WELL, well, well. Jake Mangel Wurzel has created a bit or a stir. Some for, some against; it’s called democracy, isn’t it? We are all entitled to have an opinion, and also to freely express it, though for how long is open to question.

He and a friend were tormented by a few kids and eventually he lost his rag. How many of us would have done the same and how many of us would have waited two hours, never mind two days? His threat of retribution, one would have to admit, left much to be desired. But that’s all it was, just a threat.

Didn’t these children have parents nearby? Didn’t they have responsibilities for their kids and behaviour towards their fellow man and woman?

I have never met Jake Mangel Wurzel, though I have spoken to him on the phone. This has been penned in an effort to see fair play.

Gordon S Hirst

Fenay Bridge