D Tuesday, November 3, 2009 METRO 17 Whos winning? No body: London-based artist and photographer Hugh Turvey used colour-enhanced X-rays to create this stunning image of two hurdlers Picture: Photo Science Laboratory The Big Picture Why treat druggies? Drugs: A reader asks why users who fall ill deserve a hospital bed Why should drug users be allowed take up much-needed intensive care beds? If people are stupid enough to take liquid ecstasy then they should be prepared to live or die by the consequences. Hospital beds are too valuable a commodity nowadays to allow them to be wasted on people who have no respect for themselves, society or the law. I shudder to think of those in genuine need of an intensive care bed who now cant get one because of those morons. Gerry To Dead Brain (DB), the civil service only makes up ten per cent of the 300,000-plus public service employment figure. Only one person in each Government department, the Secretary General, gets 31 leave days per year, the vast majority get between 20 and 23 days. The pension levy only applies to public service workers you havent been hit with that in the private sector. Also, emergency services would not be able to perform their jobs without administrative staff, and Ive never seen anybody pushing paper. You need to get real and explain why 30,000 people should bear the brunt of the financial crisis which they had no part in creating. JJ, Civil Servant Dublins best-read letters page Metro Mail E-mail letters to mail@metroireland.ie with a name. Or text us. Text MAIL followed by comment and name to 53131. *Texts cost 30cent per message + standard network charges. SP. Oxygen8 Communications, Hospitality House, Cumberland Street South, D2. Customer service number 0818286606 talk to us Target audience: Paulie, you obviously do not understand advertising. Adverts have a certain target market, and children dont buy nappies, their parents do. And guess what, parents watch TV after the watershed! Niall Problems: Great story this weekend on the Halloween party where drug-fuelled people ended up in hospital. I wonder if a comparison can be done with how many alcohol-related hospital admissions there were during the same period? Or is it better news reporting on a small issue rather than the bigger problem facing society? Marcus Double standards: Concerned Driver, I agree! At most Garda stations, loads of Garda cars park everywhere and in such a way which you and I would not be allowed to! If they took public transport like the rest of us, not only would there be less congestion on our streets, but public transport might be safer! JT, by text Enough: I am sick to death of the reality TV drivel that is now considered entertainment. Is there no depth to which these shows will plunge? Enough is enough! X Off In Brief In relation to the article about a human fear detector, what are airport authorities going to do with passengers who are scared of flying? Not scared because theyre smuggling drugs or concealing a weapon, but simply terrified of actually flying? Or how about those of us who always get nervous approaching the security check because we know one innocent wrong move means you could end up in an interrogation room? Flying is nerve-racking enough without having to worry about worrying! Elaine Eoghan is right, there is no science to the Bible as it is based on astrology. Christianity is a copy of earlier religions which are obviously human constructs. The sun (correct spelling) died on December 21 and rose again after three days. But religion changed sun to son. Think about it, we evolved. We are closer cousins to chimpanzees than a chimp is to an orang-utan! Jim Sendusyour txt To the woman who threw the rubbish back into the car it came from in Lucan Village yesterday, fair play to you! 66 DB, show me a paper- pushing civil servant who gets 30-odd holidays a year and Ill show you the Virgin Mary herself! Eamonn Why do you always find that missing sock in the days following the throwing away of its other half? Matt Okay, Ive been staring at the picture on Mondays page three for 20 minutes, and, no, I cannot spot the human body in the leopard painting! Art OMG, that picture of Jordan, aka Big Slapper, in fancy dress is so foul she has no class. Em Seen on a builders van owned by two brothers in England, Stoned & Plastered. Ray Mark, how often do you hear people say they wish they could turn back time? Once a year we get to and it makes me feel Ive been given another chance! Dont take this away from me! Cher txt MAIL to 53131* index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html24.html25.html26.html27.html