Sir, - Nothing changes, not even in 2,000 years. The following short quotation caught my eye and seems very apt: "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. Whatever you have said in the dark shall be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in private rooms shall be proclaimed upon the housetops ..." (St Luke's Gospel, Ch 12, 1-3). - Yours, etc.,
Beatrice Dixon, Terenure Road East, Rathgar, Dublin 6.