Desmond Zammit Marmarà writes about problematic law enforcement (July 23), illustrated by examples of how arrogant and selfish Maltese attitudes have become across all generations.

There is, however, one point missing in his overall good piece. Does he not think the behaviour of some of our senior parliamentarians may be having a deleterious effect on the mentality and ethics of the rest of the population?

Bad habits are more easily emulated than good ones.