Firstly, I would like to say that I know this letter might be overlooked by many public eyes, but; in any case, I feel that I have something to say and here it goes.

This is in reference to all the letters in the past "umpteen'' years on the race topic of Bermuda. Enough is enough! Most people in Bermuda have a chip on their shoulder the size of a 2x4. Almost everything I read in the newspaper has to do with white this or black that.

Even the political debates in the House have stooped as low as engaging in race debates. They should be more worried about companies leaving the Island and the rate of tourism dropping like a rock. And while on the topic of the companies, this 60 percent to 40 percent issue of black to white employees is really strange to me. Why hire someone on their colour and not their ability? I don't know, maybe it's me. I'd like to say more about these issues and others but I'll leave room for the others who want to write in "black and white''.

BDA ONION Paget Missed the point March 30, 2000 Dear Sir, The writer of "Point'', regarding dark tinted windows, has missed the point.

Nobody is disputing the fact that tinted windows protect your interior or keep your car cooler. They certainly do! However the issue of not being able to see the driver in the car is a safety hazard. Every driver knows that you have to be wary of other drivers on the roads, and have to anticipate their moves. There are many careless drivers who do not use signals, do not give way, do not stop for pedestrians, roll though yellow and red lights and pull out of gates like they didn't see you coming.

All of these careless moves can be determined if you can see the driver, and can see where their attention is focused.

Are you looking at me coming? Are you looking the other way? Are you checking out the girl across the street? Even if you do have the right of way you cannot always assume other drivers are following the same rules of the road.

Many accidents can be avoided by other drivers by simply seeing the driver.

Laws are laws for everyone, not just a selected few. They are implemented for good reasons. No one is saying you can't have a sharp looking car, or have tint, just, do not have your windows so dark that we cannot see you! I paid good money for my car too and would like to not have an accident with you because I could not see you not looking at me! CLEAR VIEW Pembroke Art work ban April 6, 2000 Dear Sir, One of the most ridiculous things I have read concerning the local art scene's latest problems is a quote in the April 4 Royal Gazette , then requoted in the RG of the 5th, that "some Bermudian artists were so appalled by the proposal (that expat artwork should be banned) that they were thinking of leaving the Island''. For a holiday in Mexico? Or Portugal? Or France? This absurdity masks the truth, a bitter, sad and tired prediction, which is that the already put-upon non-Bermudian resident art community may well, one day, say to hell with it. Let the Bermudians run it all: Say "goodbye'' to the Bermuda Society of Arts, the Bermuda Musical and Dramatic Society, and many other non-profit organisations whose works enrich this little Island. Are expats not to receive even a crust of bread? It seems that in Bermuda, art is for everyone...unless a resident non-Bermudian is on the receiving end.

I hope (but do not expect) that more denials may be forthcoming.

Who else besides Dr. Charles Zuill had nothing to do with the proposals to ban the sale of expat art work? Show your colours (and your passport, please).

SEA BABY Sandys Parish Reading the editorials April 6, 2000 Dear Sir, Stuart Hayward recently praised the standard of the editorials of The Royal Gazette , in his column in the Sun newspaper.

I too must admit that I am reading the editorials as never before. They are nearly always interesting and informative. They are good at giving both sides of controversial questions. In overseas reporting, the excerpts from major newspapers abroad help to quickly get a picture of different points of view in foreign affairs.

Only how could such an editor miss, on two pages of the edition of April 6 the delightful gem; IT IS TIME THE GOVERNMENT PUT ITS FOOT DOWN ON DOG MESS AT HORSESHOE BAY? I have another question about beggars. Some people have an obsessive compulsion to amass money. This is grudgingly socially acceptable. Some people have an obsessive compulsion to save money. These are called misers. Some people have an obsessive compulsion to beg money, even though social inquiry reveals that they have no need to. Should these people enter the ranks of fund-raisers, now that fund-raising has become such a standard and sophisticated profession? Or are they already there? EMILY LIDDELL Pembroke