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Letters | South Korea’s Halloween tragedy is a lesson on the importance of crowd control
- Readers discuss governmental failings behind the tragedy in Seoul, and the effectiveness of climate activists attacking artworks
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I read with horror and dismay of the deadly crush in Seoul that claimed over 150 lives on October 31. It was a man-made disaster. Governments must do more to prevent this type of danger. Time and time again, we read about people, who were unaware of the risks, being killed in a crush or a stampede.
There is always the business angle of making money and giving the public what it wants, but I feel the police must also step in to make sure venues are safe and crowd control is in place. Locations with narrow streets and bars are vulnerable to such tragedies, so crowd control by the police must be implemented at these locations.
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How terrible to have to break the news to parents that their child died while having fun and drinks with their friends.
Harriet Tung, The Peak
Climate activists attacking art serves no purpose
I refer to the report, “Climate activists throw soup over Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’ in London’s National Gallery” (October 14). The protest was part of the Just Stop Oil movement which has mounted a series of high-profile protests with the aim of ending the UK government’s involvement in oil and gas.
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