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 babyshake on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @01:54PM (#28460708)

Your chances of dying in a mass shooting may be very small, but it doesn't take a large number of shootings to start affecting our lives. For example, events like First Friday in Oakland have been essentially cancelled indefinitely and most public events have large numbers of heavily armed police standing around and getting paid for overtime.

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Re:20 years after 9/11: Will we ever stop taking our shoes o... by AnthonyMouse on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @02:53PM (#28461508)

But then the thing causing the damage isn't actually the shootings, it's the reaction to them.

It's the same thing as the War on Terror. The enemy in the War on Terror is Terror, i.e. Fear. The only way to win the War on Terror is to overcome your fear and not sacrifice your principles because you're afraid.

The British had it in the 20th Century. Stiff upper lip. Or you'll do more damage to yourself than the enemy can.

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Re:20 years after 9/11: Will we ever stop taking our shoes o... by ksdale on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @01:58PM (#28460771)

But is this essentially like arguing that terrorism justifies all of the security theater at the airport?

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