I WONDER if, bear baiting had just been abolished, would the “Countryside Alliance’ have marched on the House of Commons threatening violence to prevent the law being passed?

Would the ‘Middle Way Group’ be suggesting a controlled way of baiting the bear with less cruelty?

Would the ‘Baiting Bear Alliance’ be filling the Conservative Party pockets with money to rescind the law and David Cameron making a free vote part of his manifesto?

This sounds ridiculous to us today, but future generations will view us the way we view our ancestors on their attitude to animal cruelty and slavery.

REV H W JONES

Priors Hill

Wroughton

Swindon