COMMENT | If you want an honest appraisal of yourself, don't ask your friends or those who are similar to you, who share the same ideals and have the same social standing.

Friends will only say what you want to hear to please you and avoid arguments. So, if you want an honest opinion, try asking an adversary for his views. He may lie, but why should he? He has nothing to lose because he does not owe you anything.

There is one person, whose views on the current political imbroglio should be sought. He is Lim Kit Siang, a veteran politician who has served as many prime ministers as the Gua Musang MP, Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, aka Ku Li...