Roy White, of Naseby Drive, Heathfield, writes:

J Sanders in the MDA of November 16 complains that he/she witnessed a presumably illegally-parked car being ticketed and interprets this as a sign of not being welcome by Newton Abbot.

Does J Sanders know the driver of this car was a visitor? Does J Sanders believe then that all visitors should be able to park anywhere they like?

Does J Sanders likewise reckon that if and when he/she visits Torquay, he/she can park wherever he/she likes there, too?

Perhaps J Sanders just does not approve of parking restrictions at all and figures we should be able to leave our cars wherever we like.

Freedom and liberty are wonderful products of our system of government, developed in this country and exported around the world with varying degrees of success, but freedom and liberty without law is anarchy, even in small, everyday issues like parking.

Therefore, parking controls are obviously necessary and when the law – a known and advertised law – is broken, the lawbreaker must suffer the consequences.

If that means ticketing a car, visitors or otherwise, so be it. If a visitor sees this occur and feels it is unwelcoming, so be that as well.

To regard not being allowed to break the law as unwelcoming displays a certain amount of detachment from the real world, which – while it may be quaint – is not helpful either to the person holding such a view or to the rest of us.MORE LETTERS IN OUR DIGITAL EDITION