I appreciate what Offended said by conceding that "what the Israeli blogger writes is no responsibility of Ooi, and neither it (the blog and its content) is under his control". This reflects a plain truth.

However, he went on to suggest that "he (Ooi) perhaps would have be wise to realise that Muslims read his blog, and would sooner or later come across the link to that offensive Israeli blog".

I wish to state that any website hosted on the public domain cannot possibly conceal a hotlink to a unique resource locater (URL). Hence, the hotlink to Israeli Boy was transparent right from the day this blog started.

The writer needs to take that, besides the Israeli Boy's blog, there is a general information website called 'Facts of Israel' linked to this blog.

I am not a hypocrite who pretends that Israel doesn't exist as a country. Israel was admitted into the United Nations on May 11, 1949, far earlier than Malaysia (then Malaya), which joined on September 1957.

Unless and until Malaysia denounces its membership in the UN, I shall submit to the stark reality and treat Israel as a sovereign member state of the UN.

That said, I wish to reiterate that my mission as a blogger is not to shoulder the agenda of a part of the Muslim community worldwide against Israel and Zionism, and the other way round. That's not my war.

I am here to promote information exchange that will open up our 'matahati' to acknowledge our trans-boundary neighbours, and the way the present generation think about world peace.

In which case, whoever that has a rational mind would submit that my links to an Israeli blogger is as good as linking to any American or Malaysian blogger's site.

I notice the letter-writer was being judgmental when he said: "What is his point in linking to that blog? I can think of nothing short of it being an indirect way to insult Muslims who are generally opposed to Israel's Zionism.

"I don't care if Mr Ooi really believes the Israelis are God's chosen people or if he resents Islam - ask him to keep whatever ill thoughts he harbours for other people's religion to himself. "

I'd advise him to take a look at my blog record where I questioned the evils in the present Israeli government who put Mordechai Vanunu - the whistle-blower of Israel's nuclear arsenals - in prison without parole for over 18 years.

Ironically, nobody from the likes of the letter-writer came forward to highlight the point that the Israeli government has acted cruelly against a fellow citizen.

Faced by information overload on the Net, at the very least, any wise person should learn from the Malay adage that, you have the choice of "buang yang keruh, ambil yang jernih". Surf past the hotlink as if it's a forbidden zone.

As such, I advise the letter-writer to reserve his moral judgment to himself and never shall he impose his will unto others.