Taking a leaf from the Texan book

I REFER to the letter “Use better words to welcome visitors” (The Star, Feb 12). The writer took exception to the numerous billboards and roadside signs all over Malacca with the words “Don’t Mess with Malacca”. The writer opined that “though what was possibly meant was to keep Malacca clean, those words did not sound pleasant ...”.

Interestingly, when reading the article “The making of Hillary 5.0: Marketing wizards help re-imagine Clinton brand” (The Washington Post, Feb 21), I came across a paragraph that said, “... and Roy Spence, a ­decades-long Clinton friend who dreamed up the “Don’t Mess With Texas” anti-littering slogan as well as ad campaigns for Southwest Airlines and Wal-Mart”.