COMMENT | A few days ago, I received this forwarded message in a chat group – ''Who the hell does he think he is? Why is he still around? Just drop dead!''

That must be an abrupt comment from a very disillusioned and angry person. His retort was in a thread discussing the lacklustre performance of a political leader.

To most of us, it would probably be difficult to tell someone “to drop dead”. We don’t wish that on anyone, not even our worst enemy.

However, ...