A way to combat noisy phone users | Brief letters

Democracies | Swallowing objects | Phone monsters | Pollution | Steve BellAung San Suu Kyi's fall from grace tells us something about ourselves. We fetishise democracy. This is folly. All too often, democracies have resorted to rendition, torture, cyberwarfare, assassination, terrorism and war. We've got to start practising what we preach.Yugo KovachWinterborne Houghton, Dorseto Your letters about swallowing Lego (29 November) reminded me of a true story of nearly 80 years ago. In those days many small toys were made of lead. Our neighbours' son swallowed a small lead pig. They examined his stools regularly and in time out popped the pig. The boy's mother was so relieved, she had the pig cleaned, silvered and mounted as a broach which she frequently wore.Colin Wood-RobinsonLeeds Continue reading...