From Mr R. Dingli

I refer to Daphne Caruana Galizia’s article entitled “Stone the scarlet woman” (TMIS, 22 June).

I think it is the first of many articles of hers that I have read where I agree with her sentiments although she still could not resist building a cogent argument without insulting the people she disagrees with.

The problem here of course is that the argument she puts would have a much stronger validity if she left out the insults. The continuous insults lessen the quality of the argument and provide ammunition for those who may agree with her but refuse to acknowledge this because of the constant insults.

You do not need to insult your opponent if your argument is articulate and based on fair play.

Try a little harder Daphne – you will be surprised how easy it is to get people to agree with you if only you used an intellectual approach rather than a parochial emotional and hysterical one. All this does is turn people into thinking of you as – dare I say it – a scarlet woman.

Raphael Dingli

CANBERRA

AUSTRALIA