Some peoples computers should have the cut and paste key confiscated - til they can use it responsibly.

Every cause is allowed its ikons and martyrs and Bobby Sands will always be an important one for Irish republicans of a certain turn of mind.

People opposed to these views should show some respect for what was a tragic, albeit history changing death of a young man.

Sands supporters (particularly those outside the UK) should understand that his death lead to the murder of dozens of people in Northern Ireland in the immediate aftermath - reprisals, and reprisals for reprisals. These people all had families who loved them - just occasionally a degree of sensitivity would not not go amiss.