As if they’re weren’t in trouble enough, what with attacks from television, video games, and electronic readers, now books are under assault by terrorists.

The two young Greeks that mailed a series of bombs to European embassies used a simple mix of gunpowder that they hid inside hollowed out books.

Playing with gunpowder is bad enough, but cutting up a book? That is sacrilegious…

Nobody got seriously hurt, and fourteen of the devices had been rounded up by Thursday evening. Meanwhile, there is a ban on packages being sent by airmail and mountains of cargo are being rescreened.

Terrorism is bad enough for what it is – secret plotting and destruction intended to spread fear, without concern for the lives of innocents. Someone needs to write the book on how to end the perceived need for such activities, and instead of hollowing it out, have the terrorists read it.