Tag: debate
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Here come the doorsteppers (I)
Politics has reached a shallow point in Malta. We’ve all heard that phrase by now. Trust in politicians on the island has gravitated towards the same low point as has been shared for a long time and for different reasons on the rest of the continent. We’re slightly delayed – it has only just begun…
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Stifling Debate
‘The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum….’ Noam Chomsky, The Common Good Marelene Farrugia posted this quote on Facebook last week and I find it very apt to describe what is going on in Malta right now.…