Malaysiakini's problem with 'then' and 'than'

I have pointed this out to the editor before that someone in his team is having problem differentiating the two words. Is it me or him? I wish someone else would agree with me on this small mistake which reflects on the standard of editing expected of a highly respected online news publisher. Perhaps Hantu Laut can confirm if his original word has been 'corrected' to make it 'incorrect'!

I wish to refer to the fourth paragraph of his letter, 'Hypocrisy can save you but honesty will kill' published on Jan 4:

"Does a person holding public office become public property? To a certain degree, yes. If you are married and you have an illicit affair or sexual escapade, than your integrity becomes questionable. Cheating, in whatever form, is not a good credential to have while holding public office."

While on this subject of sexual escapade, I wish to refer to excerpts from my own posting, It's my way or the highway... in my blog on November 27, 2007:

"With the recent legal reform which criminalizes marital rape, I just wish to highlight a minor aspect from a different perspective.A married man with a menopausal wife will have to contend with being celibate or try to be imaginative. While he contends with his sexual needs, the master-bedroom which turns into a masturbate room is no longer a joke.

Being a reasonable man, he has to decide among the options of monk-hood, straying or divorce. In the meantime, his health suffers as a result of being humiliated with the wife’s rejection and it is contributing to his likely erectile dysfunction problem. Imagine with a ‘don’t touch me partner’, all romantic and erotic thoughts, which he relied on before, disappeared and he is at a loss as to how to make it work again."

At the time of posting, I seemed to be the only one seeing this as a problem. But I think, it is a problem faced by senior citizens who are likely to have post-menopausal wives. We can easily classify them as 'with ED problem himself', 'with sexual drive but wife not responsive', 'already committing adultery with prostitutes or mistresses' and so on. We can go on and on with arguments based on morality and legality and with males and females taking sides with their own kind, without a satisfactory answer.

As Ong Ka Ting said, "All party leaders must know the Dos and Don'ts when they become public figures to avoid being caught in any embarrassing situation." I take it as 'make sure you are not caught if you are doing something you are not supposed to do'! Is that solving the problem I posed? Ong Ka Ting, like Azmi Khalid, has young wife... maybe that is one way of solving it! Even my son, told his friends that they will be facing similar problems in 30 years time. I told him to look for a younger wife to delay having to face this problem.