Sir, - At last The Irish Times publishes a thoughtful piece by Niall O'Dowd on Irish anti-Americanism. It then goes on to make his point in the letters page (December 19th), where William Heap accuses America's "democratically" (his quotation marks) elected leaders of wiping out en masse lives in other nations. He finishes his banal hyperbole by suggesting the "American ethos" is reminiscent of the Nazis.
Niall O'Dowd, you are wasting your time with these people, as in Ireland glib, politically correct ignorance is mistaken for profundity. - Yours, etc.,
Donal J. Leahy, Aughrim, Co Wicklow.