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Explosive Packages Found at Heathrow, Waterloo and London City Airport

• dTal 8y ago
  Why are they calling it "explosive"? "Explode" means "burst or shatter violently and noisily as a result of rapid combustion, excessive internal pressure, or other process", whereas according to the article "these packages only appear to be designed to start a very small fire - the one that went off just melted part of its own plastic envelope..." The correct term is "incendiary". But this seems so small as to practically put it in "prank" territory - since they only go off when opened, there's not much risk of it starting a uncontrolled fire unless someone happens to open it next to an open container of gasoline.
  • dustindiamond 8y ago
    Coould be the opening bank scene in the movie ‘Sneakers’...
  • brokenmachine 8y ago
    Because hysteria sells papers and enables knee-jerk civil liberty erosion.
    • dTal 8y ago
      It's the BBC News website. They're not selling anything. And what motive would they have to enable knee-jerk civil liberty erosion? Serious question.
      • codeddesign 8y ago
        It sells papers and clicks. Eye balls == $$$. Just because it’s BBC doesn’t mean editors don’t have quotas to meet. Sensationalism drives revenues in the news industry. Real journalism has been out of fashion for over a decade.