In - Ninteen-Sixties In Silg fuq Kemmuna I stressed as a theme the way by which Maltese youth were changing their aspirations and lifestyles as a reaction to the growing openness of their society. But I wrote the book between 1970 and 1973...

Alfred Sant fl-Indy tat- 12 ta' Lulju

Ili ftit nahseb li kull haga li ddejjaqna f'Malta (hlief forsi t-toroq) hija frott tal-fatt li fil-verita' il-pajjiz qatt ma tghammed bl-ilma, jew ahjar bl-inbid, tas-sittinijiet. Nistaqsi: l-attitudnijiet li jirritawna (jew li issa, mill-boghod, jipprovokawlna tbissima) u li jiktbu dwarhom hafna bloggejja, b'xi mod jew iehor huma marbutin ma' dan il-vakum temporali? U jekk m'ghaddejniex mis-sittinijiet fis-sittinijiet meta ghaddejna minnhom? Jew ghaddejjin minnhom issa? Jew sempliciment ghamilna fastforward, qlibna s-6 fuq saqajh, u sibna ruhna fid-disghajnijiet bil-hangups li kellhom il-bqija tletin sena ilu? U jekk, kif donnu jhoss Sant, ghaddejna minnhom, kif ghadna qed niddiskutu l-affarijiet qisna m'ghaddejniex minnhom? U jekk m'ghaddejniex minnhom, imma l-girien taghna iva, kif niddiskutu kollox qisna qed nivvintaw ir-rota mill-gdid? Jew ghaddew minnhom huma u jien li twelidt fis-76 m'ghandix idea minn xiex ghaddew? Jew forsi dan kollu illuzjoni - mhux talli ghaddejna mis-sittinijiet imma ahna l-izjed poplu imhawwad li qatt ghex taht il-passata zebgha tal-omeliji tal-Hadd, il-Muzew u l-ittri-kwotazzjonijiet bibblici lill-editur?

Pero' tal - "growing openness of their society" naraha mgebbda wahda sew Alfredo.

U nhallikom b'din, li forsi japprezzawha shabi l-bruxellois:

Le point sur Bruxelles by night: j'ai commence tout d'abord par boire de la biere blanche en mangeant une sole d'Ostende. Puis une irresistible envie m'a pris d'uriner sur le Mannekin Pis (qui apres tout nous pisse dessus depuis 400 ans).   ¶ 4:55 PM