Discrimination: the name of the game
The current mess in planning is the result of many decisions taken over the years intended to soothe the Maltese psyche
Michael Falzon
14 June 2021, 7:00am
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If there is one thing where discrimination is justified, it is in development planning. One can build five storeys in one site but only two in another site. In this case, the discrimination is between the two sites and not between the owners of the two sites.
Even so, this sort of discrimination is almost anathema to the Maltese psyche. All Maltese hate discrimination, except when it is in one’s favour! Then all sorts of justifications are invented, some of them after the event, so that discrimination does not look like discrimination.