Personally, I think YS Lee is right that MCA should engage malaysiakini constructively, for if there is nothing to hide, there is nothing to fear ('MCA's image can be enhanced through 'malaysiakini'', Nov 7)

However, I would say YS Lee's opinion was pure wishful thinking because his/her loyalty towards the party and BN had clouded his/her rational judgement. MCA, today, has no image to protect, let alone the party legacy that is deteriorating day by day thanks to the so-called political strategists of team A and B who take party credibility into their own hands regardless of how the Chinese community would perceive the stream of controversies that are undoubtedly tarnishing the good name of MCA.

If anybody can recall the great Chinese traditional value of 'not to wash dirty linen in public', which is totally ignored by MCA leaders and members. The infamous MCA Youth chair-throwing incidents aired on TV and published in dailies, ugly exchanges between Dr Ling and Youth chief Ong Tee Keat and the even uglier event of MCA Youth distributing VCDs on the chair-throwing incident to the public are some of the notable examples how a Chinese-based party that claims to be the guardian of the Chinese' interest had failed severely in upholding their 5,000-year old legacy of good principles and moral conduct.

My dear YS Lee, whether Dr Ling would engage malaysiakini is not the issue because I believe malaysiakini will always be malaysiakini, with or without Ling Liong Sik. The bigger question is how you value your loyalty to the party and to the system it claims to safeguard. We are the generation that must decide.

It is not Ling we should discuss about, but the survival of a party that would probably become insignificant in the years to come. If you don't understand my message, try to recap the latest census report which reveal the declining Chinese population in Malaysia, then ask yourself, ' is it that important for Ling to engage malaysiakini?'