We live in Japan, and when the English friend we had staying with us went to Narita airport for his flight back to Heathrow he was expecting all sorts of inconveniences ... imagine how surprised he was when the people x-raying his suitcase INSISTED that he put his 3 bottles of alcoholic liqueurs into his HAND BAGGAGE to carry with him on the plane! I think this is ludicrously dangerous, and ASKING for trouble! I also feel the same way about people who buy duty-free - glass bottles, lighters, maybe letter-openers - and are allowed to walk onto the plane carrying them!!
It seems to me that any wanna-be terrorists wouldn't NEED to carry dangerous stuff from Heathrow, they could buy most of the things they need in another country and blow the plane up on the way BACK to Heathrow more easily!
This applies to flights to America, and to any other country that's sided with Bush. Do YOU feel safe, knowing that people can smash a bottle and hijack your plane? Or threaten people with a lighter?
2006-08-31
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