Two things in the news that have been bugging me....so called 'Torture Camps' and the UK's role in letting the US move people to these places via our airports, and also the Anthony Walker 'Murder proves racism exists'... Firstly the whole torture debate - essentially discussing whether or not the CIA has 'torture camps' in foreign countries where they take captured suspects and torture them to obtain evidence. Sure there's all kinds of ethical and moral issues involved in this, and I hope my hardened view hasn't been influenced by watching '24' - but when I see people blowing themselves on trains and buses in order to kill and maim people on the streets of London, the capital city of the country I live in...I find it hard to say I would have a problem knowing that the CIA and UK Security Forces tortured suspected terrorists to gain vital information that might stop other attacks such as 9/11 in the US and the London Bombing here. Yes, there may be mistakes made and ultimately a small minority of innocent people may potentially be tortured...but is that such a big price to pay for saving the lives of hundreds or thousands of people? You have to put yourself in the position of the person who is mistakenly tortured I suppose, but it's highly unlikely if you are doing NOTHING wrong at all that you will be suspected of being a terrorist, or involved in terrorist activity to the extent that you will be tortured. I'm not saying torture is ok, or should be used regularly...but personally I think in extreme cases where there is substantial evidence that someone is withholding information that could lead to security forces stopping a major terrorist attack, then they should not be prevented from using every means necessary to obtain this information. Just my personal opinion on the subject after reading a couple of news articles this evening....this could be discussed until the cows come home I'm sure, and in the end I guess there's no right or wrong answer, just opinion. See article and more background info here. The Anthony Walker thing also annoyed me somewhat because it would seem some people are using this tragic event to let us all know that 'racism does exist'. Surely no one on earth ever questioned this? Racism exists in every walk of live, every community, in every village, town, city and country in the world. It's not a particularly pleasant thought, but it's reality. Sure, the levels of racism in some regions, or countries differ substantially, but I don't think there's anywhere that you won't find some form of racism...surely the question is how it's dealt with, not whether it exists in our communities or not? See an article on this here.