IT is more acceptable for ordinary citizens to have very little to no familiarity with laws, or much more the Constitution, than to watch the sorry spectacle of legislators and government bureaucrats rudely invade our mobile devices and display the same.

One of the tragic consequences of the internet age and the ubiquity of social media is that not only do we have people who mouth their ignorance with confidence, but even confidently believe that it is wisdom. And this is not just a sin committed by ordinary netizens who post their comments in a platform that has become so accessible to peddle disinformation and misinformation.