The ordinary has become sinister—thanks to open immigration

Three stories in today’s New York Times tell of the potential danger represented by liquids (and it seems soft substances) aboard planes, and of the stunning effect this is having on airport security and air travelers. First this:

Travelers on the Heathrow Express train from London’s Paddington Station heard a recorded female voice announcing: “You can take tissues on the plane, but only if they are unboxed. You can also take baby food and milk on board, but the contents of the bottle must be tasted by the accompanying passenger.”

Now this:

Despite knowing for years that liquid explosives posed a threat to airline safety, security agencies have made little progress in deploying technology that could help defend against such attacks, security experts say.

And now this:

But for many travelers there was an additional disturbing wrinkle to it all. The most mundane, comforting items—eye drops, bottled water, lip gloss, even books, on some international flights—had joined the list of items banned from carry-on baggage.

Overnight, the ordinary had become sinister.

And why should these restrictions stop with planes? By the same logic that bars eye drops, bottled water, and lipstick from planes, we will be prohibited from bringing such items into public buildings, where security is already an enormous burden.

Now put all the above together with what I said in yesterday about “the unchanging reality of Muslim terror,” and our situation comes into focus: Not being able to take a box of tissues aboard a plane or into a public building, not being able to take eye drops, bottled water, lipstick, or books aboard a plane or into a public building, not being able to take baby’s milk aboard a plane or into a public building unless the milk is tasted—this is our future, FOREVER, so long as Muslims in significant numbers continue to reside and freely travel in the West.

Posted by Lawrence Auster at August 11, 2006 09:41 AM | Send