14 NOVEMBER 1981, Page 14

An honourable man?

Sir: I notice that your Greek correspondent Mr Taki has the effrontery and impertinence to refer to the London CND marchers as 'mugs' and 'our people' and proposes 'beating sense' into their heads (31 October). He further suggests that all 'those responsible for the mess we're in' comma suppuku. Surely the only honourable action for anyone who can pass such vulgar remarks, and accept payment for them, is to commit suppuku himself with the utmost haste.

Adam Thompson

Trinity College, Cambridge