How some objects can have a mind of their own | Brief letters

How some objects can have a mind of their own | Brief letters

Tyrannical things | Trump’s Gaza plan | Trump Jr’s duck | Laundry | Adrien Brody’s nose

I have great empathy with Adrian Chiles’ protectiveness of inanimate objects (Why am I so sad about seeing a robot get beaten up?, 5 February), but these objects can exercise tyranny, so we should beware the jacket that won’t let you put it on, the paper serviette that it is impervious to fluid and, of course, any self-hiding object.
Jonathan Hauxwell
Crosshills, North Yorkshire

• If President Trump thinks that it is reasonable to relocate 2 million people from the Gaza Strip in the interests of peace (Report, 6 February), presumably the same logic should apply to the 500,000 Jewish settlers illegally occupying lands in the Palestinian West Bank.
Ian Martin
Falmouth, Cornwall

Continue reading… Tyrannical things | Trump’s Gaza plan | Trump Jr’s duck | Laundry | Adrien Brody’s noseI have great empathy with Adrian Chiles’ protectiveness of inanimate objects (Why am I so sad about seeing a robot get beaten up?, 5 February), but these objects can exercise tyranny, so we should beware the jacket that won’t let you put it on, the paper serviette that it is impervious to fluid and, of course, any self-hiding object.Jonathan HauxwellCrosshills, North Yorkshire• If President Trump thinks that it is reasonable to relocate 2 million people from the Gaza Strip in the interests of peace (Report, 6 February), presumably the same logic should apply to the 500,000 Jewish settlers illegally occupying lands in the Palestinian West Bank.Ian MartinFalmouth, Cornwall Continue reading… Robots, Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr, Life and style, Adrien Brody, Gaza, West Bank 

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