Originally Posted by
JSmith1969
Nonsense. Planes did not fall from the sky thanks to shoe bombs when the shoe carnival was not mandatory before August 2006, when TSA completely lost its mind; nor are they falling from the sky thanks to shoe bombs in any of the other countries that do not have a mandatory shoe carnival. There is no threat from shoes, and when TSA says that there is such a threat, it is lying.
There is a viable threat from shoes. To ignore a threat this simple is stupid and irresponsible. There is no lie in taking steps to prevent a simple process that can cause an explosion.