I was horrified to read S D Weinberg’s letter (The Argus, April 3).

Apart from ethical and moral considerations regarding torture, has Mr Weinberg ever pondered on the fact that torture rarely gets the required results?

If someone attacked him with a knife, as was the fate of Binjam Mohammad, would he not have made up any story to stop the pain?

Please Mr Weinberg, if you cannot see the bigger picture try to imagine how you and yours would feel if you were picked up and incarcerated in camps like Guanatanamo for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

My friends and I fought a long and hard campaign to obtain the release of British citizens (none of whom were charged with any crime) who we now count as our friends.

They have described their experiences in Guanatanamo, which included deprivation, humiliation and torture. We, as human beings, are diminished by these acts of barbarity perpetrated in the name of freedom and democracy.

It might be worth Mr Weinberg’s while to reflect on why a small minority of terrorists wish to blow us to kingdom come.

Might it have something to do with 100,000 dead in Iraq, the havoc in Afghanistan and the appalling situation in Palestine?

Has Mr Weinberg ever considered that yesterday’s terrorists are now today’s politicians? Look at Israel, South Africa and Northern Ireland.

In the end there will be discussion, concessions and reconciliation.

Caroline O’Reilly Save Omar campaign Arundel Street, Brighton