MUCH has been spoken about the rights or wrongs of sending two youths to jail for four years for setting up a Facebook site to entice others to riot in a specific town.

Some have illogically argued that the two lads had ‘only’ created a Facebook site and, because they took no physical part in a riot, therefore deserve nothing more than chastisement.

Apart from the fear this created locally with some businesses closing early, which obviously affected them financially, I personally think they are lucky to get away with only four years.

And if they appeal, I hope the courts ignore the ignorant left-wing ‘softies’ and not only reject the appeal but lengthen their sentences.

This should send the right message to thousands of susceptible youngsters and hopefully ‘drill’ into them that ‘incitement to riot’ is actually far worse than actually taking part in one – something that parents should have been teaching them since birth, had they themselves not been brainwashed by a lazy ‘the state owes me a living’ left-wing ideology.

Compare this crime to drug taking. Do you jail the drug user only, or do you give a greater sentence to the drug dealer?

Obviously you’d jail the dealer and, hopefully, throw the key away.

Why? Because these morons are inciting others to take illegal drugs. Just another example of how incitement can undermine our society – if we let it.

MICK HEAVEY Oxford Road Old Marston