20 years after 9/11: Will we ever stop taking our shoes off at airports?

Re:20 years after 9/11: Will we ever stop taking our shoes o... by jjeaff on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @11:51AM (#28458860)

I live in a pretty liberal area, so I assume we are taking stronger measures than your average area, and I have to say that nothing surrounding any covid precautions even approaches what it takes to get on a flight. Wear a mask indoors? Get the jab that most people wanted anyway? I'm just not seeing this Orwellian oppression that some people seem to be suffering under right now.

NYC is the most strict, but they are also the most densely populated. Beyond that, I just don't feel like I've given up any rights.

Can't say the same about a shoeless, invasive patdown where a stranger runs their hand down your butt crack after having waited in line for an hour and gone through a nude scanner.

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Re:20 years after 9/11: Will we ever stop taking our shoes o... by modzu on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @12:42PM (#28459615)

your comment sounds like what someone who doesnt fly might have said after 9/11. its not hard to think of some examples that apply to the covid security theatre. for example, there are fundamental freedoms, like the freedom of movement, that turn out not to be so fundamental after all. safety first.

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Re:20 years after 9/11: Will we ever stop taking our shoes o... by SergeAx on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @12:52PM (#28459744)

I live in Moscow, Russia, and there was a brief time when I was stripped of rights to enter a restaurant, cafe, gym, theater, concert or sports venue. There was talking about requirement of vaccination to use public transit and even a taxi.

Fortunately, those restrictions were cancelled after 3 weeks, because you know, voting day is coming and we don't need angry citizens to vote against ruling party. But the infrastructure is there and it may be used again any time now.

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