I refer to the letter Stop dreaming, we didn't negotiate as equals , as well as the writer's earlier so-called dissertations on the matter.

As a Malaysian, I feel personally insulted and angered by the condescending tone and the blatant intention to humiliate and put down East Malaysians collectively such as displayed by the writer. But I am more astonished and even amused to read his so-called 'facts' in this latest 'dissertation' of his.

My dear Uncle Yap, firstly, your own 'Queen's English' leaves much to be desired, so please refrain from insulting other writers' grasp of that fine language. Secondly, kindly get your facts correct please. And please, try to learn to argue your points intelligently and unemotionally. Your whole rambling, nonsensical write-up smacks of a misplaced arrogance over matters you seem to know next to nothing about.

As a Sabahan, my advice to you is to please go back and read, read, read as well as learn as much as you can on the matter of why Malaysia is, indeed, 44 years old and not 50 years of age as you so proudly claim.

Throw away those blinkers, Uncle Yap and maybe then you can see what we, the forgotten brothers of the Land Below the Winds and the Land of Kenyalangs have been fighting for all these years. Before you again put your thoughts on paper, understand what it means when we say that we were independent nations, and that we chose to be a part of Malaya as equals. Henceforth, only then Malaysia was born.

You can shout and insult all you chose, but the truth will still be heard Uncle Yap, even if it is only a whisper.