You remind me of a by-rote fanatic with whom I regularly sparred when the Toronto Star had its comment pages -- he also saw the world in absolute terms, and rejected all evidence that contradicted his comfortable world view.

The lack of knowledge you demonstrate toward sleep-deprivation techniques is matched only by your ignorance of Canadian legal standards. Here's an example of one: we abolished capital punishment, so our government makes every effort to assure Canadians abroad do not face that fate, no matter how guilty they may be.

By the same token, we generally do not try juveniles in adult court, we assure due process, we usually convict based on legitimate evidence and we don't pursue made-up charges like murder arising from war casualties; and government is expected to intervene when Canadians face any of these abuses overseas -- never mind all of them, as Khadr did.

Continuing to excuse wilful governmental disregard for its own basic principles is the true disgrace.