Playing with words

Benjamin Franklin's advice to think twice before speaking as recommended by Tony Zammit Cutajar ("Playing with words", July 15) is well noted.

But in Mr Zammit Cutajar's case I would suggest that he thinks twice even before he stays mum.

While he is quick to underline playing with words, real or imaginary, whenever he can embarrass the Labour Party, he loses his tongue when much more serious play of words comes from the PN side. Yet Mr Zammit Cutajar pretends to be above politics.

Can he point out where he criticised the PN playing with words when they promised us a cool Lm100 million a year from the EU as soon as they de-freeze the membership application, only to find out that they meant that any funds would only come, if at all, after membership?

Or where he criticised the PN for promising to restore in full the student stipend system and then saying that it meant partial revision.

And he is wrong to say that I ever justified violence and wrong in understanding that loyalty and total agreement mean the same thing.

Maybe he needs to brush up his English instead of looking up quotes in the dictionary.