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Paper Monitor asks if the sight of someone dressed as the Easter Bunny cause psychological harm. It does when the Easter bunny in question pursues a three-year-old lactose intolerant child around a shop trying to MAKE the child eat milk chocolate and not taking NO for an answer.
Lesley-Ann Dupré

Thanks for that, Paper Monitor - I now have the image of the Donnie Darko rabbit in my mind.
Ryan Hill

Re battles and public holidays (Paper Monitor's letter of the day), Blenheim? Absolutely. Ramilies? Yes. Oudenaarde: Sure. Malplaquet? Er... I think RA Connell needs to check the definition of "Pyrrhic victory".
Alexander Lewis Jones, Nottingham, UK

Heaven forbid anything should compromise the epic-ness of the "chocolatey-ness". How about a chocolate stimulus program? I think it's something all sides can agree on.
Nadja, Bostonian Generally in Moscow but back home til tomorrow

Re how to commentate on a big occasion, on this side the pond, explanations of the traditions and ceremonial meanings are always welcome.
Candace Sleeman

Olympic organizers say ticket sales have "hit the roof". Do they, perhaps, mean "gone through the roof"? To hit the roof is to become suddenly extremely angry.
David Richerby, Liverpool, UK

Good heavens - ... and I thought they laid eggs.
Malcolm, Wrexham, Wales, UK

"Sheen 'crucified' in Passion play"? Oh, come on - he wasn't that bad.
Rob Falconer, Llandough, Wales

Can forgiveness ever be easy? appears to be based on the assumption that it is always desirable. But might there be wrongs so terrible that it could be inappropriate to forgive them too soon? As Rowan Williams said, this would suggest that the suffering they caused didn't matter.
It is inappropriate to forgive a serious wrong too soon, but equally, it is inappropriate to withhold forgiveness after a certain amount of time has passed. This means hanging on to a grudge for years and years, or a feud which goes on for generations, long after the original motive has been forgotten.
Suggesting that someone ought to forgive someone who has wronged them, when he or she is unable to do so, just causes guilt. It is easier to forgive someone who shows remorse for what they have done. If someone commits a terrible crime and refuses to admit it was wrong, maybe even insists it was justified, I don't see why one should feel obliged to forgive them.
Anna Lowenstein, Palestrina, Italy

Dear Police, I've studied one frame of the CCTV of this event. He's definitely hitting him.
Sue, London

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