It is also used by those with lack of vocabulary to express themselves.

Although I am not condoning this, if the police wish to proceed in this manner, then the Government will become very rich from the fines.

Many events such as football, rugby and other social events would require a special Swear Police of roughly one officer to 10 members of the public.

They could also arrest each other as the police themselves are not innocent of this crime.

If the female officer cannot tolerate a swear word in her hearing, she is in the wrong job. Nursing and hospital staff regularly suffer verbal and physical abuse on a daily basis, just as other public workers do.

It would seem that carrying threatening banners and creating public chaos only warrants police to watch from the sidelines. But fall foul of the Swear Police and they land you with a beep-beep fixed penalty. Ooops, I can hear the sirens already. — Beep-Beep Arrested.

I grew up there in the 50s, so had to take a closer look, and saw it was a collection of reminiscences of people from the Coldside and Hilltown area, which endearingly gives people a taste of the character of older Hilltowners.

It was funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, to connect young and old in the community, which is a good thing.

There are three themes: time, most appropriate, being next to the Hilltown clock; special landmarks; and amusing reflections on life in the area.

My favourite is “We used to go to Edmund’s near the bottom of the Hill. They had an enormous teapot in the window”.

As a teenager in the 50s, I remember always being attracted, on passing, to the huge black teapot taking centre stage in the window.

Also on the structure is: “We lived in Hill Street, and at that time you had to climb up The Law, there was no road round it, that was our playground”.

So true! During school holidays we would climb up there, have a picnic, and pass many an hour picking out landmarks of the city. — Christine Robertson, Ellengowan Drive, Dundee.

Just as there are different strengths of alcohol, the same is true of cannabis.

The stronger the cannabis, the more susceptible the person to mental problems.

Sheriff Davidson should be calling for cannabis to be legalised, taxed and regulated, so that it can be controlled and people can know what strength they are buying. Prohibition has no deterrent value as anyone who wants cannabis can get it.

Alcohol causes far more crime in Dundee than cannabis ever has, but one would be foolish to suggest alcohol be banned.

It is time to sweep away the archaic drug laws which criminalize users and make big profits for criminal gangs. — Alan Hinnrichs.

I would go as further in suggesting this will also inevitably be a substantial burden on the NHS with the increase in costly medication and also have an impact on the DSS budget with extra claims for Incapacity and Disability Living Allowance.

Sheriff Davidson is obviously a man of vision on this subject and should be commended for being realistic and outspoken.

But I, and probably many others, would also like to hear his opinion on the sentences handed down by some of his colleagues regarding serious crimes, especially those committed against children.

Then there is the subject of early release due to “good behaviour”. Does he have an outspoken view on these issues? — R. A. B., Monifieth.

I live in Dundee’s Charleston area and have been told I will have to go into the city centre every time I need electricity.

I am a single mother and cannot afford to do this. I have elderly neighbours who cannot travel further afield either. Is there anywhere nearer for Charleston and Lochee occupants to get their electricity? Why does the Post Office not do it? — S. Brown, Craigmount Road, Dundee.

[A spokesman for Scottish Hydro Electric said, “I’m pleased to confirm that the Spar shop in Brownhill Road has a PayPoint outlet where both Ms Brown and her elderly neighbours will be able to charge their electricity keys.

“The good news is that this shop is located closer to her than the Hydro shop in question and, what’s more, it can offer all our customers much more flexible opening hours, with the facility available from 8am to 10pm, seven days a week.”]

The fifth paragraph quoted the depute fiscal stating that Hillcrest Housing Association paid £500 (presumably implying in the form of Housing Benefit) per month for the rent of a Dundee bungalow, allegedly owned by Amer Abdulamir, for his sister’s rent of the property.

This is not correct. Hillcrest does not administer Housing Benefit and made no such payments to Mr Abdulamir or his relatives.

If such payments were made, and if they were in the form of Housing Benefit, then these would have been made by Dundee City Council. — John Mulloy, Group Chief Executive, Hillcrest Housing Association.

If we are down to about 15,000 houses and aiming for about 13,000, there is no justification for this expenditure, especially when we are away to build a new Tayside House in the centre. Surely the housing could be administrated from there? — Menzieshill.