Dear Editor,
Your columnist Christopher Burns, in his piece in The Agenda on Sunday, October 11, was most scathing in his attack on minister with responsibility for information, Sandrea Falconer.
While Burns has every right to criticise the minister and pass judgement on her performance in the job, he crossed the line, I believe, with his reference to her personal appearance.
While personal attacks may elicit laughter among some people and, indeed, give some a sense of satisfaction that the writer is irreverent, intelligent people know that personal attacks do nothing more than mask an inability to reason with facts.
Burns, whose arguments are often sound, should not descend to that level.
Graham Washington
Kingston 8
Don't stoop to personal attacks, Mr Burns
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Your columnist Christopher Burns, in his piece in The Agenda on Sunday, October 11, was most scathing in his attack on minister with responsibility for information, Sandrea Falconer.
While Burns has every right to criticise the minister and pass judgement on her performance in the job, he crossed the line, I believe, with his reference to her personal appearance.
While personal attacks may elicit laughter among some people and, indeed, give some a sense of satisfaction that the writer is irreverent, intelligent people know that personal attacks do nothing more than mask an inability to reason with facts.
Burns, whose arguments are often sound, should not descend to that level.
Graham Washington
Kingston 8
Don't stoop to personal attacks, Mr Burns
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