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What's more frightening than Snakes on a Plane? Apparently shampoo, water, coffee, and hair gel.
Today has seen the announcement of yet another foiled Terror Plot, this time in England. The plot had something to do with liquid explosives that were going to be smuggled onto airplanes departing London to the US, and the explosives would be detonated with disposable camers. So because of that, the Terr-O-Meter is at "Red" (whatever that means) and for now all liquids are banned in carry-on luggage for domstic and international flights. The last few times that i have flown, i have taken my bootblack kit as a carry-on, and that would have meant throwing out a huge portion of the contents-- saddle soap, boot grease, dye (even my "fly-safe" water based dye) polish, a Tide-To-go pen, several random sample packets of lube that accumulate from leather event registration packets...
And every time i hear about a "foiled terror plot", i wonder if the "plot" is merely a bogus story with fictional characters to keep us afraid of the world around us. I mean, come on... who does it hurt? No one actually dies, planes don't actually fall from the sky, and the only "victims" are thousands of people across the country who now each have to throw away $5 worth of toiletries before getting on a plane (hopefully without any snakes...) And even though no one dies, the US stays terrified of "terrorists".
Bush talks about the "War on Terror" as if it is a war with a tangible and defeatable opponent, which it isn't... who is he kidding? As long as there are human beings walking the earth, disagreeing about religion, politics, and/or money, there will be terrorism. If this were on the playground, "terrorists" would just be called "bullies".
Today has seen the announcement of yet another foiled Terror Plot, this time in England. The plot had something to do with liquid explosives that were going to be smuggled onto airplanes departing London to the US, and the explosives would be detonated with disposable camers. So because of that, the Terr-O-Meter is at "Red" (whatever that means) and for now all liquids are banned in carry-on luggage for domstic and international flights. The last few times that i have flown, i have taken my bootblack kit as a carry-on, and that would have meant throwing out a huge portion of the contents-- saddle soap, boot grease, dye (even my "fly-safe" water based dye) polish, a Tide-To-go pen, several random sample packets of lube that accumulate from leather event registration packets...
And every time i hear about a "foiled terror plot", i wonder if the "plot" is merely a bogus story with fictional characters to keep us afraid of the world around us. I mean, come on... who does it hurt? No one actually dies, planes don't actually fall from the sky, and the only "victims" are thousands of people across the country who now each have to throw away $5 worth of toiletries before getting on a plane (hopefully without any snakes...) And even though no one dies, the US stays terrified of "terrorists".
Bush talks about the "War on Terror" as if it is a war with a tangible and defeatable opponent, which it isn't... who is he kidding? As long as there are human beings walking the earth, disagreeing about religion, politics, and/or money, there will be terrorism. If this were on the playground, "terrorists" would just be called "bullies".
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