Madam, – John Waters’s excellent article (Opinion, March 19th) has deeply moved me. It was positioned next to an article on our banks, but tells much more clearly of the bankruptcy of our poor society bedevilled with legalistic functionaries who attempt to befuddle us with bureaucracy at every step.
The Russia of Tolstoy was humane compared with us. Where, oh where, has our heart gone? – Yours, etc,