[h3]British aviation bans all hand-luggage [/h3] Scotland Yard reports that it foiled an attempt to blow up a US-bound UK passenger jet though a bomb in hand luggage. The UK government has responded to this exemplary bit of policing -- using investigative techniques to discover plots while they are hatching -- by prohibiting all hand-luggage on planes, except for a transparent shopping bag carrying a few permitted items: a couple tampons, baby food (if another passenger is forced to taste it first), glasses without cases (deadly, deadly cases!), contact holders (but no cleaning fluid!), keys (but no electric fobs), and your wallet. You're not allowed to bring on magazines (deadly, deadly magazines!) or books, no laptops, no iPods, no oversized watches (!), and so forth. The point of terrorism is to make us afraid. The UK response to a [em]foiled[/em] plot is to create an unspecified period during which fliers are arbitrarily deprived of iPods, novels and dignity. [/p]If this is a good idea now, then why won't it still be a good idea in a year? A decade? After all, terrorist plots will always exist in potentia (can you prove that no terrorist plots are hatching at this moment?) Until they handcuff us all nude to our seats and dart us with tranquilizers, there will always be the possibility that a passenger will do something naughty on a plane (even then, who knows how much semtex and roofing nails a bad guy could hide in his colon?). [/p][a href="vny!://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4778615.stm?ls"]Link[/a] [/p] [font color="red"]Update:[/font] The TSA has also [a href="vny!://www.tsa.gov/press/happenings/threat-change.shtm"]prohibited liquids on flights[/a] Woo boy, I really feel safe now!
Unsettling to say the least. This time last year I was at Gatwick Airport, it was overcrowded even then, now as I look at the pictures coming in it seems as though it had been almost empty.
I find it funny that the brits stop this, I have a feeling our feds couldn't stop it. Just look at there track record.
word is that it was busted based on US,UK and Pakistani (believe it or not they do cooperate) intelligence.
all i can say is that it is pretty scary. hate to say this but it is just a matter of time before they will slip through the system and do some damage. so far, scotland yard seems to be on the ball with terrorist. a big kudos on them.
I hope this doesn't cause any trouble at YVR on Sunday... I'm leaving for Japan!!
Hey Marik, good journey when you visit Japan.
The next thing you know, we'd all be travelling naked on the planes.
Yep thats next. They'll say they made a bomb out of clothes so we've got to go naked. But then they'll tell us to shave because we could be hiding something down there.
LOL. Hiding something down there................. actually, I've heard of some women smuggling drugs in their tampons or sanitary pads. Eeeeeooooowwwwwwww
I wouldn't mind going on the plane naked, providing I still have my figure and partially blind to the rest who don't.
As long as they give me a blanket. Don't want to get cold....
*steals blanket away*
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hehe your funny...