As mentioned in another thread :
The Culture of Fear
The world is going mad and gross overreaction is the order of the day
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Maximum terror alert in the UK - flights disrupted
No hand luggage allowed, L'hansa flights cancelled
QUOTE (Sin @ Aug 10 2006, 11:42 pm) 
Quick! Go to the Highest Security Alert and prepare to pee yer pants!
I think I just did. With laughter.
So. Will breast implants be banned on flights as well? I guess that could really screw the entertainment industry
what is going to happen to all the duty free businesses selling bottles of perfume and alcohol - after all nobody will be able to buy their products and take them on board flights
Already addressed. The companies are obviously furious as perfume and alcohol sales make up around 50% of their business. Apparently they are claiming unfair treatment as their goods are already screened before going on sale. Fuck knows. This is all working out exactly as planned - terrorist attacks do not only do physical damage but als immense economical damage as well, which is what Bin Laden and co. want
Easyjet is back to normal, only thing changed is that check-in closes 10 minutes earlier, not 30 minutes (as it was before) but 40 minutes before take-off.
And, the new security rules, already discussed yesterday, we know them by heart, by now...
http://www.easyjet.com/EN/News/saturday_12_august.html
And, the new security rules, already discussed yesterday, we know them by heart, by now...
http://www.easyjet.com/EN/News/saturday_12_august.html
Salon.com's pilot columnist doesn't think anyone will be safer because of the new ban on carry-on liquids:
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All of this happened [Bojinka]more than 11 years ago, providing more than ample notice that such a scheme was possible. Yet following revelations that a copycat Bojinka scheme was well under way in Britain, we're suddenly in a state of full-blown panic.
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Ultimately, protecting commercial aircraft from terrorism is not the job of airport security, it's a job for police departments, federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies. The apparent plot at Heathrow Airport was not unraveled by the keen eye of a concourse screener; it was unraveled through careful investigation behind the scenes. By the time any attacker makes it to the metal detector, chances are it's already too late. There are too many ways to outwit that final line of defense.
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No matter, here we go initiating yet another absurd crackdown to the detriment of millions of innocent travelers. Just as confiscating corkscrews didn't make us safer after Sept. 11, so banning liquids isn't going to make us safer now.
Personally, I think passengers are the problem. They should ban them.
The Wayne Madsen Report - Always entertaining. No, I have no idea on the authenticity... but, always an entertaining read.
flew back from Edinburgh to Munich today and it wasn't as bad as I had expected it would be. Bit of an extreme pat down at the airport and all my luggage had to go in the hold but with each passenger only have ing a plastic bag with wallets and the like it was very fast getting on and off the plane
Always look on the broight side of loif! *whistling*
The threat level in the UK has been downgraded to "severe."
Yahoo News
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With the reduction in the threat level, the Department of Transport said passengers would be allowed to carry a single, briefcase-sized bag aboard aircraft, and that books, laptop computers and iPods would be permitted again. However, Heathrow and other major airports said they would not adopt the relaxed regulations until Tuesday.
Yahoo News
QUOTE (cinzia @ Aug 14 2006, 2:29 pm)
The threat level in the UK has been downgraded to "severe."
What a relief! OK everybody, stop peeing yer pants. We've downgraded to only farting loudly in the departures terminal.
QUOTE (cinzia @ Aug 13 2006, 6:20 pm)
Always look on the broight side of loif! *whistling*
Hmm, they played that on our flight from LHR yesterday while we were waiting to take off.
I was half expecting the whole plane to start whistling along, but they didn't. Only I did and I felt rather silly.
QUOTE (Tom17 @ Aug 14 2006, 2:57 pm)
I was half expecting the whole plane to start whistling along, but they didn't. Only I did and I felt rather silly.
Now stop that! We'll have no sillyness here. This is a serious matter.
Right! Carry on.
Better then the whole plane applauding when the plane lands though
It's still "orange" here (whatever the f that means), but we were allowed hand luggage the whole time.
*runs off to confirm tomorrows flights*
*runs off to confirm tomorrows flights*
"orange" means - "Still well dodgy but you are in safe hands as long as you carry on voting for the Republicans in the upcoming elections. If you do not then the whole country will get bombed and you will all go to hell as God notices such things. Be scared people. Unless you vote for us in which case you can still be scared but we will protect you."
Yeah - kind of what I thought - and one of the reasons I am flying back tomorrow. It's nice here, but I almost miss the real Toytown.
QUOTE (DDBug @ Aug 14 2006, 6:49 pm)
It's still "orange" here (whatever the f that means), but we were allowed hand luggage the whole time.
I'm pretty sure ORANGE means that they've found a glitch in the Diebold machines, but they're pretty damn sure that they will fix it in time for the midterm elections.
However, if it goes to RED, this means that they can't fix the fix and there might be an EXTREME DANGER of losing both The House and The Senate.
WHITE HOT SHIT YOUR PANTS Alert means that the people have revolted and congressmen are hanging by piano wire upside down from the lamp posts along Constitution Avenue.
I believe I-Spy are going to publish a book on Alerts.
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