IF I WERE thin- skinned, I would probably have stopped airing my views in these columns. But words can do me no harm whatsoever.

The blogs in Guyana have had, and continue to have, a field day, poking fun and hurling insults at public figures who stand out in our Guyanese society — government or otherwise, and even letter writers like me.

I understand that these blogs, too, have their jobs to do. But when a public personality, who is seemingly a ‘respected’ (or so many are led to believe) official of the Guyana Government in the Berbice region; who also holds numerous government positions, including one for the State media here, make ridicule and mockery of members of the public (not once, but twice, on separate occasions) on live State Media Berbice Television, in the presence of the Minister of Agriculture and Regional Chairman of Region Six and the entire Berbice community at large, then we have reached a new low in human behaviour and politics.

If some of us believe that we are doing something positive for the government or ruling party when we insult others on the airwaves in front of other respected public officials, then we lack intelligence. Don’t we know we only show how stupid and brainless we are when we do these things?

Oh! When will some of our minds get out from below the nasty, fetid gutters! That’s just wishful thinking. I think some of us, like that individual, loves where he is at present.
Leon J Suseran