From Mr A. Micallef

I refer to Daphne Caruana Galizia’s article entitled, “It's hard to be good on an empty stomach” (TMIS, 27 March). Daphne Caruana Galizia has written a number of original, to say the least, articles in the past but this one simply takes the cake!

It seems to me that for Ms Caruana Galizia Malta basically consists of Sliema, to be more precise, the Sliema front. She complains that on Good Friday everybody closed down; however, if Ms Caruana Galizia had bothered to do her homework she would know that in Valletta, while some people were taking part in the Good Friday procession, others were stuffing their face with a hamburger at one of the international food chains.

Ms Caruana Galizia's arguments are not based on a desire for freedom. They are based on the desire to attack our Catholic faith. I agree with Ms Caruana Galizia, people should be left free to choose; however this is already the situation in Malta. As Ms Caruana Galizia pointed out herself, the De Cesare brothers were free to operate their cinemas. Try doing that in Iran during Ramadan Ms Caruana Galizia and maybe then you will realise what a fundamentalist State is!

Ms Caruana Galizia's piece was indeed judgmental and unfair. Who does Ms Caruana Galizia think she is to judge those people who observe the rules of the Catholic faith on Good Friday? The Catholic Church has never imposed anything on anyone. There has been no such ban set by the Catholic Church. What happened in the past is merely a sign that times do change. In the past even the way we mourned a death in the family was very different. Why is Ms Caruana Galizia surprised that the way we mourn the death of Jesus Christ has changed?

If Ms Caruana Galizia wants to spend her Good Friday drinking a cup of coffee and eating a piece of kwarezimal she is free to do so. On the other hand, she has no right to attack those of us who choose to make Good Friday a special day rather than making it just another day among the many others.

Albert Micallef

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