Action needed against shameful blasphemy

Anywhere in the world one can immediately notice any gathering of Maltese people by the amount of obscene blasphemy being uttered for no reason whatsoever.

"You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not acquit anyone who misuses his name." There are many who do not know how to indulge in a conversation without blaspheming. Those who blaspheme must pay dearly for their deeds. And so too will have to answer those who fail to take action! In seeking atonement we state "in what I have done and in what I have failed to do".

The "colourful" invective against God is so obscene that when analysed, one would hardly be able to believe what is happening in defiance of the law. A boy was arrested for blaspheming in court, and rightly so.

At the same time, who dares take action against the very police (even senior officers), soldiers, local wardens and all classes of workers? To be put in perspective, suppose one uses the same insulting and obscene terminology by blaspheming against persons in authority or even a close relative. What would be the consequences? Since when are these mortals more important than the Supreme Being and St Mary?

Invective blasphemy is the lowest form of filth and insult against civilisation. In certain religions this would result in the death penalty, but in the presumed civilised pseudo-Catholic Malta no one dares take the slightest action.

Some food for thought: In Russia, during the Tsars' reign, blasphemy was the order of the day. With the advent of Communism, when anything to do with God or religion was taboo, it was considered to be a crime to blaspheme. Within a few years blasphemy was completely eradicated. Do we need an extreme atheist system to bring sense into our fictitious pride? When will our pseudo-Catholic leaders wake up from their lethargy?

This scourge has now become so deeply rooted that even infants start swearing at a very tender age! Who in Malta is going to stand up and be counted?

When will the Archbishop and the Prime Minister coordinate a strong and aggressive campaign to educate, and if need be, punish those that don't want to learn?