Your Letters
"How easy is it to accidentally do a Nazi salute?" Just ask anybody trying to get something off the top shelf at a supermarket.
Rob Falconer, Llandough, Wales
Scary thought from this article. Having recently had a bilateral mastectomy, my therapist has given me a series of exercises which include raising my arms one at a time with the palm down, then with the palm up, holding the stretch as high as I can go for 20 seconds. As I can only get about 3/4 of the way to vertical so far, if anybody spots me exercising, will I be arrested for performing a Nazi salute?
Jay, Oz
I was intrigued by the story of Sweden's night nurseries for small children. One parent states that she gets a lot back in return for her high taxes. But isn't there a danger that the government needs parents of small children to go to work, to pay the high taxes to fund the nurseries for small children whose parents go to work... and so on.
Clare, Aylesbury UK
I'm sure I won't be the only one, but is this Holly from Red Dwarf?
MCK, Stevenage
So not only does the whole idea look like Holly, the face and voice comes from someone called Lister. I wonder what the influence was for this technology...?
MK, Reading
Tim Evans, your letter rather "begs the question" of whether it is OK to "beg to differ"?
Emma, Jersey
Tim - it is not that difficult to explain. "Begging the question" refers to the logical fallacy of assuming in the proof that which was to be proven. So for instance "God exists because it says so in the bible which is the infallible word of God" would be to beg the question. The wrong usage is in the sense of requiring the question to be asked.
Dave, Greenford, UK