WHY has society become so intolerant of others?

In the past, children would play out in the street, after school and all day Saturday and Sunday. There was no alternative.

Now we have them all locked up inside, isolated on PlayStations or computers and few households own, let alone dare to play, a pianoforte for fear of the noise police. We can celebrate. All is quiet. That is of course, until a group of young people break out and decide to broaden their horizons, become social and learn some music.

Those practising for a performance of the musical production Les Miserables in Copmanthorpe at the weekend (Show stopper, The Press, April 17) must feel as though they cannot do right for doing wrong as some complaints were received about noise levels. I for one applaud these kids for being constructive with their time.

If I had known what they were singing I would have rushed to Copmanthorpe to sing along!

Jo Sharples, Middlethorpe Drive, York.