Imbalance between rights and duties brings suffering - Archbishop

Joe Felice-Pace

Dec 26th 2012, 19:38

And look what he produced: subjugation, discrimination, exploitation and privilege.

Charles Grixti

Dec 27th 2012, 20:30

@Joe Felice- Pace

Karl Marx's book did not produce subjugation, disrimination etc as you stated. It is dictators who purported to base their ideologies on the book, but not quite. Same as religions purport to use peaceful teaching to foment wars and discrimination and divisiveness, while creating a strata of privileged ruler-priests.

Charles Grixti

Dec 27th 2012, 20:53

@Joe Felice-Pace

Truth be told, the majority of severe poverty countries all espouse market Capitalism - from the Philippines, to Bangladesh, to most of the South American countries and anywhere else you care to check and have been for many years. Is this the supposed 'success' story of Capitalism much touted in the Press that all accept without questioning?

Joseph Aquilina

Dec 26th 2012, 10:39

I guess you think that the bigger the lie the more chance you have that someone will believe you! First, this has nothing to do with the article. Second; under PN people stopped being discriminated based in their political affiliations. But thank you for reminding us all what used to happen when lejber was in government. Lorry Sant was found guilty of breaking human rights!

C Busuttil

Dec 25th 2012, 17:57

What this has to do with the Archbishop ? besides because of the mistake of one person you blame other civil servants ? if he did the mistake you claim file a report with the police as simple as that and inform of what occured to his superiors, unless he is an untouchable he's in big trouble

Victor Borg

Dec 25th 2012, 18:52

To C Busuttil,

Yes, the official treated me with hostility, berating me. And I sent my complain to the Superintendent of Health, then the CEO of Primary Health Care, and eventually to the Office of Prime Minister - none of them did anything about it. It's us - my family - who have been forced to use a private clinic because we cannot go to a nurse who berates me or treats me with hostility.

C Busuttil

Dec 25th 2012, 20:35

file a report with the police

Mr Ernest Vella

Dec 25th 2012, 17:50

William Tabone...its not a human right to have gay marriage for its against the humanity the very fact of gay marriage. Gay Marriages are wrong for God say so. Any form of discrimination because one is gay must be abolished...but still gay marriages are against the very nature of marriage.

Martin Saliba

Dec 25th 2012, 21:32

Mr. Vella , just answer a few questions.
Who created nature ?
Who created man. ?
Who created gay men and women ?
Answer all the above with the word god and you have your answer .

Joe Sultana

Dec 26th 2012, 14:49

There is no such thing as a "a gay marriage.". It is a contradiction in terms. If you mean a homosexual relationship between two men or two women, you should say so and we can then proceed from there.

William Tabone

Dec 26th 2012, 23:08

Ernest sorry to disappoint you but it is a human right as if it not given it is depriving people from a need.

Joe sorry to disappoint you as well but there is such thing. It is all a matter of time.

If malta will not make it law Europe will. This has nothing to do with the church but a civil law. Since Malta keeps hiding behind the church in the constitution then the constitution will have to change

Pule' Carmel

Dec 25th 2012, 21:29

If by Democracy , you mean the rule of the majority, them I am afraid that experience has shown me that the Majority of the people within any country are not always the wisest and always decide on how they see the world around them. I am sorry but having a democracy in government and the church is not always the wisest choice as the bright ones will suffer most. Think about it carefully!

Joseph Aquilina

Dec 26th 2012, 10:49

Democracies have come and gone. The Church has stood still for more then 2000years now ... I think they know one thing or two more about longevity!

Francis Saliba M.D.

Dec 27th 2012, 20:27

Malta acquired its democratic independence at the same time as the rest of Europe after World War II. We achieved this by our own efforts without needing any invasion by British, French, Commonwealth and USA troops to rescue most of continental Europe, including Germany and Austria, from a tyrannical dictatorial Nazi oppression. Please keep that in mind before preaching democracy to us.

C Busuttil

Dec 25th 2012, 17:52

Don't like it ? than stay away, certainly the church will lose nothing from not having you within its folk. Since you can't understand that the church is built on the teachings of Jesus Christ and he was clear about what he expects from each and one us. The church is far from being perfect but many prefer the church as it is, than liberals without values

Melissa Bagley

Dec 25th 2012, 22:27

I cannot understand how people can make outright claims that liberals have no values.

Mrs Elaine Saliba

Dec 26th 2012, 00:37

Wow C Busuttil, and by any chance do you consider yourself catholic?

Francis Saliba M.D.

Dec 26th 2012, 09:51

Democracy appertains to the State not to any organisation with its own rules that a member is expected to observe or to leave the organisation if he finds that the rules are not to his taste.

C Busuttil

Dec 26th 2012, 20:08

@ Elaine Saliba

No I am no church goer however I can't stand liberals who want to silence others and lecture them on their believes. besides being catholic does not mean you must be an idiot and accept everything, mhux hekk nibqaw!!!
The church is a club, don't like the rules you are free not to join, nobody is pointing a pistol at anyones head

Alfred J. McEwen

Dec 30th 2012, 11:56

@ C. Busuttil

Since when did people with a liberal outlook not have values, just because they are not members of a narrow minded and medieval organisation ?