The newly-opened public toilet in Valletta has a glass wall inscribed with words that start with the letter “V” – and alongside the words vagina and viagra is the name Virgin Mary, which the objectors find offensive.
“We do not even agree that such words should be written in a public place, but our plea is for the name of the Virgin Mary to be removed from the glass panel as soon as possible. If they wanted words starting with V, they could have stuck to virgin and not specified Virgin Mary,” the petition says.
Another of the words on the panel is Vatican, which they also feel has no place alongside the “vulgar” words.
Those wishing to sign the petition should send their details and ID card number to xandarop@yahoo.com"
Published yesterday on di-ve.com; titled: Petition against Strait Street toilet
Please go have a look at the ridiculous comments below the article... which, by the way doesn't even include the name of the "organiser" of this petition. Even the info is wrong: The glass wall if anything, is INSIDE not outside... what one finds outside is a window pane. But can these people tell the difference, of course not. Have the petitioners even been to the public convenience because from what can be read here above it certainly seems as though they haven't. And FYI the words are not INSCRIBED they are affixed/attached... they're just stickers. No part of Norbert's installation is permanent. Some people need to get a life and accept a good thing when it happens.
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