Security Theatre of the Absurd

[micheinnz]

At 9am this morning I set foot in a courthouse for the second time in my life, to support a friend who was on trial for a relatively minor incident

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[pauamma]

A year or two ago, at the ticket (and "security") check at a Paris museum, I overheard the following (translated from memory):
"Sorry, you can't take your backpack in, you'll have to leave it in the cloakroom downstairs, near the ticket booths."
"I did, they said I didn't need to because it was small enough."
"Or since it's a small backpack, you could wear it on your stomach instead, then the rule forbidding backpacks no longer applies."

[curiositykt]

Knitting needles are not allowed in court in my state (in the US). I'm not sure if it's because of the clicking or the "security" threat.