Eternal torment: The Search

Friday, August 11, 2006

This entry is dedicated to Bryan. Lol. Seriously, i was just about to write it when I saw your post. It's kind of freaky in a good way!

Unless you're one of those who are stuck in a stone cellar deep in the pits of some castle (although in reality it's just a damn well), you would have known about the transatlantic bomb threat that was to occur on the 16th? (Bush is said to have known about it since last Sun and Blair knew it months in advance it seems)

In a nutshell, a plot to use liquid explosives to bring down about a dozen transatlantic planes that are US-bound was foiled. They would be working in groups of five or so. Upon take off, they would head to the restroom, each carrying the ingredients (stored as a liquid form or insoluble granules in water) and one carrying the detonator (either hidden in an Ipod or a laptop). There, they would hand it to the leader of the cell group and he or she (though it's likelier to be a he) would construct the bomb and then return to his seat prior to bombing up himself alongside the entire plane. [Seriously, to have 4-5 people crowding the loo is sure to raise many eyebrows, won't it?]

Btw, the bomb would have been constructed at a price of about US$35.

While it may trigger imageries of the planes crashing into the twin towers, I do think that the precautions are getting more and more absurd. No liquid-based products, no bottled anything and no electronics. So now you'll only get to have your passport, your wallet and other allowed items on board. I do find it rather morbidly hilarious that people are freaking out about tissue boxes, I do get the mentality; better safe than sorry. Still, this is taking it to a totally different unprecedented level.

Why weren't this precautions taken back in 1995 after another plot to bomb a plane using liquid bombs? Why now?

Another thing that I have an issue with is the non-uniform procedures around the world. It seems that only Canada is imposing a footwear search. No where else is this done. I think that it's better for all the airports around the world to gather and decide what are allowed as carry on and also to discuss the check in procedures. Maybe the government bodies could be involved too?

The second thing I have an issue is the supposed rise in radical Muslims. I'm bloody sick of it. why can't all these idiots who are running around, screaming their heads off like a goddamn turkey just jump down a building or something? I mean it's the same thing ain't it? Suicide I mean.

Firstly, no where in the Quran, Torah nor Bible or any other religious scriptures or text that states that one should kill innocents. No religion encourages its followers to kill their fellow human beings. You can't just pick a quote from the texts and say that you're just following the book. You have to read the entire section of the text and understand the situation when it came about. Furthermore, the Quran clearly states that no women nor children are to be harmed.

Therefore, by bringing down a plane, bombing up a place like a train station and so on thus against the very religion you damn terrorists profess to be upholding? What have you been reading, may I know? Because I assure you, either you don't know how to read or your text is so radically altered, it's no longer a religious text. I wish all you terrorist would stop. It's useless to fight. And for what? Some lost cause that I doubt you even know?

There's more to ending whatever it is that's troubling you than committing grave sins. UI'm sure we're all mature adults. heck, who am I kidding? There are no such things as adults nor grown-ups. Just grown-up kids trapped in an adult body, placed in a mature situation and not having the mental capacity to deal with it rationally.

If you think that the end cause justifies the means, then I can't say much except I urge you to peruse history and realise your errors as you know more about the errors of the past. And realise that history was littered with many acts of stupidity like the Cultural Revolution in Mao's China.

Enough is enough.

Transmitted on 11:59 PM

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