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Terrorist 1 - Western Sheep 0
Aug. 11th, 2006 07:29 amWell done. The terrorist win again.
The purpose of terrorists is to strike terror not to kill people. That is just a way of doing the former. This time they won without killing people. They have the sheep like people of the US and UK running around waving their hands in the air in a panic.
Passengers now can only carry in a tiny number of things in a clear plastic bag. Everything else must go through the hold. When I fly to the US I inevitably take two laptops, my cell phone and my ipod. One laptop travels with me. The other in the hold in my hardened suitcase. The trip to LA is 18 hours so I also take lots of water. What the fuck am I going to do now? There's no fucking way I'm putting my stuff through the hold. They say don't lock your suitcase. So there's a suitcase, unlocked, full of expensive gear, being thrown around by baggage guys. And that's not accounting for me passing 18 hours of time twiddling my thumbs on an Airbus.
They were talking about ten planes being blown up and 'massive loss of life'. That would be say 5000 people max. About half of the number that die on US roads every year. About the number of people who get killed in Iraq in a few months. How many flights are there a day in the world? Have security yes, scan our belongings yes, but this is stupidity. It's trying to reduce the chances to zero which is impossible. What's next, we fly naked?
The terrorists have won because people are afraid and people are inconvenienced and worse than that, most people (see 'Have your say' on the BBC news web site) seem to agree with the decisions that have been made 'because it will make them safer'. 65 years ago life continued despite many of us being killed every day as bombs rained from the skies. I don't believe that would be the case now. We have become too soft.
Well if you are not willing to die for your liberty you are not entitled to be free!
The purpose of terrorists is to strike terror not to kill people. That is just a way of doing the former. This time they won without killing people. They have the sheep like people of the US and UK running around waving their hands in the air in a panic.
Passengers now can only carry in a tiny number of things in a clear plastic bag. Everything else must go through the hold. When I fly to the US I inevitably take two laptops, my cell phone and my ipod. One laptop travels with me. The other in the hold in my hardened suitcase. The trip to LA is 18 hours so I also take lots of water. What the fuck am I going to do now? There's no fucking way I'm putting my stuff through the hold. They say don't lock your suitcase. So there's a suitcase, unlocked, full of expensive gear, being thrown around by baggage guys. And that's not accounting for me passing 18 hours of time twiddling my thumbs on an Airbus.
They were talking about ten planes being blown up and 'massive loss of life'. That would be say 5000 people max. About half of the number that die on US roads every year. About the number of people who get killed in Iraq in a few months. How many flights are there a day in the world? Have security yes, scan our belongings yes, but this is stupidity. It's trying to reduce the chances to zero which is impossible. What's next, we fly naked?
The terrorists have won because people are afraid and people are inconvenienced and worse than that, most people (see 'Have your say' on the BBC news web site) seem to agree with the decisions that have been made 'because it will make them safer'. 65 years ago life continued despite many of us being killed every day as bombs rained from the skies. I don't believe that would be the case now. We have become too soft.
Well if you are not willing to die for your liberty you are not entitled to be free!
