This week is the first of what I hope will be many open discussions on news and current events. The U.S. has been criticised a lot lately for its views on torture. Is it okay to hurt one person in order to help another? What about killing one person in order to save hundreds of lives? Is it all a case of no pain, no gain?

(Eugene Yiga is the editor of Varsity Blah and his latest book is available free, exclusively from www.varsityblah.com/about)