NORMAL LIFE: Why Didn't We Think Of It Sooner?

Heathrow has been on high alert for some 48 hours now, with police claiming to have foiled an imminent attack on airlines bound for the US which would have resulted in 'mass murder'.

Hand luggage is now being limited to passenger's own passports and tickets and anything they buy airside. It is measures like these that will beat those who insist on taking the lives of innocent people, and in order to prove what exactly?!

It saddened me to read the list of 19 people taken into custody - most of them were born in the 1980's (see list here). This is evidence of how manipulative the people masterminding these plots are; they are targetting youngsters who can be persuaded into believing that what they're doing is the will of Alah. Give me a break!

I've spoken with colleagues and friends here in Finland about this and can't help but admire the UK's imaginative clamp down on terrorism. Surely, this is the future, the way to maximise on passenger safety? I groaned in disbelief at one passenger who complained about not being able to take a book onboard with her. I'm like, buy a book airside, you tight airhead!