http://news.scotsman.com/NewsFront.aspx?SectionID=7008 opinion-letters:Letters en-GB Copyright 2007, Johnston Press Plc jpnm.coordinator@jpress.co.uk jpnm.coordinator@jpress.co.uk NS http://news.scotsman.com/GetFeed.aspx?sectionid=7008&format=rss Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:07:04 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://news.scotsman.com/template/group/images/rss/NS_rss.gif http://news.scotsman.com 281 70 http://news.scotsman.com/letters/When-are-Scotland-ever-going.5868121.jp I HAVE just returned from Murrayfield, having spent the afternoon watching a team that flattered last week (against Australia] only to deceive this (against Argentin http://news.scotsman.com/letters/When-are-Scotland-ever-going.5868121.jp Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/letters/Mumping-about.5868041.jp YOUR report (25 November) informs us that single mumps vaccines will soon become unavailable. Parents should note that the original decision to include mumps in the http://news.scotsman.com/letters/Mumping-about.5868041.jp Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/letters/Suicide-risk.5868044.jp REV Ian Galloway (Letters, 28 November) invokes the usual argument against assisted suicide. http://news.scotsman.com/letters/Suicide-risk.5868044.jp Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/letters/Sloppy-artwork.5868039.jp IF the Turin Shroud was faked by Leonardo da Vinci, as suggested by Neil Craig (Letters, 26 November) then it is not one of his better works. Far from showing good &# http://news.scotsman.com/letters/Sloppy-artwork.5868039.jp Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/letters/Budget-concerns.5868052.jp TWO more families have been devastated by a fatal collision on the A9 (your report, 28 November). http://news.scotsman.com/letters/Budget-concerns.5868052.jp Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/letters/Living-history.5868195.jp SCOTLAND has more identified Roman camps than any other European country, according to your report (20 November). Centuries later, from the time of the first Afghan http://news.scotsman.com/letters/Living-history.5868195.jp Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/letters/Rich-pickings.5868038.jp REGARDING Gordon Brown's generous offer (your report, 28 November), on the taxpayer's behalf, of some £800 million to contribute to a multi-billion fund to hel http://news.scotsman.com/letters/Rich-pickings.5868038.jp Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/letters/Mercury-fears.5868043.jp AN equivocal answer was given last week on BBC Radio Scotland to the question of whether the swine flu vaccine will contain organically-combined mercury (thiomersal). http://news.scotsman.com/letters/Mercury-fears.5868043.jp Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/letters/-Suicide-risk.5868050.jp REV Ian Galloway is right to draw attention to the likely consequences of legalised assisted suicide for the vulnerable. http://news.scotsman.com/letters/-Suicide-risk.5868050.jp Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/letters/McKinnon-mystery.5868045.jp THE US government are making at least as much of a stooshie about getting Gary McKinnon extradited as he, his mother and lawyers are about resisting their demands (your r http://news.scotsman.com/letters/McKinnon-mystery.5868045.jp Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/letters/Kicking-off.5868042.jp WITH regard to your report (28 November) on the Prime Minister talking up England's bid to hold the 2018 World Cup and the comments following that article: the http://news.scotsman.com/letters/Kicking-off.5868042.jp Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/letters/-Point-of-view-Apology.5868051.jp I understand that Gordon Brown hopes that Copenhagen gives him the opportunity to apologise to Noah on behalf of those whose disregard for the environment led to the floods &# http://news.scotsman.com/letters/-Point-of-view-Apology.5868051.jp Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/letters/-Point-of-view-Hardline.5868046.jp I was surprised that you illustrated your report on the SNP being soft on crime with photographs of an assault on the Croydon tram. This was a bit mischievous as this was defi http://news.scotsman.com/letters/-Point-of-view-Hardline.5868046.jp Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/letters/Letters-Compounds-proven-safe-for.5867395.jp IN RELATION to Richard Derek Porter's comment titled "Deadly toxin in swine flu jab" (Debate, 22 November), ethylmercury (in the form of thiomersal&#4 http://news.scotsman.com/letters/Letters-Compounds-proven-safe-for.5867395.jp Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/letters/Letters-Not-as-All-Black.5867423.jp SCOTLAND'S rugby record against the All Blacks isn't quite as bad as Iain Morrison makes out (Sport, 22 November). You could even say that it is twice as good. http://news.scotsman.com/letters/Letters-Not-as-All-Black.5867423.jp Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/letters/Letters-Why-not-change-national.5867438.jp MOIRA Gordon's perceptive article about our national football team ("How do we stop the rot?", Sport, 22 November) asks for an answer to the question of ho http://news.scotsman.com/letters/Letters-Why-not-change-national.5867438.jp Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/letters/Letters-Counterattack-on-cheap-booze.5867362.jp I CONFESS to permitting myself a wry chuckle on reading last week's front-page headline – "Irvine Welsh targets cheap booze" (News, 22 November). http://news.scotsman.com/letters/Letters-Counterattack-on-cheap-booze.5867362.jp Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/letters/Letters-Politicians-play-their-cards.5867400.jp BILL McLean (Debate, 22 November) takes up the point made by your political correspondent the previous week about a new wonder computer program that can identify exact http://news.scotsman.com/letters/Letters-Politicians-play-their-cards.5867400.jp Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/letters/Letters-Maps-tribute.5867409.jp THANK you Mr Ross for a fine article on the NLS Map Collection (Insight, 22 November). Seldom does an author grasp as well as you did the many facets of such a colle http://news.scotsman.com/letters/Letters-Maps-tribute.5867409.jp Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT