Falling standards

likes were to be part of educational life in schools or universities, it would come under the all-encompassing term “bullying”. The “snowflake” generation would be quick to seek apologies and recompense. Grotesque newspaper cartoons of public figures are essentially libellous but are tolerated, yet if teenagers do this sort of thing on the internet it is worthy of arrest. Satire is good at puncturing pomposity where it is merited. None of us, including satirists, would welcome exposure of our own private foibles on national television. (REV DR) ROBERT ANDERSON

Old Auchans View, Dundonald prejudice, and discrimination” against LGBT people. I am sure that every sincere Christian who follows Jesus’s teaching to love all individuals, including their enemies, will find this so offensive. It displays such ignorance, unbecoming of a body linked to a government department.

J LONGSTAFF Lingerfield Church Lane

Buxted, East Sussex The Scotsman ran a story on the sad state of foreign language teaching in Scottish schools (31 July). The Scottish Government spokesman’s statement that “individual schools choose which languages they teach taking account of local circumstances” must be taken to mean that they will teach French if they have a French teacher.

The reality is that there is a dire shortage of suitably qualified foreign language teachers