After reading B Johnson's letter (The Weekend Sun, August 10) I was prompted to back up his experience re writing letters to newspapers with my own. For many years I subscribed to another newspaper in the area, sometimes writing letters to the editor when an issue being promulgated required some input for balance.

In the early years many were published, but as the years passed and editors changed it got to the point where it was rare to be published, probably because of the subjects I wished to comment on.

In the end I gave notice to the paper that if they wished to retain my paid subscription they needed to have articles that reflected the actual population that resided here. No notice was taken, so I cancelled my subscription some 12 months ago.

Luckily in the BOP we have The Weekend Sun that reflects well on all the cultures that live here and, more importantly, an editor of exceptional talent who isn't afraid to tell it like it is as per his editorial on ‘NZ's systematic bullying and censorship'. Brian Rogers, you are not only an inspiration to the silent majority, but in my eyes you are a bloody legend.

B Brown, Pyes Pa (Abridged).