Brendy I'm sorry if the cockfighting allegory was too difficult for your intellect, but please don't be unpleasant.

InOBU, my knowledge of South African history is that the ANC, including Nelson Mandela, conducted a terrorist campaign against South African society and against the law, which resulted in Mandela being jailed.

Over the course of time, ably assisted by intellectuals and ladies in cardigans, they won the day, thus proving to the world that terrorism works.

My silent majority view is that terrorism is wrong - even if we sympathise with those who believe themselves oppressed there is still no justification for buying into it.

That only means that I support those who obey the law more than I support those who disobey. Society makes laws to protect itself from violence. Sure, some laws are bad and need to be changed, but we should surely be steering away from violence rather than towards it?

It is well documented that the IRA has/had links with Libya, providing expertise in bomb making and setting techniques. Do you equally support the Libyan "armed struggle"?

So was Locherbie OK in your book?