I'm not surprised that the writer, from the link given, has suffered nightmares and panic attacks - so he should.

I'm against any kind of torture for whatever reason. However I did have to think carefully about it when teaching about Amnesty International in PSHE to year 10/11 pupils at school. If you ask the students if torture is justified they will all say that it isn't. If you then give them a what if ............ your child is kidnapped and one of the kidnappers is caught but won't say where the child is being held. The child is in grave danger. How far would you go to get the information that would help to rescue the child? It does make them think.

I am looking forward to seeing the Bobby Sands film.

I think that Keith A of Hertford has made a good point. The only trouble is that it is probably easier to control what goes on in prisons than what is done by, for example, people fighting for a cause, terrorists ...........