Bullies engaging with residents

“I am a strong, fearless bully. I can beat you senseless three times a day. But I happen to be a very kind hearted bully so I will only beat you senseless three times a week. Aren’t you lucky to have me as your next door neighbour.”

Luck is made of different stuff I thought, but this guy has a different opinion. Should I cry or should I laugh?

Now go to last Sunday’s edition of The Sunday Times of Malta. It carried an interview with a director of Townsquare Sliema Ltd, the company of the big-moneyed bullies who want to build a monster of a skyscraper in the middle of Sliema. Like the bully in the beginning of this piece this gentleman wants us to believe that we, the common people of this country, should be thankful for what they will be doing.

He said:

“This is not a choice between going up [For this read: beating you senseless] or nothing [Please read:  not beating you at all]. It is a choice between up [beating you three times a day] or across  … we are building 3000 square meters less than we are entitled to [only beating you three times a week].”

And for all this we should be thankful as all this is for our good.

He said that they are going to give the open space “which...