[Hemingway's Ghost]

Then the Goofs appear, demanding more drug laws as a way to prod the LCL's to watch them catch fire and swing harder.

You forgot the best part: then one of the Drug Warriors bangs abuse for a "flame war" and gets the thread relegated to the Smokey Backroom, where no one will see it, which of course was their goal all along. That's what lead to the AM's decision this AM.

[AppyPappy]

Usually, it's the goofs causing the trouble. The LCL's are content to "tsk, tsk" with each other and knit strawmen all day. The Goofs go in to start a brawl.