So as you know, today British authorities foiled a terror plot that was pretty close to being executed. Apparently, terrorists were going to blow up airliners over the Atlantic using liquid explosives and simple detonators such as cellphones or iPods. Good job by the Brits of not only finding this out, but also infiltrating the cell and monitoring it as long as they possibly could. As a result though, people are banned from carrying any liquid or gel onto a plane.
This is all fine and dandy, but is it really going to stop someone who is really motivated to carry out an attack? The thing is, the possibility of an attack such as this has been known for years, so if they were so concerned about it, they should have banning these things all along. There is no way to achieve 100% security. And even if it was possible, nobody would want to fly with all of the checks they would have to go through. I guess we will be safer, but I hate the fact that I will now have to check a bag whenever I fly. That would have really been a pain in the ass this past weekend if I had been forced to throw away my deodorant, contact lens solutions, shampoo, and soap. I guess it's better than being blown up, but like I said, if someone really wanted to get something on, they would do it.
Besides, we all know the real danger comes from snakes.
Anyway, at least this has provided some comedy today from this guy below, who had an awesome solution to not being allowed to bring his bottle of champagne on the plane.
Fight the power, champagne man!
posted by Jonathan @ 8:19 PM
Thursday, August 10, 2006
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