I have respect for peaceful protest. I would have been a strong sympathiser with CND, the anti-apartheid movement and their perfectly honourable methods of civil disobedience such as sitting down on roads, etc. It is extraordinary, however, that the person who inflicted much costly damage was invited to be feted by a small number of American warmongers, in other words, those who want the war in Ireland to continue, despite the Good Friday Agreement. I am not surprised that the peace camp has broken up because I think that action made the position untenable. Perhaps the organisations which applaud that activity might think about reimbursing the Government and the taxpayers.