ANY decent person will be repelled by Sir Bill Taylor embroiling the Remembrance Day ceremony in his campaign against another member of the council. It is quite improper for Councillor Taylor to exploit the strong emotions invoked on this unique occasion with the odious task of targeting the individual rather than his politics.

The adage of 'saying more about the author than about the subject' reminds me of the words of Ambrose Bierce in his description of the type of people who now procure the title of 'Sir.'

Knight, n.

Once a warrior gentle of birth,

Then a person of civic worth,

Now a fellow to move our mirth.

Warrior, person, and fellow -- no more:

We must knight out dogs to get any lower.

Brave Knights Kennelers then shall be,

Noble Knights of the Golden Flea,

Knights of the Order of St. Steboy,

Knights of St. Gorge and Sir Knights Jawy.

God speed the day when this knighting fad

Shall go to the dogs and the dogs go mad.

ROD WILKINS, Dinckley.