Much to prefer in Puad-Ti clash than Akmal-DAP Youth slanging match
From Terence Netto
Democracy is about the presentation of persuasive reasons, the side offering the more cogent case needing to prevail over the one lagging behind.
For that reason, one has to prefer the verbal fisticuffs between Umno supreme council member Puad Zakarshi and MCA’s Ti Lian Ker on the issue of who is the more rational party, Umno or PAS, over the barbs traded between Umno Youth’s Dr Akmal Saleh and DAP Youth.
One can more quickly sort out who is spouting the more rational line in the Puad-Ti exchange than can be done in the Akmal-DAP crossfire.
Listeners can be glad of the comparative ease with which one can sort the grain from the chaff in the Puad-Ti contretemps, whereas the fusillades between Akmal and DAP Youth stir emotion and generate exasperation.
The latest exchange between Puad and Ti commends itself for the ease with which a monitor can tell who is making more sense.
Clearly wanting MCA to leave Barisan Nasional, Ti, a former vice-president of the…
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