I could as easily ask why they should change. I don't, because Russia is a foreign country and therefore either a predator toward America, a rival to America, or prey for America. How it treats its inhabitants aren't my concern.

Your impotent and earnest anger makes no difference. Russia isn't America. These women stuck their hand in the fire; they can't complain that they got burned. The whinging, hair-pulling, and breast-beating on this thread isn't going to make Russia a dissent-friendly place; they do things differently there. The…

The only thing funnier than watching activists get the hell beaten out of them is the angry (and futile) response of Westerners. The Russian people don't care. Hell, most Westerners don't care. It's Russia; it's what they do.

I remember wanting to sleep with the hot blonde Republican chick. I didn't really watch the show (I was a "Sports Night" guy). But yeah, lots of people got their inspiration from that series without any understanding of the system (or even who their Congressional whore was).

"I want to believe there are still brilliant political leaders out there, that we’re still capable of having someone like President Bartlet, who has the brains—and the stomach—to cut through all the posturing and bullshit while bravely leading us into the future." - Lynch's inability to see the posturing and bullshit…

Damn, now we get to wait for the next cause célèbre.

I've been the guy on the other side of the door at 3 in the morning, with a loaded .357. This poor drunk girl kept trying her key till I answered the door (she didn't see my revolver).

Beating someone to death doesn't take that much effort; I know choking them doesn't, especially if you get a good grip before the target knows what going on. And how in God's name did you get into a screaming match about the Syrian civil war?

I own a couple of guns; most of my friends own guns. I don't know that I've ever seen anyone fiddling around with one; I don't know that I've ever seen anyone handle a gun without asking if it's loaded and then checking. How many drunken shouting-matches do you get into? Come to that, somebody mad enough to shoot…

What kind of danger are you referring to? I don't know that a gun is comparable to a poisonous snake, a hungry tiger, or a grizzly bear; the gun isn't going to fire itself.

Serious question: why can't you imagine entering a home that has guns in it?

You never turn down a free hot dog.

It's perfectly understandable why he'd stay; I don't know that I approve of him remaining (although what else is a dying man going to do?). I do agree that he's a great character.

I prefer honest characters over those with illusions. As far back as season 1, I haven't liked Jax. His short-lived embrace of JT's idea of the club as a "Harley commune" was doomed to fail, because the idea itself was doomed to fail. The Sons want to commit crimes; that's why they joined.

I like Unser (he is the most sensible character on the show), but how could we root for him? He has no cause. He also knows that he has no shot with Gemma, as well as how destructive she is, yet remains.

" it’s unclear who we’re supposed to be rooting for, or why" - False. You were supposed to be rooting for Clay, because he was the only character without any illusions.

Yes, yes, a thousand times yes. Tony Scott, Shane Black, Bruce Willis, Damon Wayans, and Noble Fucking Willingham.

Wrong. The Last Boy Scout is Scott's best movie.

The jail preacher is Mel from "Renaissance Man"; he was also one of the guys outside the gas station in "Say Anthing…".