Two idiots drive a car into an airport. Presumably having seen one to many action movies (in movies of course cars explode magnificently on impact). I wouldn't be surprised to find out they thought of this plan earlier this afternoon.
Despite this - Glasgow airport is closed. Thousands of people are inconvenienced. Government officials are rushing to 'emergency' meetings. More bad laws will be passed restricting our freedoms and increasing paranoia.
But surely you say - we have to save lives? In that case what about the 70 people who died on our roads this week? Or deaths from alcohol or smoking related illnesses, or from under funding in the NHS, etc. All things we could do a lot about given the budget spent on 'anti terrorism'.
Even very low quality terrorism works: two idiots without a plan are headline news, have brought part of the air system to a halt (which as regular air travelers will tell you has knock on effects all over the place) and are actively helping to impact on our laws to restrict all of our freedoms . Terrorism works because the government plays right into the terrorists hands.
Posted by Mark at June 30, 2007 07:21 PM