Tag: Gordon Manche
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Gordon Manche and Owen Bonnici are in agreement on the right to insult
I’m not usually fond of giving this dangerous fanatic any coverage, but this is very interesting given that Gordon Manche is saying the exact same thing as Owen Bonnici and the Labour government on the right to insult. Manche is saying that insult is illegal in Malta, a sin, and also leads to violent provocation.…
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Labour is consolidating the criminalisation of insults
I pay very careful attention to what Minister for Culture Owen Bonnici says about what he considers “free speech” because his proposed provisions that have been rushed to parliament without consultation on exceptions for artists are intended to consolidate the criminalisation of insults. Owen Bonnici is lying to the public and Labour is going about…
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In whose interest is this allowed to happen?
When I read about the news that Gordon Manche is being allowed to abuse the law to bring people to court for mocking him, I ask myself, In whose interest is this allowed to happen? Clearly, the police have no business in using harassment laws to take people to court for satire or mocking other…
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Saying the obvious is not enough
Women in Malta are currently in an uproar over the femicide of Paulina Dembska, a murder committed by a member of the misogynist cult River of Love. Women are simply stating the obvious when saying that this murder had nothing to do with mental health and that it had more to do with the general…