Teenagers try to break into Judge Bonello's house

V Farrugia

Oct 24th 2008, 17:33

Somewhere I read a saying... it went along the lines of: "The devil always finds work for idle hands".

Children and adults get up to mischief when they aren't occupied. If children and youths aren't at school, or studying, they should be gainfully employed. Their free time should be occupied with activities with competent adult supervision, sports and the scouts come to mind.

J Micallef

Oct 24th 2008, 15:45

@ D Scerri: Were it not for the British yes, I would have been proud to speak either Itailian or German...I speak Italian anyhow, and shortly will start picking up German soon as find the time...despite 1940-1945...maybe if it were not for the British, we would have had some more beautiful baroque building instead of the war-damaged opera house in Valletta.

Now to the subject...
In other larger countries, the parents were getting very busy and young lads were soon finding themselves with nothing to do, getting bored and eventually leading to lots of bad habits and troublesome people.

UK had the added bonus of 'racial' mixes too.

This is no phobia - people are seeing the change in today's younger generation who have absolutely no respect towards anyone. Not that this has started now - been around years - but it only got more prolific - both parents working, broken marriages, etc. Some kids may not be lucky enough to have the right sort of company, so they risk falling in criminal ways if left unchecked.

David Scerri

Oct 24th 2008, 15:03

e bartolo this is for you and any like minded maltese people, a number of times ive read news comments like what happened in england is happening here, things like this happen all over the world. where does this english phobia come from, you seem to forget 1940-1945 if it was not for the english you would be all talking italian or german............ ps. i am not english my parents are maltese, and i live in wales.

Robert Grech

Oct 23rd 2008, 21:17

@Vincent Galea
Yes those were the good old days ... when such happenings strolled by unoticed ... Unfortunately there was no internet allowing all of us to know in real time what is happening and giving us the opportunity to comment on everything, leaving no stone unturned!

Vincent Galea

Oct 23rd 2008, 20:57

Life has changed in so many ways. When I was their age and roamed the streets of Valetta
we were always happy and carefree, we held our parents in high regard. When Sunday mass was a must and we would go without a fuss.When a walk all along our bastions was recreation, when friends dropped by without a call and everybody was welcomed.When we went to the movies for ten cents and came out running wild imitating our heroes.
We had fun in the good all days in our beloved capital.

e.bartolo

Oct 23rd 2008, 20:57

What happened in England is starting to happen here. It is better for the authorities to be on the alert.

Frans Sammut

Oct 23rd 2008, 20:47

News like this makes one angry. Who is behind the constant delinquent attention on this particular house? One trusts the police will investigate the matter thoroughly. One is inclined to suspect there is more than meets the eye to this incident.