Your Letters
15:51 UK time, Tuesday, 4 September 2007
I would by no means downplay the importance of . But to state that the burden is not shared equally between rich and poor countries because "more than four out of five of the people who commit suicide are in low or middle income countries" seems to be missing the point somewhat. Isn't that roughly the proportion of the world's population that lives in a low or middle-income country, regardless of their mental state? And perhaps if people had malaria nets and safety from violent warfare, they would also feel a bit less like committing suicide. More awareness of mental health is certainly welcome, but I'm not sure this article approached the issue from the most helpful angle.
Susannah, Derby
Was Daniel Hayes being ironic or just tautological when he used the phrase "superfluous tautology"?
Jools, Brighton
Regarding the story. "Privately owned" as opposed to what exactly? a publicly owned buffalo? a wild water buffalo roaming Cumbria? strange details indeed. Loved the story though. My thoughts are with William's owners and family.
Naomi, West Sussex
"Going with a corpse takes the cake" There really isn't anything I can add to that.
Phil B-C, London
Re: is granted divorce. Was I alone to wonder why the event is reported 450 years after the event?
Emily Hardacre, Watford, Herts
Adam from London (Monday's letters). The chance of having 1 set of triplets is 1 in 8000. The chance of conceiving the 2nd set is 1 in 8000 but to have had the 2nd set of triplets she must have the 1st. Therefore the chance is 1 in 64 million. or 1 in (8000 x 8000).
Edenzor, Reading
Obviously Adam from London (Monday's letters) hasn't read the article that accompanies the triplets stat in 10 things. Otherwise he would have seen the quote from Dr Hofman that "Having triplets once did not affect the chances of having triplets a second time", which nicely trounces his point.
Trish, Swansea, Wales
Any chance we can have the direct link to the top of the Magazine Monitor back, instead of the Random Stat?
I can't be the only person finding it annoying not being able to easily get to the Monitor as a whole - am I?
Tom Hartland, Derby, UK
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