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Honestly... the mafia presence / organised crime bit is either totally over my head or very much overblown in international media. Source: Maltese born and bre

Honestly... the mafia presence / organised crime bit is either totally over my head or very much overblown in international media. Source: Maltese born and bred, 24 years and counting.

gerdesj 9y ago
"There are clearly risks in probing too deep into modern Malta: insanity, I’d say, as well as death. Lies are routine currency. The bus company recently announced that its punctuality rate had reached 94 per cent: I think there may be a decimal point missing. " Fair?
- purrcat259 9y ago
  I think when dealing with anything that sounds too good to be true or is somewhat related to the government or a governmental tender a healthy amount of scepticism is warranted. We do like to shit all over some government provided things (even the tax-paid healthcare), but most complainers don't realise how good we have it. My biggest complaint with recent times around here is how fast the Panama paper's debate was first politicised then was swept under the rug and the murder of Daphne. Daphne was the cattle prod Maltese politics needed to better itself, instead she got the short end of the stick and whoever decided killing her was the best option also decided to kill any good reputation we had on an international scale. I was super pissed and distraught about it, still slightly am.
revvie1 9y ago
Oh you have no idea how rooted the mafia is in Malta then.. I've experienced it first hand, and i'm not even a Maltese citizen. Everything you see in Malta is more or less under the mafia's influence, its really just like in the movies, and thats partly because, as another user pointed out, the mafia moved from Italy to Malta.
- beachwood23 9y ago
  What did you experience first hand? I'm curious as to how a non-citizen has a greater knowledge of Mafia presence than a Malta citizen.
  - revvie1 9y ago
    I lived on the island(Sliema) for a few months a few years ago. Let's just say i know someone who knows someone... The maltese are completely unaware of whats really going down on their island.

Honestly... the mafia presence / organised crime bit is either totally over my head or very much overblown in international media. Source: Maltese born and bred, 24 years and counting.

gerdesj 9y ago

"There are clearly risks in probing too deep into modern Malta: insanity, I’d say, as well as death. Lies are routine currency. The bus company recently announced that its punctuality rate had reached 94 per cent: I think there may be a decimal point missing. " Fair?

purrcat259 9y ago
I think when dealing with anything that sounds too good to be true or is somewhat related to the government or a governmental tender a healthy amount of scepticism is warranted. We do like to shit all over some government provided things (even the tax-paid healthcare), but most complainers don't realise how good we have it. My biggest complaint with recent times around here is how fast the Panama paper's debate was first politicised then was swept under the rug and the murder of Daphne. Daphne was the cattle prod Maltese politics needed to better itself, instead she got the short end of the stick and whoever decided killing her was the best option also decided to kill any good reputation we had on an international scale. I was super pissed and distraught about it, still slightly am.

revvie1 9y ago

Oh you have no idea how rooted the mafia is in Malta then.. I've experienced it first hand, and i'm not even a Maltese citizen. Everything you see in Malta is more or less under the mafia's influence, its really just like in the movies, and thats partly because, as another user pointed out, the mafia moved from Italy to Malta.

beachwood23 9y ago
What did you experience first hand? I'm curious as to how a non-citizen has a greater knowledge of Mafia presence than a Malta citizen.
- revvie1 9y ago
  I lived on the island(Sliema) for a few months a few years ago. Let's just say i know someone who knows someone... The maltese are completely unaware of whats really going down on their island.