← Back to context Comment by rjbwork 16 hours ago Indeed. Bin Laden succeeded beyond his wildest dreams. He kickstarted our self-destruction. 2 comments rjbwork Reply blitzar 3 hours ago I think the shoe lace bomber did more than bin laden - decades of ritual humiliation at airports was normalised. randallsquared 1 hour ago The TSA wouldn't exist with bin Laden. The TSA still exists, but the effects of the shoe bomber are now done, in the sense that shoes aren't required to come off as of last year.
blitzar 3 hours ago I think the shoe lace bomber did more than bin laden - decades of ritual humiliation at airports was normalised. randallsquared 1 hour ago The TSA wouldn't exist with bin Laden. The TSA still exists, but the effects of the shoe bomber are now done, in the sense that shoes aren't required to come off as of last year.
randallsquared 1 hour ago The TSA wouldn't exist with bin Laden. The TSA still exists, but the effects of the shoe bomber are now done, in the sense that shoes aren't required to come off as of last year.
I think the shoe lace bomber did more than bin laden - decades of ritual humiliation at airports was normalised.
The TSA wouldn't exist with bin Laden. The TSA still exists, but the effects of the shoe bomber are now done, in the sense that shoes aren't required to come off as of last year.