Its important whats on the inside. How many times has a reassuring parent used that line to pep up the spirit of a down trodden child? Unfortunately, it seems leaders of terrorist organizations are using the same quote as they plan new attacks despite increased security.
In 2009, an al-Qaeda bomber inserted 1 pound of explosives and a detonator in his rectum, bypassed security, and attempted to take the life of Saudi Prince Muhammed bin Nayef. The suicide bomber naturally died, the Prince was only slightly injured, and the entrance to his home required a good scrubbing. What I can't get over is the sheer volume of the explosives that were inserted into which particular body cavity. One pound of explosives?!! In his rectum?!! That's one more ounce than two Big Macs. I usually feel like I want to explode after one Big Mac, so I can only imagine how this guy felt.
Another report I read stated that one tactic terrorists could use is surgically implanting bombs in to the bodies of their foot soldiers. Talk about dedication to a cause. I guess one would literally have eat, drink, and bleed al-Qaeda to sign up for these missions.
Intelligence speculates bombs could be implanted in women's chests, which would be detonated by pushing down on the breast. Call me naive, but I had no idea the fundamentalists behind these organizations would allow women to have such prominent roles. And apparently the dorm masters at al-Qaeda U are not concerned that the females would be tempted to relieve some of the obvious stress, and engage in a tickle and/or pillow fight with the other girls. Another big difference between them and us pigs in America.
Its quite an interesting tactic they are developing. I can't see the impact being too damaging however, other than psychologically to those who witness it (and have to clean up the mess afterward). As evidenced by the attack on Prince Nayef, the human body provides a good amount of insulation. Its kind of like lighting a firecracker inside a water balloon.
Closer to home we seem to have someone who had a complete disregard for the words of encouragement that opened this blog. Oneal Morris reportedly performed illegal cosmetic surgery on at least one person, injecting cement, mineral oil, and Fix-a-Flat into the buttocks of a "patient". The use of Fix-a-Flat is a bit ironic, because if you seen photos of "her", (Morris is transgendered, but technically a male), it appears "she" stuffed a spare tire down "her" pants. I mean seriously, look this person up. "She" looks like the love child of Beyonce and the Michelin Man. "She" obviously must have used the line "it worked for me" whenever the use of Fix-A-Flat was questioned. I mean come on people, if cosmetic surgery was really that easy, don't you think there would be infomercials hosted by washed up celebrities (I'm thinking Pam Anderson or Tara Reid) on late at night promoting such do it yourself products?
It is such a sad state of affairs that people are using the advances in surgery to hurt or take advantage of others. If we can insert weapons of minor damage in a person, why not to do it for comedic effect rather than to hurt others? I for one would sign up to have a joy buzzer inserted in the palm of my hand. Given the results of the bombing of Prince Nayef, who emerged from the hospital with only 2 fingers bandaged, you could argue that, minus the stained carpet, it would be nearly as effective.
