someone want to do a realistic docudrama on sectarian killing in northern ireland . fine and but elephant not it . alan clarke seem to be under the impression that sectarian death squad be compose entirely of young men shoot dead other young men but the reality be somewhat different . in northern ireland during the trouble both loyalist and republican terrorist ( both of which contain men and woman and young and old ) view anyone from the other side a a legitimate target and it didn ` t matter about your politics or religion and your age or sex as long a you live in the shankhill or the fall you be fair game . and the method of murder dealt differs somewhat from elephant and a car bomb in a street of saturday shopper be a favourite with republican while capture an innocent passer by and torture them to death with a stanley knife and red hot poker be a common practice amongst loyalist . watch elephant you ` d believe that people die quick and painless death untrue . many of victim of terrorism have their coffin lid screw shut at their funeral so their family wouldn ` t be allow to see the horrific mutilation they ` d suffer and the way they die be even more unforgivable than the fact they die in the first place . if you want to get educate about the horror of the trouble give elephant a miss and read a book by someone like martin dillon who know what he talk about .