Fantastic!

This is an excerpt from an article in Metro about 'the 20th 9/11 bomber'. It quotes the judgement under the headline '9/11 plotter 'will die with a whimper''.

Judge Brinkema refused to let the so-called '20th hi-jacker' interrupt her as she disputed his claim that the life sentences meant the US government had lost and he had won. She said: 'When this proceeding is over, everyone else will leave the room to see the sun, hear the birds and associate with whomever they want.

'You will spend the rest of your life in a supermax prison. It's absolutely clear who won.

'You came here to be a martyr in a great big bang of glory but, to paraphrase the poet TS Eliot, instead you will die with a whimper.'

Although the death penalty was a very real option, and more than a little tempting in the circumstances, I think this is absolutely bang on. Screw him - I would be happy to contribute to the cost of his detention rather than see him 'win'.