"We have foiled mass murder on an unimaginable scale"

[Kitsune]

Originally Posted by MsSparkie

It's really airplanes I hate, the feeling of helplessness up there. I have flown to Europe and Mexico and did not like flying one bit.

Add the risks now and it's over the top scary.

You might want to consider a forum that helps people with their fear of flying, such as this one.

Really, even after this supposed threat there is still little reason to fear getting on an airplane. You'll find more rationale to fear driving a car or riding a bicycle if you're really concerned about injury or death. In fact, you take more of a chance with your life by simply walking out the door each morning. If you take that risk, why not enjoy life and travel a bit? A fear of flying is never fun, but it is irrational and it can be treated, even on your own.

I find it amazing, though, what a mere threat can do. Terrorists don't even need to actually attack people, anymore, to disrupt life, instill fear, and damage economies. They can do all of this, along with changing our political stance, values, and laws by merely making a threat or starting a rumor. We fear terrorists changing our world, but they don't need to. We do it just fine on our own at the mere mention of a potential attack.

If they really wanted to take lives, they would have strolled into the unsecure, now extremely crowded areas of Heathrow wearing explosives wrapped in ballbearings and pushed a button. Why do that when the effect of panic and fear without death is just as bad?