I making this my World Cup post today because I need to say it more than anything about the next round of World Cup qualifiers.
There may have been something bigger in the world that happened yesterday, that may effect us all in the end. However, this editorial in the Malta Independent has irked me to no end, so much that I had to write to the newspaper to express my disgust. If I am overreacting, be my judges, but it won't change how I feel.
Last Sunday another newspaper in Malta, the Malta Today, reported that the previous weekend Daniel Bogdanovic, an ex-Malta international footballer playing in Gozo (Malta's maller island), was arrested for a domestic incident, threatening his wife in some way and being in possession of a gun. He was released from custody the next day, allegedly because somebody from the Maltese government made a phone call to the police and asked for him to be available for his team's match the next day.
Last Sunday another newspaper in Malta, the Malta Today, reported that the previous weekend Daniel Bogdanovic, an ex-Malta international footballer playing in Gozo (Malta's maller island), was arrested for a domestic incident, threatening his wife in some way and being in possession of a gun. He was released from custody the next day, allegedly because somebody from the Maltese government made a phone call to the police and asked for him to be available for his team's match the next day.
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The reports are unclear as to whether he threatened his wife in person, or through text messages and whether he was holding a gun in her presence, or if he just had a gun in his house. Regardless, there is enough to make you think that his wife was in physical danger. The editor of the Malta Independent thought this was all highly amusing:
"This Bogdanovic tale from Gozo has all the ingredient of a tale from Giovanni Guarreschi. Or from a Peppino skit on Mafia-land."
The reports are unclear as to whether he threatened his wife in person, or through text messages and whether he was holding a gun in her presence, or if he just had a gun in his house. Regardless, there is enough to make you think that his wife was in physical danger. The editor of the Malta Independent thought this was all highly amusing:
"This Bogdanovic tale from Gozo has all the ingredient of a tale from Giovanni Guarreschi. Or from a Peppino skit on Mafia-land."
And the possible domestic abused was dismissed as a "spot of domestic disagreement".
Solidarity, or empathy, with a victim of domestic abuse has gone way out the window. It is not even mentioned or hinted at. On the contrary it is true that this is like something out of a "peppino skit on Mafia-land", because only the powerful men and politicians in the small village matter. Nobody cares about the woman.
And if this terrible stance wasn't bad enough the editor then goes on to display his terrible English grammar and journalism skills, to demonstrate even more that he hasn't put any thought into what he's writing.
"We do not know what was the result of the game, whether Bogdanovic scored and how he played."
It took me 30 seconds to find out the result, not to mention that it was already in the original Malta Today report. Bogdanovic did not score. His team won 2-1.
The only consolation is that when I went back to the Malta Independent just now, this had slid way down on their homepage, low enough that most people won't see it. Maybe they are not so proud of it anymore.
I do hope that they write another editorial tomorrow, addressing the issue of domestic abuse in Malta.
Solidarity, or empathy, with a victim of domestic abuse has gone way out the window. It is not even mentioned or hinted at. On the contrary it is true that this is like something out of a "peppino skit on Mafia-land", because only the powerful men and politicians in the small village matter. Nobody cares about the woman.
And if this terrible stance wasn't bad enough the editor then goes on to display his terrible English grammar and journalism skills, to demonstrate even more that he hasn't put any thought into what he's writing.
"We do not know what was the result of the game, whether Bogdanovic scored and how he played."
It took me 30 seconds to find out the result, not to mention that it was already in the original Malta Today report. Bogdanovic did not score. His team won 2-1.
The only consolation is that when I went back to the Malta Independent just now, this had slid way down on their homepage, low enough that most people won't see it. Maybe they are not so proud of it anymore.
I do hope that they write another editorial tomorrow, addressing the issue of domestic abuse in Malta.
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