Please try harder

Tony Formosa, Pietà.

Labour acolytes who up the wall or facing the Wailing one after their third consecutive electoral defeat, which makes a tally of eight victories for the Nationalist Party in the last 11 elections, will eventually creep back to continue with their mission impossible.

Their endeavour is to spin all that carry a shade of blue.

Slinging mud is their favourite past-time; unfortunately, they do not know any better. It is a widely held axiom that such prattles never actually pay; however that seems to be their trade mark.

Typical examples emerge from the regular non-sense by someone who has to remind us that he teaches everything at the Department of French at the University of Malta and whose pet hates include the Christian Democrats and gonzipn; and the other guy who reminds us of Michael Crawford in the best sitcom of all times Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em but who continually dreams of Alfred Sant (a technocrat) as a Prime Minister who gets a job done. Frank Spencer is possibly reminded of his short 22-month spell as Prime Minister followed by three electoral defeats and a referendum result that he still does not fathom.

There are a few other wizards, of course, who, despite their obvious limitations, actually believe that they are the world's axis. They simply do not realise the damage they do to their favourites.

It's doubtful whether they will ever learn to air their views with a bit of style, class and elegance.

Hopefully, one day they'll come to understand gonzipn's most emphatic slogan: Yes! Together Everything Is Possible.

One wonders whether the idea of having a repetitive class for these sorts would have been useful.

They should obviously try harder then they ever did to date... After all, they have five long years to do so!

Comments

Wally Vella-Zarb (on 27/3/08)

Mr Martinelli, why am I not surprised? Maybe it is true, after all, that little things please little minds.

May I suggest that you read Mr Farrugia's contribution, below? You do not even need a dictionary to help with your 'comprehension capacity': the message is quite clear.

Dr. Josette Camilleri (on 27/3/08)

I am sure you have no problems knowing what Tony Formosa is saying, that is, if you want to understand simple language. I am sure we've had our fill of geo-, socio-, psycho- and other branches of linguistics by the eminent Dr and those who plagiarise his style.

Is this election result so bitter indeed? Or have you MLP supporters forgotten your abusive and outrageous manner with which you slung paint, stones, mud, (to mention just a few) in the 1981 elections? Or your lack of class at not being able to throw bucketfuls of your slime in 2006, only to do it anyway with some PN supporters?

Ah, yes, please DO try harder! There is always time to learn.

Franco Farrugia (on 27/3/08)

I simply cannot understand why Mr Formosa uses this tone in writing his letters. I am sure that even if parts of his 'message' are understandable, nevertheless, his way of communicating with people - that is what the correspondence is about, after all - is not the way to do it.
His way of writing puts peoples' back up more than anything else, and is yet another voice which causes division among the people in Malta and Gozo.
Sometimes, rather insulting, too.

Joe Martinelli (on 27/3/08)

Wally, I had no difficulty with what Tony wrote.
Maybe you should read it a few more times before your comprehension capacity kicks in.

Wally Vella-Zarb (on 27/3/08)

Quite frankly, Sir, if one were to judge you by the contents of your letter, one would not be far off the mark to suggest that, in your case, a 'repetition' of kindergarten might, just might, have helped you to become more coherent!