When I first heard the news of Norman Lowell’s guilty verdict, together with a prison term of two years, suspended for four years, I was shocked and totally speechless. How can this be? Malta has freedom of speech guaranteed by its constitution, the accusation is simply a scare tactic. We appear to be living in those times again. We seem to be reliving the 1960’s.
Norman Lowell was charged on several counts of ‘inciting racial hatred’, and also with a charge that wouldn’t be out of place in the Soviet Union ,or any tin pot dictatorship for that matter, of ‘insulting the president’. Norman’s comment that President Fenech Adami was ‘a good gardener' but a lousy president’ seems to have insulted a man who takes it upon himself to insult the people given the opportunity. This is an ‘honourable’ president who has pardoned drug traffickers whilst in office.
Now back to the more serious issue of freedom of expression. This should in all modern societies that don’t stone women to death for blasphemy be sacred. Indeed, Malta’s founding fathers placed a provision in our constitution that guarantees that we be allowed to express our opinions in a free manner. I quote the said article below, in Maltese first, and then in English.
Kapitlu IV - klawsola 40 tal-kostituzzjoni ta' Malta: Protezzjoni ta’ libertà ta’ espressjoni.
"Hlief bil-kunsens tieghu stess jew bhala dixxiplina tal-genituri, hadd ma ghandu jigi mfixkel fit-tgawdija tal-libertà tieghu ta’ espressjoni, maghduda libertà li jkollu fehmiet minghajr indhil, libertà li jircievi idejiet u taghrif minghajr indhil, libertà li jikkomunika idejiet u taghrif minghajr indhil (kemm jekk il-komunikazzjoni tkun lill-pubbliku in generali jew lil xi persuna jew klassi ta’ persuni) u libertà minn indhil dwar il-korrispondenza tieghu."
41. (1) Except with his own consent or by way of parental discipline, no person shall be hindered in the enjoyment of his freedom of expression, including freedom to hold opinions without interference, freedom to receive ideas and information without interference, freedom to communicate ideas and information without interference (whether the communication be to the public generally or to any person or class of persons) and freedom from interference with his correspondence.
In view of the above, how on earth can Norman Lowell or anyone in Malta for that matter be censored? Sure, there are all those of the opinion that ‘inciting hatred is different’ but what about all those opinion writers in the newspapers? Doesn’t Daphne Caruana Galizia of Independent fame spew hatred in almost every article she writes? Doesn’t Andrew Borg Cardona of the Times do likewise? Do they have the right to express their thoughts as they please? If they say something libelous, then the offended person knows to pursue them through legal channels. What about our MLP and PN politicians? One of the MLP gang said PN voters had faulty DNA. Isn’t that hatred? A chap from the other camp said that Labourites are like animals - you cut off their tails and they remain the same.
With this judgment, if Norman utters a word against the colonisation of Malta by Africans, then he faces 2 years in Prison. He also cannot stand for political office in these coming 4 years, including MEP elections. The people do not have a choice but to accept the looming African threat.
With the precedent that this judgment sets, talking about the bad that immigrants do in Malta could be twisted as ‘inciting racial hatred’. Writing in the following thread could land you in court: http://www.vivamalta.org/forum/showthread.php?t=2283
Can we now longer talk about Nigerians gang raping Maltese girls? Can we no longer talk about them intentionally infecting minors with HIV? Can we no longer talk of Libyan drug dealers? Considering how long these illegal immigrants have been in Malta,the list of crimes perpetrated by these illegal aliens is considerable.
Have we, as a nation, become insane?
Let us cut to the chase. This has been little more than a political trial that Joseph Stalin himself would have been proud of. Malta, along with China, now censors the internet. We now have ‘ thought crimes‘ . We now have ‘ thought police‘. This is a Government run by a nephew of an archbishop who, in the sixties, condemned Maltese to eternal damnation and hellfire for reading a newspaper. His nephew,a fervent Catholic, now throws patriots in prison for thinking, writing, expressing their concern on immigration. This is a return to the inquisition. A return to barbarism, to the Dark Ages.
Freedom of speech is not free, it bears a heavy price for which Maltese have paid many times over. We intend on upholding that tradition.
This is a BBC documentary forming part of its 'White Season'. It portrays an account of British Patriot Enoch Powell and his famous 'Rivers of Blood' speech.
I am sure that any of you who have visited the UK of late will agree that Enoch's words were indeed prophetic. The video also highlights the treachery of mainstream politicians. No referendum on immigration was ever held in Britain.
VivaMalta.org intends on making a few changes to update and improve our website. We have introduced numerous features in the past, but for one reason or another, have been unable to maintain them. We intend on examining what would be useful to our users in the new world of 'web 2.0' and on maintaining only useful features whilst rejected those deemed less useful.
Here I will highlight some features that we intend on adding:
Comment System. - operational
Yes, we had this before but it was prone to massive spam attacks and eventually 'broke'. Our new system requires users to be registered in order to comment on an item. It may be an inconvenience to some, but it should also encourage people to post more sensible comments. It is hoped that the comment system will ensure in a more 'open' debate as opposed to the more 'community' feeling of our forum.
social networking buttons - operational
Social networking sites are a phenomenom that have taken off considerably of late. If there is an article that you would like to share with others, then simply click the corresponding icon of the social networking site you use, and that article will be integrated into that SN system. An example is adding an item to your facebook page. This feature will help YOU to spread OUR message.
Podcasts - yet to be implemented
I am sure many of you are eager to hear more of Normans Lowell's
talks on issues facing Malta and Europe. We hope to re-introduce
podcasts at a later date but it is yet to be decided on what exactly
the format of each podcast should be.
If you have any more suggestions then please drop us a line at admin(at)vivamalta.org
Tonight,
1st March 2008, a five minute political broadcast by Norman Lowell
was due to be aired on PBS (Public Broadcasting Services). Instead of this
broadcast, PBS announced that it would not be airing it, due to possible
breaking of ‘racial incitement’ laws. These laws go against the spirit of the
Maltese constitution which guarantees freedom of
speech.
When
asked about what was said, Norman Lowell assured us that nothing that could be
remotely construed as ‘inciting racial hatred’ was spoken.“This was simply a shorter version of my youtube ‘General Elections 2008’ message”. There are witnesses to corroborate and
confirm this and they are willing to take an affidavit to this effect. Norman
said that this is merely censorship by an establishment of ‘pocket-sized
tyrants,’ who are hell-bent on maintaining their duopoly at all
costs.
This
announcement comes a day after a hugely successful public meeting in Valletta,
in which Norman Lowell addressed the most important issue facing Malta today:
Mass Immigration.
It
is time to put these hypocrites in their place.
It
is up to the people of the 11th and 12th districts to show
their support for someone who stands up for them.
