

By: me

me — Wed, 15 Feb 2017 23:38:00 +0000

This is a year-old article by Petra Caruana Dingli, but it still holds true today, now more than ever:

“Attempts to silence women actually target strength, not weakness. The sexual, emotional and intellectual power of women is feared, and must be locked up or controlled.

This attitude is also directed at women who write, especially about politics. An example is the awful blog of the Prime Minister’s aide, Glenn Bedingfield.” http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20160501/opinion/Outspoken-hags-or-sluts.610592