the bombers have got the message

For the past two weeks the media has been blasting any would-be bomber with a very clear message: "If you want to get our attention, just set off an explosion! Even a small one will do. We don't care about arguments, we don't care about other forms of death or suffering, we only care about explosions." Looks like the bombers got the message. Today they didn't even need to kill anyone - just a few detonators, and it's all over the news.

What is really scary is the danger that our country will be turned into a police state. The odds that a bomber will inconvenience you are almost zero. But in a police state, the odds that the police will inconvenience you are about a hundred percent.

I will leave the last word to a lady who was interviewed on the radio this afternoon. She was attending a hospital in London. Apparently, the police thought a suspect might be in the hospital. The lady said she had never seen so many police before. And they were rushing through the hospital carrying guns (in Britain, the police seldom carry guns). She said it was scary. Very scary indeed.