SO Sajid Riasat wants an adult debate. I am 62 years of age and my life experience has drawn me to conclude that it is impossible to have a rational debate when someone has a misguided and muddled viewpoint.

This has been proved by Sajid Riasat as he reaches the lowest denominator by using the race card when confronted with an alternative point of view.

I don't suffer from xenophobia but suffer with arthritis and the occasional shortage of cash. If my remarks seem flippant, it is the only way to answer such bigotry.

R STEELE, Worcester.

IN reply to Mr Riasat (You Say, November 1), if any of us dare to criticise someone "foreign", sure enough, along comes the accusation "racist and xenophobic".

This is a knee-jerk reaction from Mr Riasat - yet he has the nerve to call us small-minded.

GEORGE COWLEY,

Worcester.