Daily Mail Letters

Wow, not long before I'm off to uni and will have (fanfare) SUPER-FAST BROADBAND IN MY ROOM. At least, that's the idea. Anyway, to some letters. John Cullen starts:

We all understand the necessity for [increased airport] security in the face of recent terror threats but this situation is a sure indication that our lives are now all subject to the diktat of our hidden enemies. This is only the tip of an immense iceberg which has been fostered by the PC and Human Rights brigades who have lectured us all for years on being considerate to our 'brothers' of lesser means and differing beliefs.

Yes. The terror threat is a result of being forced to be nice to poor people and foreigners.

Today's missing the point award is going to Sandra Garcia:

As a grandmother of an intelligent 18-year-old (who happens to have Down's syndrome) I'm appalled by the negative way the storyline in Eastenders is being handled. To hear their lives being written off in such a way is an insult to them and is totally untrue.

The point is that Eastenders shows what may really happen to a young couple who find out their baby has Down's and then struggle to deal with it. Yes, there's a lot of prejudice around and that is factored into the programme. Anyway, the story is not over yet - just wait and you may be surprised at the outcome.

I really cannot type 'September'. It's impossible.

Lorraine Turner gets to her point:

Why was shooting victime Jessie James,15, out on his own at 2.15am?

Oh...I see. He was out in the early hours, so it's kind of his fault he got killed. I get you.

Letters! Let's go...
Today's way off the mark award goes to Roger Lancaster:

Congratulations to the makers of Camp coffee for correcting a myth that has prevailed for decades - that there was a servant/master relationship between Indians and British [British what?] in the days of the British Raj. Now we and all young people know that they lived in total equality

What's with the "we and all young people"? Are young people no longer part of the collective "we" of society? Or are young people so ignorant of recent(ish) history that you think that the new label will make us think that the British Raj was a totally equal period. All those young people who drink vile coffee.....

And a letter from Emily Minett. WHO IS SEVENTEEN. (all people under 20 must have their ages printed. It's a Daily Mail rule, or something):

I was horrified to that Martin Newland thinks he has to sacrifice his family's middle-class lifestyle to provide his children with 'the best possible chance' through private education

So was I. I think he wrote about how deprived he was, mentioning "our cars are old bangers". Yes. Cars

M. Williams. He lives in Cheshire:

Will Muslim women giving birth in an NHS 'burka' be treated by remote control

No, doctors can touch Muslim women. Something tells me there are people who couldn't bear to touch a Muslim. No idea who....

Some foreigners-related guff from Sharon Aitken:

A man who retires to Tenerife after having paid his tax and NI in the UK now needs a carer as he has early signs of Alzheimer's. Is he entitled to any benefit? No
Why then, can a man from Poland come to the UK and, despite leaving his family in Poland, receive Child Benefit?

Probably because he is still supporting his children and lives in the UK where he can receive it. Or is it because he's foreign that he's not allowed to have anything?

And now, Home Economics with Dr Nelson:

In 1988, I was working in a large comprehensive school as a Home Economics teacher. The teachers that year knew that the curriculum was about to change because it was thought more important that they knew why an egg cooked than how to cook it. I now read that Education Secretary Alan Johnson says he wants schoolchildren to acquire basic cooking skills. If only the government had listened and accepted advice from professionals that the change was short-sighted

Bloody tories. They probably did it so that poor people wouldn't be able to feed themselves and would die.