14 JUNE 2003, Page 38

From Mr William MacDougall Sir: Paul Robinson in his excellent

article could have been even kinder to Canada. He could also have mentioned that my homeland is spared America's sick obsession with guns and its still appalling racial divisions. The US wrongly and violently overthrew its king, in part to be able to enslave blacks and massacre Indians; it still suffers from the legacy of this history. William MacDougall London N6