No arrests – oh, so that's all right then
A little something to while away downtime at the depot
In the newspaper and the online version, this story is accompanied by a photograph of a man dressed as a character from the Addams Family (oh, how daring) being frisked by a soldier – a real soldier, that is.
So they brought out the Armed Forces, too. Unbelievable. Well, I suppose they have to be put to some use.
The Times, today
No arrests in Nadur carnival over offensive costumes
Revellers celebrating carnival in Nadur this weekend must have taken note of last year’s controversy and no arrests were made over costumes that could be considered offensive.
A group of young people who paraded through the streets of Nadur last year wearing costumes of a religious nature were arraigned a few days later and accused of offending public morals.
Over the past days, some did urge revellers through a social networking site to dress up in costumes of a religious nature in protest at what happened last year but to no avail. (…)
Young men dressed up as women still seemed to be the most fashionable at the Nadur carnival. Three such revellers claimed on Saturday night that the police had taken down their particulars and told them that they would be arraigned for wearing clothes that exposed their private parts. (….)
The police, whose presence was stronger than last year but generally discreet, were also seen confiscating two toy pistols.
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Priceless! Mamma mia, x’pajjiz – feels a bit like Tehran.
Mark obviously has never been to Teheran.
I’ve seen many world reknowned carnivals but never have I seen the vulgarity and obscenities which occured in Nadur last year. Some Maltese youths go to extremes to play for their own perverted minds. Not even the Brazilians who parade the streets almost naked, do so! They offend no one, but we want to offend our religion and our family values.
Religion and family values are two different things, unless you are assuming that all families are Catholic. Which they most certainly are not.
People in Malta like to cock a snook at religion because religion in Malta places itself on a high pedestal and when you do that, even the pigeons crap on you from a great height. Mind you, with people like the Bishop of Gozo, we can save ourselves the bother of ridiculing the church. It’s a DIY job for them.
U hallina, Baxxter! Ghax ma tghidx li din kienet tempesta f’kikkra tal-gurnalista Christian Peregrin tat-Times li ried johloq rivoluzzjoni imma baqa kollox ma wiccu ghax hadd ma bela l-lixka tieghu u ma kien hemm l-ebda Kristu?
Dear Arthur, that’s a brilliant idea! We should replace the nun costumes with full-on Brazilian-style street orgies. I’ll write to the archbishop at once.
If that goes through, I’ll organise a charter to Nadur next year. It’s an economy boost – some 150 Irish in Gozo.
Could you bring along a few kegs of Bulmers? Ta very much.
Here we can agree. This policy is ridiculous. I still remember always watching cowboys movies and dressing up as a cowboy when I was young, yet as an adult I never went out to shoot indians.
The Armed Forces have always been there, that is to control the crowds and also sniff up drugs.
“Always” as in from the time of the Inquisition, P Attard? And do the soldiers’ dogs also sniff glue?
Soldiers would be more acceptable to kev if they wore Cossack-style fur hats and goose-stepped their way to the village square. Isn’t that so, tovarich?
It seems Antoine Vella thinks I’m a Soviet sympathiser. That wouldn’t be the only fallacy he believes in.
Confiscating water guns? It’s not like anybody is going to drown because of them. Don’t the police have better things to do like go after real criminals – you know, the ones who use real guns.
Just got to know that someone was dressed as a monk. He was not arrested, but police took his costume and detail, and now he has to go to court.
[Daphne – They took his costume as evidence and what – left him in his underpants?]
Maybe that’s why they’re hauling people in for exposing their private parts.
Good thing he wasn’t dressed up as a Scotsman then.
When will the people of Malta realise that only in a tyranny do soldiers police citizens? Just because it is now done eleswhere in the EU and in the US, where Posse Comitatus (which barrs such action) has long been abandoned, it does not mean we should tolerate it here.
Just yesterday evening we were in Breda (Holland) and, seated by a window in a restaurant, we had a great view as revellers paraded the street. There were all sorts – polar bears, crocodiles, captains and admirals, a banda Maltija… and many, many priests, monks, archbishops, nuns, Dumnikani, Gezwajts and what have you. No soldiers. Hardly any police in sight…. and yes, not many men wearing whores’ clothing and not one kajboj in sight!
What were you dressed as kev? Grumpy from Snow White?
kev was dressed as Sharon’s sex toy.
You would comment, would you not, Antoine Vella. Bully for you this time it doesn’t concern your fixation on my salary. I take it you would have put on your old welder’s boots and dungarees from your dockyard days.
Isard du Pont, sadly she has no sex toys of her own, but I’m sure you’ll find a smart-alec comment as a rejoinder. Please, be my guest.
Any relation to the famous racehorse, by the way?
@ Antoine Vella
As an EU citizen, you should show more respect and tolerance, let alone better knowledge. I personally have just returned to my office after enjoying the parades in Cologne and Düsseldorf, which were held today, Monday, known as Rosenmontag:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosenmontag
With all due respect, Antoine, I seriously believe that your good self would fit much better as the Grumpy from Snow White.
Leo Said
First of all It’s not ‘the’ Grumpy – you know: the usual old story about articles and proper nouns. You live in Germany but still think in Maltese. Never mind.
Secondly, I didn’t know you had an office. I thought you were retired and used to work in a clinic, but then I’m no 007.
Regarding costumes, what about you? You could be a character from the Old Curiosity Shop, I suppose.
kev? More Dopey than Grumpy.
@ Antoine Vella
I have noted your (desperate) answer with greatest satisfaction. Merci.
We are on the way to becoming the most boring country in the world.
It seems that the one who was dressed as a monk was easily persuaded to drop his habit!
The one dressed up as monk was a monk.
There is another reason that explains why the Nadur carnival was so quiet. The only thing Gozitans bother about is making money. They know that the Nadur carnival draws the crowds in the low season and that is jolly good news. If it degenerates too much and ends up becoming the mecca of rowdy, vulgar, aggressive and penniless youths what is the point in organising it?
D. Muscat can you mention the name of a single person who invests his money without bothering about making a profit?
Nadur Carnival has been spoiled!
@ Antoine Vella
By any chance are you fixated on Kev and Sharon, leave them alone this is not The Sun, I am sure they can talk for themselves but they make a great couple, so buzz off.
This blog is hotter than The Sun. Can’t wait for the first Kevin-and-Sharon sex video scandal. I am sure it will be “leaked” on this blog first.
Cert, Lino?
how petty
Xi dwejjaq fikhom – everyone is an authority on carnival as well! If you don’t like it, don’t come to Nadur – just stay at home and leave the rest of us to enjoy it. If you get offended, look elsewhere. It’s the only time people get to be a bit creative and get away from it all.
Judiciary told to keep off Facebook
http://di-ve.com/Default.aspx?ID=72&Action=1&NewsId=69598&newscategory=36
This proves you right Daphne, otherwise such action would not have been implemented.
And on a recommendation by the Chief Justice, at that.
The only thing Gozitans bother about is making money…….without declaring it.
In the wise words of John Bundy…. pajjiz tal-mickey mouse…