Letters: Spoiling the joke about Down's syndrome

Comedian Frankie Boyle's favourite catchphrase appears to be "Ah, but it's all true, isn't it?" He reportedly said as much to a woman in the audience at his Glasgow show who objected to his routine about Down's syndrome (Report, 9 April). Sharon Smith, the mother of a Down's syndrome daughter, had become upset that he thought it hilarious that Down's syndrome people die "early". (Still, it's all true, isn't it?)It depends how you define "dying early". When I was growing up, I was told my sister,...

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