He's got a point there …

… Richard Dawkins: My honey trap – why doesn't anyone believe in public-spirited concern? | Comment is free | theguardian.com. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

I tweeted to the effect that every time I see an incident of this kind I sense it as a victory for Bin Laden. However calamitous the destruction of the twin towers, doesn't the bureaucratically imposed vexation to airline passengers all over the world mount up to a prolonged and distributed, albeit far less traumatic, victory? And aren't our rule-merchants playing into Bin Laden's dead hands by their futile displays of stable-door-shutting?