When democracy bites you in the touche!

I promised to myself that I wouldn't ... but the opinionated mind is weak. I resisted a full 4 posts without touching the International Politics subject, but I succumbed after reading article after article about the whole Greek referendum will they won't they diatribe, which can be summarized with a loud, resounding, Greek-Chorus-in-Athenian-Mythological-Tragedy -type WTF MR PAPANDREOU??? (not to be confused with our very own Maltese "papawhatever" but I digress into dangerous waters)

I mean seriously, did the Greek PM expect that the EU bailout offer actually came with an option? I can just picture the scene, after the Euro Saving Summit of last week:

**** open scene****

Mr P: Nicholas! Angela! Thank you for the time and the 100billion write off. I'm going to ask the people whether they are willing to endure 10 years of wage cuts, pension freezes and unemployment parakalo?

Merkozy: JA!! Mais oui! And then we go celebrate the yes vote together yes? Maybe we could also ask Silvio *Merkozy share a loving, simpering smile* to join us??

Then they turn to find that Berlusconi is however leading a celebratory trenino round Place Schuman to the tunes of Copacabana and Bridget Bardo Bardo! with all the EU Member State leaders except for David Cameron who's discussing the Rebate with a potted plant and our own PM who's answering questions from the national media about whether the Arriva buses are being washed every night as promised (we are great at prioritising issues in this country). The phrase "trucking tanker" was heard to come from the newly graduated journalist with her BA Useless Subjects (Hons).

**** end scene****

I read on the Daily Mail (this is not Times of Malta material you see, there are no late buses in the story) that he has now backed off this crazy notion after being "bullied" by the Franco-German Evil alliance. Daily Mail - get over the end of the war please. Britain won it, and a World Cup some time after that. For crappity's sake, enough with the bitterness.

Back on theme with the fact that Maltese priorities do not match the rest of the European World, what on earth is all this fuss about the Gan Luwigi baby naming business? To those not in the loop, a couple went to register their son at the Public Registry and could not do so because the registry did not have the Maltese fonts installed. Big facking deal. One or two opinions on the matter:

1. Gan Luwigi is not a Maltese name. It's the name of a Juventus Goalkeeper spelt in Maltese. That makes it just as Maltese as Havjer or Djego. The Maltese equivalent is Gwan Alwigi, but that is not so pretty now is it?
2. Not having a dot on the g does not change the fact that this child is facing a lifetime of Gan Luwigi sive John ahead of him;
3. Why can't the Public Registry employ someone who can use the "insert symbols" option on Word? The "Maltese fonts" are not needed. All you need is to find the G with the dot on top of it and give it a shortcut key.

X'panic oxxenament ezagerat!