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Cheap shots; Letters.


MUCH as I enjoyed Mike Lockley's column about the Remembrance Parade, I thought it was a cheap shot to reel out stereotypes.

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 old chestnuts about the Italians marching backwards and the Germans pinching pinch  
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 all the sun loungers, are getting rather tired in this day and age.

We shouldn't forget that many Italian and German people - including innocent civilians - died in the two world wars.

Remembrance Day is a time to pay respect, not to make snide comments.

That said, the Lockley column is usually my favourite.

ANN JONES, Birmingham
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Title Annotation:Letters
Publication:Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
Article Type:Letter to the editor
Date:Nov 15, 2009
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