Last Post: Would Coon cheese by another name taste as sweet?

Does Dr Stephen Hagan expect fellow activist and Tate Gallery exhibitor Caroline Coon to change her name (“Canadian owners melting over ‘racist’ Aussie Coon cheese”, 24/7)? Or Maine Coon cat breeders? Or the residents of Coonabarabran, Coonamble and Coonawarra?

Warwick Ruse, Brunswick West, Vic

A new marketing slogan for Coon cheese when its owners cravenly capitulate and change its name: “Our cheese, by any other name, will taste as great.”

Susan Caughey, Glen Iris, Vic

Rather than sow doubts about the existence of a Edward William Coon and the naming of Coon cheese, Stephen Hagan could have opened his internet browser and quickly verified, as I did, that Edward W. Coon (1871-1934) patented a method for more rapid maturation of cheese, later known as “cooning”, in 1926 (US Patent No. 1,579,196).

Barbara Santich, Brighton, SA

Before they march under the Black Lives Matter banner the participants should have a quick look at the labels on their clothing. If they find the Made in China tab could they add a minute’s silence to their protest in support of the Uighur slaves who made their garments?

Yvonne Crane, Killarney Heights, NSW

I wonder when all the COVID-19 madness is over how the electorate will treat our fine Prime Minister? Will they treat him as the conquering hero or decimate him and his party as the UK electorate did to Winston Churchill in 1945?

Craig Walker, Darling Point, NSW

John McCutcheon (Letters, 24/7) is concerned that COVID may become like influenza and return every year in winter. It is already rampant worldwide, especially in those northern hemisphere countries where it is now summer. Unfortunately, this virus does not abide by seasonal rules.

Ross McDonald, Gordon, NSW

What happens when political correctness, inclusivity and the full panoply of woke values take precedence over competence? The answer: “Victoria”.

Guy Yeomans, St Ives, NSW

Well, thank heavens Labor isn’t in government or we’d all be running around and screaming, “Who is going to pay for this $900bn debt?”

Krystyna Lynch, Floreat, WA

We are spending about $30bn a year on naval exercises in the South China Sea to protect our trade routes with China … from China. (“Now I understand, Minister, how silly of me.”)

Norman Broomhall, Port Macquarie, NSW