Okay, so I understand a bunch of fuckwads were trying to blow up an airliner flying from the UK to USA by combining liquids with some sort of chemical or somesuch, and now airlines are making travellers empty out shampoo bottles, water bottles, baby bottles, perfumes, and so forth.

The rationale here seems to be that by getting rid of all liquids brought on a plane, this type of bomb-making (is it a bomb?) can’t happen.

Problem 1: you can still get water and soda on the airplane.

Problem 2: people still have bladders. A terrorist just needs to drink a bunch of water before he gets on the plane. Then he runs to the bathroom, pisses in a cup and voila! – there’s the liquid airlines worked so hard on getting rid of.

Are airlines going to force you to go to the bathroom before you board a plane? Are they going to get rid of all drinks during a flight? C’mon….

The reason these new regulations bother me is that they make no sense. There are other ways (examples referenced above) to get liquids on board. So forcing passengers to get rid of their liquid items is pretty pointless. And worse yet, it looks like the duty-free and airline shop industry is actually suffering from this too because passengers are not going to want to buy duty-free perfumes, wines, brandy.

Scumbuckets trying to hurt people will always find a way to do so. Terrorists win if we have to constantly restrict freedoms and change every aspect of our lives. And I really, really don’t want those fuckers to win.