Points of View: Harder sentences needed for knife crime

Going back another 50 years I well remember during the 1960s, razor and knife crimes were so bad in Glasgow that Lord Carmont, during his time on the bench, decided the warnings that culprits "could" be be sentenced to lengthy jail terms did not work and therefore sentenced every razor and knife thug to the maximum jail term available at the time.

Surprise surprise, such crimes were reduced drastically and quickly proof that the threat of incarceration is not enough.

FM McKain, by email

I think the media and decent football fans everywhere have a duty to say "no more" to the sickening trend by some people to reduce the issue of child abuse to taunting the fans of teams they don't like.

Child abuse, as we see with the current events relating to former players, is a very serious and sensitive subject and certainly is not helped by these brainless individuals turning it into a sniggering and point scoring subject with their makeshift banners.

These people should be jailed.

The anguish they are causing families affected by child abuse is horrific.

Is this the kind of society we have become?

A Martin, by email

Further to the letter about lights being off in Glasgow:I was walking along Argyle street, Sauchiehall street and Buchanan Street - the Golden 'Z' of the city centre - and noticed so many lights being off and making it unsafe.

It would seem there are more lights glowing in George Square.

Please could the council get the lights switched on before the man with the red coat arrives for Christmas?

name withheld, by email

With regards the Labour councillor who pressed the wrong button following a debate: Come on - councillor votes incorrectly on an IT project by pressing wrong button?

How hard can it be?

Maybe there should be a new IT system for the button.

John Smith, posted online

If only there was a button we could press just now to make the Labour council vanish.

Al Jardin, posted online