I cannot believe the response by a spokesman for Tayside Police stating the officers concerned were all tied up with a more serious incident, where a person was arrested and charged.

How many officers did it take to arrest and charge this person?

I cannot believe that all the officers based in Dundee were unavailable to go to Fintry to deal with Mr Chaplin’s incident.

I was a policeman in Dundee and responded to calls all over the city when I was told to.

I know Tayside Police have sector policing in Dundee. Could the officers from another area not have dealt with this incident? I can recall when the police in Dundee would, at the drop of a hat, go to other areas to deal with incidents.

Every person deserves a response from Tayside Police. — Arthur.

Surely every officer on duty couldn’t have been at the other incident which was mentioned. Incidents like this don’t do much to restore the public’s faith in the Tayside Police service. — The Watcher.

The same thing happened to me in the same place. However, I was able to drive away and double back 20 minutes later.

As I was driving down Fountainbleu Drive, I spotted two of the same youths go into a house in Linlathen.

I followed the other three youths who were with them and they went into another house in the same area.

I would never go to the doors, as you don’t know what to expect. I did not call the police as I knew it would be my word against theirs. I’m just so thankful that no one was injured in Mr Chaplin’s case. — Angry Driver.

In September they fired two beams of particles around the 27km-long tunnel which houses the Large Hadron Collider. It cost £5 billion.

Scientists hoped it would shed light on fundamental questions in physics. However, there were also fears it could lead to the end of the world. Isn’t It funny how the world has gone into economic meltdown since around the same time? — The London Cabbie.

However, that does not mean that shoppers have to be adults walking without a pram.

Yes, sometimes buggies get in the way, but it’s easier to take a step to the side than have to constantly manoeuvre a buggy out of the way.

What gives people the right to expect otherwise?

There are so many folk these days guilty of being selfish, whether it’s in the town shopping, on a bus, or out driving on the roads.

These are all public areas, so please remember that. No-one has the right to expect all others to move out of their way. Common courtesy seems to have been forgotten.

Maybe if everyone wasn’t in such a rush and took a minute to calm down, be considerate, then we could all get on in life without as much road/pavement/shopping centre rage. — Mum and Pedestrian.

The comments made, likening babies to dogs and belittling post-natal depression, were very upsetting.

Parents with young children have as much right to go shopping as anyone and don’t all have the luxury of being able to leave babies with a friend in order to do so, as suggested.

Thank goodness Dundee Shopper is staying indoors to shop online. Dundee does not need people with this Draconian attitude darkening the doors of its shopping centres. — Mindful Mama.

I am a mother of four, of whom three are under the age of four, and my kids and I love shopping and yes, we use a double buggy.

Sometimes my kids cry, but they are human and have rights.

I hope every mother with a buggy has a great time shopping just as I do with my children. — Very Angry Mother.

Gas, electricity, water and transport should be taken back into public ownership with compensation only paid to small individual shareholders.

This would stop the big money manipulators ripping the people off. It would also mark the end of excessive bonus payments. — Fred Knight, Dochart Terrace, Dundee.