"Diversity and independence are important because the best collective decisions are the product of disagreement and contest, not consensus or compromise."

- James Surowiecki (The Wisdom of Crowds)

COMMENT I would like to thank the honourable gentleman from Pandan for responding to my comment piece on his response to Dr Lim Teck Ghee's dissatisfaction with his (Rafizi's) stand on Titas (Islamic and Asian Civilisation Studies).

As someone who has had his fair share of heckling from the comment section of Malaysiakini , the best I can offer Rafizi is to remain true to his principles and articulate his agenda without fear or favour.

I would also like to state for the record that my criticisms of this issue should in no way be construed as an attack on Rafizi's record of service to the oppositional forces in this country. As with most issues in the alternative media, everything seems to be reduced to a simple black and white duality. I may not agree with the gentleman from Pandan on this issue but there is whole range of issues that we do agree on...