We are fast becoming a nation of bigots, dragging our religious beliefs into every discussion, often to our own detriment

One of the saddest things I recently stumbled upon on Twitter - once an impartial platform for open communication, now a hotbed of anger and bigotry - was the response of a young man to a woman's statement. 'My child is on her way to the doctor because of asthma,' she tweeted. 'Thanks Delhi.' The response (edited for comprehension, because most of these respo­n­ses make little sense) was: 'I hope your child dies. We can control the population in the same way a ban on fireworks can control pollution.'