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leveymg

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6. Municipal lockdowns are becoming the New Normal - this is a post-9/11 problem

Reply to AceWheeler (Reply #5)

Wed Jan 28, 2015, 02:54 PM

Jan 2015

that, itself, signals a serious breakdown of what was once a relatively "free society." The Homeland Security Imperative is now at work, and it's eroding traditional freedoms.

I disagree - it is not always a good thing to err on the side of caution. It is better to limit the range of governmental error by imposing penalties for policy failures, poor official judgement and abuses of power.

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Article: Why the Pointless NYC Subway Shutdown Was Worse Than You Realize [View all] FLPanhandle Jan 2015 OP

Most sane NYers have been positive about the precaution. NYC was then able to pivot blm Jan 2015 #1

Is is "Insane" to think that there is no good reason to shut down the very system that GreatGazoo Jan 2015 #8

If the subway was being shut down every other week, he might have a point. Sheldon Cooper Jan 2015 #2

The trick will be how people react to the next storm FLPanhandle Jan 2015 #3

It's far better to be safe than sorry. A dangerous storm is a dangerous storm. Exactly what was shraby Jan 2015 #4

The reason for shutting down the subway... AceWheeler Jan 2015 #5

Municipal lockdowns are becoming the New Normal - this is a post-9/11 problem leveymg Jan 2015 #6

Oh wow that one wild ricochet sharp_stick Jan 2015 #10

To close a functioning subway, along with the roads, is in effect a municipal lockdown. leveymg Jan 2015 #11

so, in other words, if they hadn't shut down the subway and the storm had hit head-on magical thyme Jan 2015 #7

The most common place for people to die during a snow storm is: at home GreatGazoo Jan 2015 #9

I agree this exact thing sharp_stick Jan 2015 #12

Please note: DINO Governor Cuomo, not Dem Mayor de Blasio, ordered the shutdown. KamaAina Jan 2015 #13