I read in Stabroek news December 1, 2014, a letter written by Frederick (Freddie) Kissoon under the caption “What did Ramphal think about local politics and Cuba?” In that letter Mr. Kissoon posed several questions to Sir Shridath Ramphal. I have observed over the years the tendency of Freddie Kissoon to pose probing questions to hundreds of public figures as well as private individuals. His strategy has been to call on the public to ignore and chastise these persons when they refuse to supply answers to his enquiries. From where he assumes this roving moral authority to pose these questions I am unaware. But, that has been his undoubted modus.
In his letter he wrote “I went to Canada to do my doctorate…” I would like to pose the following questions to Mr. kissoon;
1. Do you have a doctorate?
2. If you do, why don’t you use it, since vanity and self-acclamation are some of your known attributes?
3. If you do not have a doctorate, explain to the public why?
4. Is it true that you were expelled from a University in Canada and if so, what were the reasons for your expulsion?
Freddie remarks in the said letter that he is a “betting person”. I bet he will either refuse to answer these questions or will find some way to avoid answering them. In either case, as he would have done, I invite the Guyanese public to ignore him.
There are no greater sins to have afflicted the human kind like hypocrisy and pretention.

Abdul Jamal Khan