LETTER | It is universal knowledge that a person of impeccable upbringing will guard his tongue; his lips will not utter filth. The contrary is true of a person who has had undisciplined upbringing, however erudite that person may be.

A person who knows how to guard the tongue is really wise, but that cannot be said of a person who has not the ability to control the tongue.

An insane person knows not what he is talking. No one should bother about an insane’s person sheer babbling as the innate ability to think no longer dwells in him or her.

Blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin who hides in London is in this category, having insulted former Bar Council chairperson Ambiga Sreenevasan and Indian women in a most degrading manner. His gutter language reveals his guttersnipe attitude.

On the other hand if he is indeed sane and is driven by other motives to insult Ambiga, it is not strange either that those who resort to such foul language are bankrupt with ideas on how to debate or reason, hence they rely on their habitual lowly vulgarity.

Aside from this, locally there are calls for Ambiga to confirm what had been stated in a London suit brought against Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle-Brown by PAS leader Abdul Hadi Awang.

Those who clamour for the information Ambiga is alleged to have disclosed conveniently ignore the fact that it is legally wrong for a potential witness in a pending case to discuss or elaborate as to what had been disclosed in a pleading and which could be an issue at the trial.

How did these people who are after Ambiga fail to observe this simple legal norm? Is it a political vendetta? Or is it sheer bullying? Those who indulge in this unsavoury kind of activity bring shame to Malaysia, and its people.

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