In response to your article on the amount of chewing gum on our streets (The Argus, March 31), I find it hard to believe anyone can blame a gum manufacturer for the actions of certain members of society.
The gum manufacturers supply a product. Whatever happens to it once it is sold is surely no longer their responsibility.
It is the responsibility of the people who buy it and common decency dictates they should not empty the contents of their mouths wherever they feel like it.
Will we next make breweries and kebab shop owners pay to clear up after people who over-indulge in their products and deposit the colourful contents of their innards on our pavements every weekend?
Anyone with any common sense can see the cause of these problems is pig ignorance.
You cannot educate selfish, unthinking and uncaring people.
On-the-spot fines will only work if there are enough people on the spot to issue them.
-Daniel Kelly, Southwick
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