Are terrorists giving the rucksack a bad name?

[BeBMan]

I heard they plan random controls of rucksacks in public transport here in the next time as a consequence of the recent bombings in London.

How many of you use a rucksack regularly? I do. I love this little practical thing, which has served me so well over years, and around the world. I don't plan to give up my rucksack, since I guess this is exactly what the terrorists want - that we change our lifestyle.

[Koyaanisqatsi]

Re: Are terrorists giving the rucksack a bad name?

Originally posted by BeBro
I guess this is exactly what the terrorists want - that we change our lifestyle.

Somehow I think the death of the rucksack is low on their list of priorities.

I haven't used one since I started lugging around a laptop on a regular basis.

[Ted Striker]

New York is doing the same thing

In many American highschools, it is required that "rucksacks" be transparent, that way, you can see all the contents inside. This was designed to prevent kids from bringing guns and drugs to school.

[Bereta_Eder]

and then you have kuci with 8 bathrooms

backpacks (I think that's what you mean?) are practical when you go for a sport and have clothes and stuff? if you only have books you can take a nice more "formal" bag, the ones you hang from your shoulder?

i find it odd they do that in germany btw and dont think it is effective. what's to stop someone with a briefcase and a costume from going in? the terrorists are by now never going to use a backpack again.

[Ted Striker]

That's true, alot of them will jsut wear an overcoat stuffed with bombs. In USA airports, if you are wearing a heavy coat, your chances of being stopped are very high.

[Gibsie]

I was down the jobcentr earlier today, plonked my rucksack down on the floor next to my feet as I thought I'd be in for a bit of a wait, and a very nervy security guard asked me if the bag was mine. Good thing he wasn't armed.

[BeBMan]

Re: Re: Are terrorists giving the rucksack a bad name?

Originally posted by Koyaanisqatsi

Somehow I think the death of the rucksack is low on their list of priorities.

Well, the "lifestyle"-comment wasn't really meant serious

But generally I wondered as Paiktis if those controls would be much helpful. Maybe they also used "rucksack" as a kind of placeholder for any kind of bag, I mean I can't imagine why a terrorist wouldn't simply use something else when he know the controls are limited to backpacks only.

So generally I don't think it is such a great idea, looks more like something which is meant to calm down fears in the public ("look, we do something" ), even if its useless.....

[Bereta_Eder]

Bebro, what was that one engine plane that fell near the berlin parliement? who did it? is it known?

[BeBMan]

There's some confusion about it here - they found a dead body (not id-ed yet) in the pilot's home. One theory now is that it was his wife, and he committed suicide after killing her, since his wife was missed for some days, and the police has interrogated the man before about her whereabouts. So no idea if there is a terrorist background, but at least for the moment it seems improbable.

[Ecthy]

Hours before that plane attempted to kill our parliament I was on a bus and in there was an arab man dressed in white with a black beard and white turban, he had a rucksack and constantly wiped over his face, like sweating, just madder, so I suppose he was drugged. For some reason he must have decided not to blow Steglitz up but rather have someone else fly an airplane attack on our government.

[Winston]

An Arab wearing a turban?

Never heard of it. Still, I suppose that's one of the more plausible things about that "story".

[Ecthy]

He was obviously Osama's brother in law I tell you.