0. Stangroom says, ‘I don't understand the attraction of attacking a caricature of a person.' It seems that consistency is unnecessary if you are a philosopher What I am interested in is the notion of fundamental causes; here expressed as the idea that the detention is a consequence of ‘the illegal occupation of Iraq' (interesting that legality is important in this context).' 0. I don't think you have any interest in exploring the ‘notion of fundamental causes'