Reverse advert ban

I AGREE with your editorial (December 6) that the decision by the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) to ban a Christmas radio advert by Catholic booksellers Veritas is “utterly, mind-numbingly stupid”.

Our 2,000-year-old Christian civilisation developed the live-and-let-live ethos of the political and legal institutions which define how we all relate to one another on a day-to-day basis.

All of this we celebrate at Christmas time.