Tuesday, October 04, 2005
It's all gone Pete Tong
Don't you get the distinct impression that it's all gone Pete Tong?
(excuse the Cockney)
The crowd booed, jeered and swore at Fr Mark Montebello, who held a poster questioning whether the demonstration conformed to Christian values. A Graffiti Movement banner proclaiming that The Real Threat Is Racism also provoked the crowd's wrath.
The Graffitti members and Fr Montebello insisted they had a right to take a stand in the light of an "immoral" demonstration that "attacked the sacred values of society".
"We cannot be split over a national issue which is of concern to all of us Maltese," he said as the crowd waved Maltese flags and placards with messages such as We Don't Want a Multicultural Society, Let's Defend our Country and Solidarity with Our Police and Army.
"We appeal to all those against us not to call us racist. We are proud to be Maltese and we just don't want to become the toilet of the Mediterranean," he said to a deafening applause. He insisted that ANR was inspired by Catholic values and its motto reflected Maltese roots: faith, nationhood and family. ¶ 4:12 AM
Don't you get the distinct impression that it's all gone Pete Tong?
(excuse the Cockney)
The crowd booed, jeered and swore at Fr Mark Montebello, who held a poster questioning whether the demonstration conformed to Christian values. A Graffiti Movement banner proclaiming that The Real Threat Is Racism also provoked the crowd's wrath.
The Graffitti members and Fr Montebello insisted they had a right to take a stand in the light of an "immoral" demonstration that "attacked the sacred values of society".
"We cannot be split over a national issue which is of concern to all of us Maltese," he said as the crowd waved Maltese flags and placards with messages such as We Don't Want a Multicultural Society, Let's Defend our Country and Solidarity with Our Police and Army.
"We appeal to all those against us not to call us racist. We are proud to be Maltese and we just don't want to become the toilet of the Mediterranean," he said to a deafening applause. He insisted that ANR was inspired by Catholic values and its motto reflected Maltese roots: faith, nationhood and family. ¶ 4:12 AM
