20 FEBRUARY 1988, Page 25

• A bit loathsome

Sir: In reply to Mr Smith and Ms Nicholson (Letters, 23 and 30 January), of course a cause may be so loathsome that it should be denied PR. But then, it must have been at least a little bit loathsome if it required PR in the first place. Hence the need for that nicety of judgment which, we may assume, is characteristic of the PR profes- sion at its finest.

John Cronquist

Department of Philosophy, California State University, Fullerton, California 92634