[thucydides]

The sort of irrational denial of reality that is the subject of this great article seems at first inexplicable. It appears that our government officials are having great trouble adjusting to the new world of Islamic terrorism, because if they do, it opens up many troublesome areas. If we are to focus our resources on those most likely to be responsible, that is to say, those who have a much higher statistical incidence of involvement, then where does that lead? Young black males are overwhelmingly more likely to be involved in violent crime than the rest of the population, but politicians run like crazy from focusing resources on them ("racial profiling"). Democrats sit still, hoping to hang on to the black vote which is the only thing that keeps them competitive. Republicans sit it out, not wanting the media arm of the democrat party to smear them as racist. The rest of us suffer from increased risk due to misallocation of scarce security and enforcement resources to avoid hurting anyone's feelings. So in the airports, searches are wasted on people who clearly not risks, and on the streets law enforcement actually avoids stopping blacks for fear of facing false race allegations.

[aruanan]

Hmm. Egyptian Muslim kills Jews on American national holiday. Best not to jump to conclusions. Denial really is a river in Egypt. "It appears he went there with the intention of killing people," said Richard Garcia, the Bureau's agent in charge. "Why he did that we are still trying to determine."

Hey, Dick Garcia, to quote either Ronny or Donny Blume from Rushmore, "Pull your head out of your ass!"