Originally Posted by Stompy

Warnings like "Osama Bin Laden is planning a major attack soon in the US" is vastly different from those of:

"Terrorists COULD put a flammable bar of soap in a gigantic slingshot the size of a house and aim it at the engine in an attempt to blow up the plane!!!"

It's highly improbable, not news worthy. Maybe for the onion, but not for CNN. There are many more realistic scenarios a terrorist COULD do other than firing a fuckin LASER at pilots!

It's funny that people actually take this seriously... "omg, but it COULD HAPPEN!" Looks like we can easily pick apart those who fall subject to these stories