The irony of it all

A colleague just arrived back from San Francisco where he attended a conference. Unfortunately he was caught in the uproar and fallout from the British terrorist scare.

Interestingly it seems, currently passengers are no longer able to carry a plastic bottle of water on an aircraft, however they are able to carry on a flammable liquid in a glass bottle. I wonder if anyone has tried smuggling water on board in a vodka bottle?

Can no one recognise by causing all this upheaval to the general public, it is only furthering the cause of the "evil-doers" by causing us to alter our behaviour? So the answer from the government is a general environment of mistrust and fear...