REGARDING your article about the vandals putting firemen's lives, and, of course, the public, at risk.

It seems the old saying "Spare the rod and spoil the child" is now working. The do-gooders and liberalisers are reaping their rewards.

So now is the time for the old-fashioned justice to be bought back. Birch for the vandals and fines for the parents, also capital punishment now that DNA is in operation.

N Withington

Vicarage Road

Blackrod, Bolton