On being afraid of your own shadow

Crooks and Liars reports the following:

Glasgow Airport is back up and running, passengers being interviewed coming off planes have said things are running smoothly, no problems. A bit of a hassle walking around the cordoned off bits of the airport, but no one’s complaining. Lots of smiling faces.

It’s almost psychology in reverse - the more fanatics try to terrorise the British, the more the British refuse to be terrorised. We’re more worried about the goddamned rain at the moment.

I just wish Americans would react this way. But, my impression is that the people least likely to end up being targets of a terrorist threat are the ones most likely to whimper and moan about them. These people are probably afraid of their own shadows.