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The PN Conclave

Marthese Portelli, Lawyer, Politician, Malta

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“Ideas, Vision, Discussion” is the heading of the new Pre-Budget Document presented by the PN government. There must have been plenty of exchange of ideas, possibly a little vision and quite a vivid discussion happening at the meeting of the PN Executive Committee presided over by (PN President) Marthese Portelli (read the link and do tell me how many ideas and how much vision you can discern from the over 1,000 word interview – apart from the “jobs for Gozitans rant” and the claim to fame of multiplication of votes in favour). The executive met in the open manner of dialogue and transparency that the PN has gotten its potential voters used to. Where other parties elsewhere might hold open conferences to discuss such points of principles before the media and anybody interested, the PN must needs first get its hydra-like head together and hammer out a “common position”. We will not know exactly what the ideas, vision and discussion are all about – instead we will be presented with a single strategy.

Undoubtedly this single strategy will be built with one basic premiss in mind: VOTES. The discussion that could be prompted by such a strategy -once it is forged – is simply one based on limiting the number of votes that could be potentially alienated with a wrong step. For suggestions in this direction read Ranier Fsadni’s “Legitimising a divorce law” that already includes some calculations based on “voter alienation”. There will of course have been a number of principled positions such as those of Tonio Borg and Carm Mifsud Bonnnici who will have thundered on about the anathema of divorce to a confessional party. We will not be able to confront them with questions about the constitutional relevance of their statement and with questions about how they plan to reconcile their concept of catholic imposition with the lay state. We cannot ask members of the PN conclave whether they believe the PN should be a champion of universal rights or a champion of the catholic model of society.

The PN conclave met behind closed doors and the strategy that their archaic system of voting will forge supposedly will represent the automatic 40% of the population who already know where there vote will go come next election. The internal debate will be a “long process” in the words of an undoubtedly charming Portelli (mother, lawyer AND politican) but it will remain that for a long enough time to refine the positions. We can only count on the renegades trumping the conclave members once again. And on more anonymous voices feeding their master’s voice for the occasional doctored update. (Unless of course MaltaToday or the Indy get a longer version of these “leaks”).

At the moment all we can doat this stage of extended “discussion” is watch the smoke that comes out of the chimney… and don’t we all know that when it comes to smoke generation the PN spin gurus can turn into a mean machine.

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The Global Village

Time for J’accuse to share two new TED videos. Both concern the new media (and to a certain extent the old). Watch Alisa Miller demonstrate how little a window on world news is really available in the media and then watch Ethan Zuckerman point out the flaws in the idea of the Global Village and what is needed to fix things right.

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We Come Unstuck

Van Isacker Pourquoi Pas 1931
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Apologies for the relative paucity of blogging but we have been affected by a rather irritating bout of the gastric. It was not nice and it has kept us away from the nicer side of blogging for over three days now. Just so you know, we are following the Great Divorce Debate at PN HQ with a rabid interest and are particularly intrigued (and vaguely suspicious) of Ranier’s speculation as to how PN will proceed with the gambit. Will the Gonzi clan really take the neither here nor there approach as advanced by Ranier as the final solution? Will they do their turn of “turiamoci il naso” and find a way to include the civil right while shoving a load of constitutional caveats in a slipshod manner? Short of doing a Re Baldovino (of the Belgian variety) it might be Gonzi’s way out to keeping his premiership period relatively Vatican approved.

Then there’s Minister Fenech’s spanking new document called pre-budget something in which we are told that the economy is shrinking and that one of the reasons (surprise, surprise) is that notwithstanding 20 odd years of nationalist direction we still have a relatively stupid population. By relatively stupid we mean that we still have an extremely high level of early school leavers. Which is not the best statistic to stand aside the glaringly obvious fact that our need to diversify the economy can only be satiated by improving on the quality of our workforce (and not the manual labour kind). Being competitive means also offering a relatively competitive wage system though at the same time the Blues at the Helm would love to tell us how our salaries have gradually approached EU27 averages over the past ten years (there’s a sweet straight line graph of steady growth somewhere in that document).

Surely the funniest pages in the doc must be the new buzzowrd of “creative works” or the monetarisation of creativity in order that it contribute towards the growth and happiness of this tiny nation. Find it and read how the government intends to become the champion of creativity (and don’t forget competitiveness). Correct me if I am wrong but if there is one place that is definitely an infertile ground for competitive development in the creative world (and pardon the heretical combination) then that is this tiny country of friends’ networks where the few IT and creative enterprises only exist because of a continued and sustained patronage from government contracts. Q.E.D.? I guess it’s more a case of tough shit.

Finally the image accompanying this post is my latest foray into the world of self-deprecation. It’s a tee I made with one of my favourite holiday images when I did my best impression of how I thought Adonis would pose (while floating on a boat near Comino). The captions read “MY BODY, MY TEMPLE” and “Our bodies are our gardens and our wills our gardeners – William Shakespeare. (My gardener sucks).” Who said Threadless tees are the only nice tees around? (this one’s from Vistaprint) I know, I know, it’s gym time for me… but at least I get some jest out of it.

P.S. Watch this video of the Sliema Council Meeting (take 2 – they found the keys and got the time right). You’ve got to love the eye contact that’s happening in the meeting. Video from Maltatoday.

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FVRIA NERA (BDS)

Ir redattioni tal Bollettino Della Sfiga ghandha piacir thabbar edittioni speciali ta’ FVRIA NERA, l-organu officiali tal-iscuadra storica Deportivo Estudiantes. Jinghad illi id-Deportivo Estudiantes huma l-echdem scuadra fil-ligg tal-futsal Malti u li dauna mincheiia li huma scuadra di natura amatoriali jiehdu il-loghba tal-ballun bl-achbar serietà. Gara illi il-gimgha l-ohra plejer tal-iscuadra naqas milli jattendi loghba tal-11-a-side contra il-famigerati Valencia XI u li ghalhecc id-Deportivo tilphu bi score ta’ sitt gowls bi tlieta. Hunhecc ched nirriproducu is-sententia mill-bord tal-Autoritaiet li inharget contra il-famigerat scariota illi halla l-iscuadra minghair portier ghall-loghba. – Gakbu Sfi*o (Testata Sportiva BDS)

IKUN JAF KULĦADD KIF ISEGWI

DEPORTIVO ESTUDIANTES F.C.C.Q.

PROĊEDURA TA’ DIXXIPLINA

24 ta’ Lulju, 2010

Ġie imressaq quddiem l-awtoritajiet tax-xirka ċertu  MARK PAUL BRIFFA, minn xi nies magħruf bħala “Craxi”, ta’ tnejn u tletin sena, ġuvni, residenti is-Swieqi, u dan iż-żagħżugħ ġie mixli kif isegwi:-

Talli fit-22 ta’ Lulju, 2010, u fi ġranet preċedenti, irrenda ruħu ħati ta’ nuqqas ta’ ħeġġa lejn l-interess suprem tax-xirka, billi ma attendiex għal logħba futbol 11-a-side ġewwa l-Luxol Grounds, Saint Andrews, minkejja li kien ingħata debitu u koerenti preavviż;

Ukoll talli fl-istess jiem huwa irrenda ruħu ħati ta’ negliġenza gravissima lejn ix-xirka, dana billi naqas li jagħti avviż dwar il-fatt li ma kienx ser jattendi, b’mod illi, bil-komportament tiegħu, ikkomprometta ir-riżultat tal-partita (kontra ix-xirka, naturalment);

Intalab illi l-istess mixli:

1.     jiġi skwalifikat għal għomru minn kull logħob tal-futbol, kemm max-xirka kif ukoll ma kwalunkwe persuni oħra, inklużi oratorji u lanqas fit-triq jew fl-ispjaġġja b’ballun tal-plastika jew supertele;

2.     jiġi bastonat mija u tlettax –il darba fuq iż-żewġ irkobbtejh ‘biex jitgħallem’ kif ukoll ħalli żgur ikollu jottempera mal-ewwel kundanna;

3.     jiġi mirfus minn truck tal-ġebel, concrete mixer, jew inġenju ieħor ta’ mhux inqas minn żewġ tunnellati, meħuda kura li ma jmutx waqt l-istrapazz u li jkun konxju il-ħin kollu, mhux bi ħniena imma sabiex l-istat ta’ velja u ta’ luċidità tiegħu jippermettulu li jesperjenza l-eqqel ħruxijiet tat-tbatija b’mod l-aktar parteċipi;

4.     peress li huwa goalkeeper, prevja in-nomina ta’ esperti Rumeni għal tali għan, jgħaddi minn taħt idejn il-“Metodu Helmut Ducadam” b’mod illi jinkisrulu is-swaba’ kollha ta’ idejh it-tnejn b’konvalexxenza neċessarja ta’ mhux inqas minn disa’ xhur, kif ukoll illi għal tali perjodu jinżamm forzozament ġewwa kantina, bir jew x’imkien ieħor umdu ħalli ma jonqosx li jibda jbati mill-osteoporożi;

5.     jiġu konfiskati mill-pussess tiegħu il-flokkijiet kif ukoll ix-shorts kollha tad-Deportivo Estudiantes;

6.     ismu jiġi ikkanċellat mill-kotba u l-annali tad-Deportivo Estudiantes u kull fejn kien jirrikorri tali isem, minnflok jinkitbu l-kliem “dak il-ġarra l…, li kien goaler imma li tneħħilu ismu għax ħareġ ta’ p…..a”;

7.     naturalment ukoll, ma jiġix mistieden għall-attivitajiet soċjali tax-xirka, għal liema kull meta dawn iseħħu, irid ikun iktar ’il bogħod minn djametru ta’ erba’ kilometri minn fejn tkun qegħda tinżamm l-attività, sew jekk festiva, sew jekk ta’ dieqa.

Bl-ispejjeż tal-proċess u tal-ħruxijiet konsegwenti.

Evalwati il-fatti tal-każ, jirriżulta is-segwenti:

Id-Deportivo dejjem kellu diffikultà kbira biex isib goalkeepers suret in-nies, alemu sa livell aċċettabbli għall-aspirazzjonijiet internazzjonali tal-istess “club”.

Minkejja ħafna tfittxijiet, kellu jirripjega fuq l-imputat u jużah għal ħafna logħbiet, fejn, ikollu jiġi ammess, ma ikkomportax ruħu ħażin, apparti l-fatt illi wera “distribution skills” ekwivalenti għal vending machine fid-dockyard fil-bidu tas-snin tmenin.

Dawn l-attivitajiet komplew għaddejjin għal tul ta’ snin.

Fis-sena 2010, ix-xirka bi pjaċir, mal-“cricket”, il-futbol, u il-quiz żiedet ukoll skwadra tal-11-a-side, u bdiet tniedi logħbiet kontra timijiet organizzati mill-perfidissimu Valenzia, illi l-“average age” tal-iskwadi tiegħu tinżel b’erba’ snin kull logħba waqt illi id-difiża tad-Deportivo tant hi antika li għadha tgerger fuq kemm ma ħariġx ta’ raġel Napuljun meta ġie Malta, u kemm hu qasir.

Fl-11-a-side, l-importanza tal-goalkeeper hija naturalment waħda nevralġika, il-lasta hija kbira u l-ħsad huwa ftit.

Il-mixli ġie avżat kemm –il darba dwar id-data, il-ħin u il-lok tal-logħba.

Il-mixli però ma weġibx għad-diversi talbiet lilu magħmula, kemm permezz ta’ korrispondenza elettronika kif ukoll bil-metodu tal-sms, mhux biss, imma fil-jum tal-partita kellha tkun telefonata mix-xirka stess illi wasslet għar-rivelazzjoni skarjotika li l-imputat ma kienx ġej għal-logħba, għal liema oltraġġ lanqas ingħatat spjegazzjoni.

Kieku ingħatat spjegazzjoni valida, bħal per eżempju, serata galanti, l-imputat  seta’ (forsi) jibbenefika minn xi skonti ta’ piena, imma dana ma ġarax.

L-aġir tal-imputat huwa bil-wisq aggravat mill-fatt illi ir-risposta waslet tant tard fiż-żmien, b’mod illi allura ma setgħux jiġu użufruwiti opzjonijiet oħra jew bniedem kwalsiasi li għandu nofs talent ta’ goaler, dana naturalment għax kien tard wisq.

Bħala konsegwenza diretta tal-aġir tal-imputat, id-Deportivo qala’ xejn inqas minn sitt goals, dana għaliex il-persuni li alternaw ruħhom b’abnegazzjoni bejn il-lasti assolutament ma kellhomx idea ta’ “goalkeeping” u del resto wieħed ma jippretendix li jkollhom għaliex jaqdu dmirhom f’partijiet oħra tal-“pitch”.

Irriżulta wkoll minn sorsi informati u attendibbli li ir-raġuni għaliex l-imputat ma attendiex kienet addirittura laqgħa tar-Round Table, jew xi entità simili.

Ma hemmx għalfejn jingħad, imma xorta ser jingħad, illi dan il-fatt jaggrava ħafna l-posizzjoni tal-imputat, u il-Kumitat ta’ Dixxiplina ħaseb ħafna dwar il-possibilità illi il-piena tkun attwalment eħrax minn dik mitluba (f’dawn il-proċeduri, dana jista’ jsir).

Bħala liġijiet u regolamenti applikabbli, apparti is-sens komun, hemm biss l-istatut, illi jaqra testwalment hekk:

STATVT

ID “DEPORTIVO ESTUDIANTES” HIJA SCIRCA SPORTIVA U CULTURALI IMNEDIA MINN ANTONIO TUFIGNO U JAMES BANNISTER, FEIN JIDDECIDU COLLOSC DEJJEM HUMA U HUMA BISS.

FIRMAT:

ANTONIO TUFIGNO                                                                                                     JAMES BANNISTER

L-imputat ma ressaq ebda prova in difiża in vista tal-akkużi miġjuba kontra tiegħu, u sewwa għamel, għax tenut kont ta’ dak li għamel, kien imissu jistħi kieku ipprova jazzarda jiddefendi ruħu b’xi mod. Dana apparti mill-fatt illi naturalment lanqas ma ġie avżat li seta’ jressaq il-provi, għax xorta kieku kien probabilment joħroġ b’valanga ċuċati li setgħu, se mai, jippeġġoraw is-sitwazzjoni tiegħu.

Fatturi mitiganti, fil-fatt, assolutament ma hemmx, u, fil-verità, dan il-Kumitat, li huwa prevenut kontrih u li naturalment beda u mexxa dan il-proċess bl-intenzjoni mill-bidu sal-aħħar li jsibu ħati, ma qgħadx iħabbel rasu f’dan is-sens. Meta inti ħati, ħati u daqshekk.

Ħtija tal-imputat allura tirriżulta b’mod lampanti u assolut u bla ebda ombra ta’ dubju u għalhekk jeħtieġ li din il-proċedura, li hija l-ewwel waħda ta’ dan it-tip, twassal għal kundanna eżemplari u kif jgħid il-popolin, “inċaqċquhielu sewwa”.

Madanakollu mhux per simpatija personali imma sempliċement għaliex l-imputat jaf jiġi utli f’ċerti attivitajiet fosthom ġarr ta’ oġġetti ingombranti u ġieli wera ruħu utli bħala ħabib, il-Kumitat ma jħossx illi, minkejja il-ħtija spudorata u fjammeġġjanti tiegħu, jista’ jemana kundanna sħiħa kif mitlub, speċjalment fir-rigward tar-raba’ talba għaliex kieku jgħaddi mill-Metodu Helmut Ducadam, imbagħad ma jkun jista’ jġorr xejn, b’dannu kbir għal kulħadd.

Jaqta’ għalhekk u jiddeċidi il-Kumitat tal Awtoritajiet illi, waqt illi jsib lill-imputat Mark Paul Briffa magħruf bħala “Craxi” ĦATI tal-akkużi kollha miġjuba kontrih, jikkundannah:

Għal sospensjoni ta’ sitt xhur minn kull attività sportiva, fl-usa’ sens, jiġifieri xejn FIFA, XBOX, Playstation u lanqas Chess;

Jippreżenta ruħu għand Ġanni ta’ Fotti nhar il-5 ta’ Awwissu, 2010, fit-830 ta’ filgħaxija, fejn, fil-presenza tal-players tad-Deportivo kollha, in-nisa tagħhom kif ukoll it-tfal, jiġi mgħoddi minn pubblika umiljazzjoni billi għas-serata kollha jiġi ikkunsidrat bħala “Round Table” umana, fejn ikollu joqgħod “on all fours”u jippreżenta daru f’forma ta’ mejda, fuq liema mejda jintqegħdu diversi pjetanzi għal min ħaqqu, waqt illi naturalment l-imputat ma jmissu xejn la mil-ikel u lanqas mix-xorb.

Bl-ispejjeż tal-ikla, u tal-ħasil tal-art jekk bħala mejda, l-imputat ma jikkomportax ruħu tajjeb.

It-terminu tal-appell minn din is-sentenza jibda jiddekorri mill-lum sa nhar it-Tnejn, 26 ta’ Lulju, 2010, fil-11 pm, bl-email u bi spjegazzjoni motivata ta’ għalfejn wieħed qiegħed jazzarda tant li jappella. Fil-każ malawgurat ta’ appell, naturalment, dana jinstema’ mill-istess Kumitat, kif identikament kostitwit.

(Firmat)

Il-Kumitat tal-Awtoritajiet

Dangers of Facebook

It’s only recently that Facebook has finally given in to installing a “panic button” that should allow young, vulnerable browsers and users to alert the authorities whenever they perceive a danger. Facebook dangers are not only about paedophiles and sex-offenders though. There’s the risk of scavengers for information and personal data gaining access to your inner sancta sanctorum. Knowing how to manage the information that you make available on facebook is just as important as the panic button for youngsters.

One of the most common ways of gaining access to other peoples’ profile and photos is by creating a fake identity and then befriending people on facebook. Most people are flattered by a friend request and more so when the person in question looks rather “attractive” in his or her profile pic. Which is why probably more men fall for the add a friend bit than women. Men are suckers for what they assume to be another admirer. I was alerted to the activities of a supposed “Anne Borg” on facebook.

So I checked out Ms Borg. The profile photos aren’t exactly revealing – a single photo taken of a woman looking sideways – and a supposed location of Los Angeles (California). There’s little or nothing by way of clues and activity only a long list of friends. The usual suspects really. Semi-celebrities who might have been flattered by another “fan” and politicos – quite a few of those. Funny how nobody’s suspicion was piqued by a one photo character with the commonest surname in Malta and innocuous name living in LA. I was.

So I did an image search. An easy thing to do nowadays. Anne Borg’s photo turns out to be for sale on a professional photographers’ site. Here is Nathan Rupert’s site. Now check out Scream Daisy loving Anne Borg. You gotta love the anonymous fecker behind the site. The face doesn’t get as anonymously harmless than that.

"Anne Borg" on Facebook

"Anne Borg" by Nathan Rupert

There you go. Not so difficult to tell the fake from the real is it? So to all you who have gotten sucked in by this impostor don’t forget to unfriend asap (quick Bocca if you’re reading this … it’s not a fan it’s a stalker).

Some tips from another website about security awareness are in order:

  • Consider restricting access to your profile. If the site allows it, it’s a good idea to limit access to your profile. Don’t allow strangers to learn everything they can about you. It’s just not safe.
  • Keep your private information private. Never post your full name, Social Security number, address, phone number, financial information or schedule. These will make you vulnerable to identity thieves, scams, burglars, or worse.
  • Choose a screen name that is different from your real name. Avoid using any personal information that would help someone identify or locate you offline.
  • Think twice before posting your photo. Photos can be used to identify you offline. They can also be altered or shared without your knowledge.
  • Don’t post information that makes you vulnerable to a physical attack. Revealing where you plan to meet your friends, your class schedule, or your street address is almost an open invitation for someone to find you. Remember that a photo in front of the Co-op tells strangers you are in Austin, and quite likely at the university.
  • Use your common sense. If you are contacted by a stranger online, find out if any of your established friends know the person, or run an online search on them (after all, you can use these things to your own benefit too!). If you agree to meet them, make it in a public place and invite others to join you.
  • Trust your instincts. If you feel threatened or uncomfortable during an online interaction, don’t continue the dialogue. Report any offensive behavior to the social networking Web site administrators.
  • Be suspicious. Don’t take any information you receive from a new online contact at face value. The Internet makes it easy for people to say or do things they would never say or do in public or in face-to-face interactions. Protecting yourself is the smart thing to do.

BE PREPARED!!

This has been J’accuse. Snooping so you don’t have to.

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I.M. Jack : The Secular Post Edition

Gode di Immunità Ecclesiastica
The sponsors of the anti-divorce billboard erected by the Zebbug Parish are performing all sorts of cartwheels in order to make it clear that they are actually fence-sitters of the prime order and are neither for or against divorce. I guess it is important to know that Mega Tech of Mdina Road, Zebbug, fine purveyors of electronic gaming, have absolutely no opinion whatsoever in favour or against divorce though I am sure you could buy a copy of The Sims (check out the Guide to Marriage in the Sims at the end of this post) from the establishment – complete with married couples and all.

I like the way Jason Grech of Mega Tech used the smoking metaphor for an analogy as to why sponsors should not be associated with the message. Rothmans used to sponsor the football league, he says, but it does not mean that smoking is good for footballers. Bank of Valletta are into their tenth year of sponsoring the MFA’s premier league and we are inching towards legislation that bans advertising of cigarettes completely. That’s the thing about advertising Jason, it’s full of those irritating messages you can’t control. You should stick to the PLPN way – you give them the off the books bung and the Curia/Parish will give you a highway to heaven.

Apparently the church billboard did not need a permit because it fell under socio-religious classification which means it can be erected for 21 days without a permit. I wonder if some company is willing to sponsor the J’accuse Billboard that we could erect in Zebbug square for 21 days – it would state “God has no vote/ Alla m’ghandux vot”. Anonymous bungs accepted.

Tut Tut Flies and Aedes Albopictus

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No new sightings have been made of the dangerous Asian Tiger Mosquito in Malta. The albino-like varmint had shaken a few feathers with two sightings in September and November. It is a carrier of such niceties as dengue and yellow fevers. Thankfully the committee specially appointed by the government for the search and destroy mission did not make any further sightings. What Malta is still full of is the local “tut tut” fly. People complaining endlessly about the heat (justified), prices (not entirely justified) and anything they can complain about in mid conversation. Speaking of mid-conversation, J’accuse spotted fellow a fellow Luxembourg dweller bravely wearing these pink crocs at the Embassy in Valletta.

crocs spotted at embassy

Driving Maniacs

There is absolutely no reason whatsoever why we should wonder at all the accidents happening this summer. How can you marvel when walking or driving involves exposing your self to manifest danger for life and limb. Students equipped with almost half a brain pop out at the most improbable of places to cross the road. Yesterday I risked a head on collision from behind in order to slow down for two absolute nincompoops who were crossing a dark road on Regional Road at Saint Andrew’s right at the blind corner after the lights at Jessie’s Bar (direction Qawra). If I was not risking a mad bus ramming my rented 107 I would have got out of the car and given them a good beating myself such was the anger they provoked with their nonchalant attitude towards safety.

Students living at the Coastline hotel are waiting for the lights to turn green before crossing. (Green for them not for the cars of course). Which does not mean that an accident will not happen there any time soon. It just takes one hair brained crosser or worse one of those arseholes who think that the coast road is Le Mans revisited and boom you have your “tilef il-kontroll tal-vettura” and “ghal xi raguni ma hix maghrufa” all over again. Bugger to all that. We should reintroduce impaling as a punishment for serious traffic offences.

Valletta & Paceville

The capital is getting nicer and nicer what with all the embellishments and road works. At least they are worth something ad maiorem popoli commoditatem unlike the cacophonic chaos that are the works in the streets of the suburb that never sleeps. Check out my funky snapshots of the city (on my facebook album). I enjoyed taking them with my little Nikon Coolpix. You’ve just gotta love the Public Convenience in Strait Street. I also managed to be in VLT at midday to witness the St George’s Square spitting to music thingy. Water bounced and jumped to Charles Camilleri.

I think I like what they’ve done to the square (whose surface looks like an Olly and Benjy football pitch) but it still will never justify the expenses that were dispensed for the launching concert. It’s benches, lampposts and a couple of water spitters. At least we can console ourselves that urban planners have finally discovered the pleasures of open spaces. Slowly, slowly.

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Guide to Marriage in the Sims (from ask.com)

A gay proposal in The Sims (yes, it also means happy)

“The Sims” is a fun simulation that gets some parts of life right. We all get cranky if we don’t have enough fun, food, and rest. But when it comes to marriage, the game is very different.

Steps to Getting Married
Friendship is a requirement for Sims to get married. They have to have a relationship score of 70. Then it is safe to turn on the heat, by lots of kissing and hugging. The proposal action becomes available once the relationship score is met. In order for a proposal to be accepted, the potential spouse needs to be in a good mood. They can easily refuse the proposal just because they aren’t hungry or need to empty their bladder. Once you are sure they are in a good mood, then propose. But even then, nothing is guaranteed.
The Wedding

When the proposal is accepted the Sims will immediately have a wedding. They change into wedding clothes and that’s it!

After the Wedding
The visiting sim will move into the home adding their assets to the bank account. The last name of the Sim moving in is changed. Children of the new spouse will move in as well, except if there is another adult at the original home.

Divorce? New Spouse?
Once married, that’s it! No divorce for Sims. They can, however, marry other Sims. Each Sim can have multiple spouses. A male Sim could have 7 other wives living with him, as long as he proposed to each in his own home.

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