Trivial danger
A world of knee-jerk reactions. From this vantage point, certain governments react like provoked parents: “You’re grounded for ten years, mister!”
Somebody, doing their job, found a printer disguised as an IED; no, wait, reverse that. It happened in a far away land (the sort of place that you go to and come from by airplane). Not good news, but the way that certain governments have chosen to deal with things looks good in print and lacks much depth of thought.
The UK is now banning printer cartridges on flights. I had no plan to pack my trusty all-in-one on vacation, anyhow. Canada is blocking all air cargo from the cited country. After checking Wikipedia and the CIA Factbook, I forecast shortages in… nothing. Other than the export of crude oil, you probably can’t find a single item exported from there in your local supermarket, or Wallie’s, or the nearest CD shop.
And that’s the point. If there was any real danger of supercharged laser printers actually being exported from (or transiting) the airport in the faraway land, there might be some substance in the reactionary stance. Alas, this is just press releases for those who can’t read.
Back to real lifestyles of the rich and famous: what counts for the average citizen of the world. I’m sure that by tomorrow, or Wednesday at the latest, we’ll be back to coverage of Paris and other important… sorry. Lost my chain of thought for a moment. Time to tune in ET (not the alien on a bicycle) and get some important news.
