In Laburist Land, prime ministers can and should stop people writing things
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May 19, 2012 at 9:20am
Jason Micallef, on his Facebook wall:
Gonzi dalghodu “nappella biex ma jkunx hemm attakki personali u fuq il-familji” Dr Gonzi mhux tappella trid imma twaqqafhom ghax taf minfejn gejjin u min jaghmilhom. Jien nappellalek tibqax tidhak bin-nies imqar ghal darba
This is the Laburist world view. A prime minister can, nay, is obliged to, stop people writing things which he doesn’t like, or which Jason Micallef doesn’t like.
How, Jason? Please explain how a prime minister can stop people writing things. I’d hate to think it’s still the same way I remember so well.
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He can always ask the Curia to hint at interdiction if the PM doesn’t.
Love the way he uses ‘twaqqafhom’, a collective, basically dismissing public opinion.
Thank goodness people like Jason exist. Who says we don’t have a choice?
Kif Jason? Burn them off? As we tried doing to The Times during the golden years?
Mhux il Gonz imur l-exchange tat-Telemalta, u jigbed il-wire tat-teleforn u l-internet ta Doffni u jkun ghalqilha halqha Mehr hi.
How to stop people writing things? By charging them under an ex-post facto law, like Kemal Kerinçsiz in the Orhan Pamuk case.
Maybe that’s one of Labour’s cunning plans, which is why they don’t tell us what they plan to do when elected.
He must have been thinking of the good old days when punitive tax ufficio bills and burning down publishing houses was the order of the day.