#28: code infra-red?

I was at Dulles airport tonight. Out of curiosity I ventured to the check-in section. The resigned looks along the serpentine queues reminded me a bit of India!

Eugene Robinson in his op-ed piece for the Washington Post wrote today .... "We will end up boarding our flights barefoot, barehanded and buck naked except for a hospital gown they'll make us put on at the airport". That idea does not seem far-fetched.

The New York Times asked its readers, "Do you think the U.S. is more vulnerable after hearing news of a plot using liquids as bombs?" Two responses caught my eye.

Jason: "No, I don’t .... It’s great that the plot was uncovered, but this doesn’t make us any more or less vulnerable to terrorist attacks. This is akin to asking “does seeing a drunk driver get pulled over by a police officer make you worry more about getting in a car accident”. Of course not. You are glad that the lawbreaker is being dealt with, and you go about your business." (posted on August 11, 2006 at 11:13 am)

Chris Dube: "No. The extremists will always be looking for new ways to do harm, just as they always have. It is not the mode that make us more vulnerable, it is our current foreign policy of unprovoked attack that is making us more vulnerable .... Toothpaste cannot kill me, Neoconservative Fascism can." (posted on August 11, 2006 at 11:19 am)