LETTER: Cold humour
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Sir: It is not Roger Mear's short-lived Antarctic adventure, but the tiresomely scornful and condescending tone of Alix Sharkey's onslaught ("Dear Roger Mear"; Open Letter, 19 December) which I find "depressingly familiar - and typically British".
Taking the mickey may well be the national pastime, but how about a ceasefire down at the vindictive end of the comedy spectrum? In my native Australia, humour is altogether more good-natured, and there is also a venerable tradition of respecting anyone prepared to "have a go".
Roger Mear's achievement of 500 solitary, unassisted Antarctic miles in six weeks sounds like a decent effort to me. Well done, mate.
Yours sincerely,
Chris Martin
London, W1
21 December
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