I've been off for a while. Sorry peeps. Just been swamped with things. But I just wanted to post something quickly given the events unfolding in Washington.

Let me -on behalf of millions if not billions of people around the world- be clear so that the people who run America fully understand:

Civilized nations do not torture, and do not quibble as to the definition of torture.

The nation that resorts to torture first, is the nation that admits defeat.

There is no other side to this argument. There is no ticking time bomb scenario. There is nothing.

Black and white. Cut and dry.

You will not, and never will, torture in our names to "defend" our freedoms. We would rather die in an attack, than live in dishonour.

Now go and prosecute Bush and restore our dignity.