It'd be better if the TSA was more like the CIA. Create the illusion of TOTAL SECURITY without the making old ladies in wheel chairs take off their shoes and get the full body cavity search.

Did I miss an invasion or two in the last 30 years? I don't remember any invasions. Unless you mean 9/11, which certainly was a tragedy but it was a terrorist attack. If the terrorists didn't attack us, they'd find someone else to attack. That's what angry people raised in violent places do to solve their problems.…

See: Harbor, Pearl. (Although I'm sure he'll just bring up Japanese Internment Camps or something)

That also applies to cigarettes, fast food, sugar drinks, etc…

A case could be made that not wanting to be offended or made fun of is a form of security one pines for and will give up personal freedoms to make so. Just a thought to chew on. They are obviously not the same thing, but for internal consistency's sake, both are motivated by the desire to feel safe.

yeah, individualism is overrated.

No, according to the people around here, every conservative is Dr. Evil, Evil Medical School Degree and all. Even their kids are evil, and should die in a fire, become the first home schooled shooter, etc….

Is your solution outright civil war?

Wait, who is who in this metaphor? I thought we were talking about how helping disenfranchised minorities will help us all in the end? Unless your argument is that it is very difficult to construct a system that doesn't necessitate one person stepping on another for success. Either way it's a pretty fucked situation.

The Democrats certainly aren't obsessed with multiculturalism. It's basically the internet fighting itself (Tumblrinas vs. The guys that like to post about how ugly some girl in a Youtube video is) and the battle is spilling over into "real life"

Tell that to the sphincter. He's like Scotty and the Butthole is the Enterprise. "I'm given it all I got, I don't think she can take much more, Cap'n Truffleberry! Anymore pressure and she'll be done fer!"

Ah, The "Nicks Maneuver"

You sound suspiciously like a pundit from Fox News. Just subtract the odious politics but keep the big heaping serving of The Chewbacca Defense.

Blanket Statements! Fun for the whole political spectrum!

Actually, ignoring them usually works best. It's like with Freddy Krueger and Candyman. You take away their power by not feeding into it.

I believe many are missing the main issue, which is ^ This

Well, Abel WAS the weaker brother…

If you're white you shouldn't even be "Appropriating Black Culture" like I'm told these days. The Beatles and The Rolling Stones would've been fucked if they came along in a climate such as this.

tell that to Richard Pryor. Or Chris Rock. Or Cheech & Chong.

sorry but that is the very definition of "thought police". Two very interesting novels dealing with that theme, "A Clockwork Orange" by Anthony Burgess and "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck delve into the ideas about earning one's own basic decency and moral compass. Being inherently good is meaningless. It has to be…