Sir, Surely there must now be zero tolerance of child sex abuse images being displayed on the internet after the murder of five-year-old April Jones by vile paedophile Mark Bridger.
It was found that Bridger was obsessed with images of children being sexually abused and had stored images on his laptop of young girls. Not only images of pre-pubescent and pubescent girls, but foul pornography of the gross sexual abuse of young children.
Our politicians and governments worldwide must unite and force internet service providers to remove any filth, not just extreme which can only fuel the desires of these deranged people.
If there are politicians who object to this they should be named and asked to explain why they will not support removing such filth from the internet.
The Prime Minister Mr Cameron and most other politicians are always making the point that they are family men, so now, for the sake of the family of April Jones, they must act with some urgency so that her death will not have been in vain.
John Connor. 10 David Henderson Court, Dunfermline.
How much will this contribute to road safety?
Sir, I was interested to read your article regarding the reasoning behind the “Loading only: No exit” sign painted at the north west corner of the Co-op car park in Cupar.
I would question just how much this one-way system will contribute to road safety.
If all residents living to the north of the Co-op and using the car park while shopping are to exit onto the Bonny-gate it will mean all these cars having to cross a public pavement and then main road traffic twice, once to leave the car park and once to turn up North Union Street.
The alternative would be to turn left onto the Bonnygate and head down towards the notorious lights at the top of Lady Wynd and thus maybe having to sit in a queue, adding exhaust gases to the atmosphere!
Common sense suggests that allowing cars, but not delivery lorries, to exit to the north makes much more sense.
However, when talking about logic regarding traffic, maybe sense, especially of the common variety, is not something widely understood.
Elspeth Smith. Whinstead, Cupar.
Challenge will set precedent
Sir, Today, in an unprecedented challenge to religious privilege in Scotland, Ms Veronica Wikman is due to stand in Edinburgh City Council chambers and present her petition to remove religious observance from the city’s non-denominational schools.
She will be supported by members of both Edinburgh Secular Society and The National Secular Society.
The polarised debate over this issue demands that ECC organise a voters poll.
Religious education in schools is important and rightly teaches children about religious belief. Religious observance simply bludgeons them to believe.
Religious freedom is paramount but cannot extend to recruitment from our state school children.
Neil Barber. Edinburgh Secular Society.
Should know our history
Sir, As someone with a keen interest in Scottish history and archaeology I feel I must respond to James Davie (Letters, May 21). I read Ken Clark’s letter (May 15) and agree 100% with his sentiments. When I was at school in the 1980s we were taught little Scottish history.
What we did get was post 1707. It was as if pre-union Scotland did not exist!
Since leaving school, however, I have learned much more about Scottish history than I ever got in the classroom. I have read about events, people and places in Scotland’s past that have far more relevance to our nation than many of the events that have happened in England.
Mr Davie describes Scottish history as “nationalistic tosh”. British history could be described in the same way with its flag waving jingoism and glorification of British imperialism.
Mr Davie also states an interest in the “reinstatement of British nationality” and so implies that he too is a nationalist of the Union Jack waving variety. His description of the EU as the “home of our erstwhile enemies” also implies his support for an EU exit, implying he is also a separatist.
It is important that world history is taught in schools, and that includes English history which is interesting, but Scottish history is of most relevance to us because we live here.
To deny a people their history is to deny them their national consciousness and their culture. For too many years now we have been denied our own history.
Gavin M B Rollo. 37 Newtown, Cupar.