I would like to register my view that the ‘censorship’ uproar about a local university student paper really masks the almost daily censorship exercised by established newspapers of views their readers desire expressing, but which never see print.

Naturally each newspaper has its own editorial line and slant but should this translate to a refusal to print letters by readers whose views differ? All the emphasis on tolerance and space for divergent opinions seems rather hypocritical in some instances.

On another topic, I found your report on the ‘side dialogue’ at what should have been a commemoration of the fall of the Berlin Wall, but was used as a springboard to mount an attack on one of our ex-Presidents and the party in government refreshing. At the same time I found it odd as to why no mention was made of who the speakers were.

The present anniversary of the fall of Communism in Eastern Europe reminds me of a fond memory I cherish of the picture banners of past statesmen hanging in Republic Street Valletta a few years back, including that of Lech Walesa and others who contributed to the construction of a safer European continent. Which brings me right back to the first point: am I to understand that Lech Walesa’s guest appearance at the Rome meeting of the pre-poll defeated Libertas party, months back, had something to do with his exclusion in Malta and elsewhere as a prominent figure in these commemorations?

G. Bonett

Marsalforn