First of all, I think liberals and conservatives alike would agree that Rex is a jack-ass. Personally, I enjoy WBs manifestos. I post here to argue, I don't expect to win!
On the terrorist attacks:
Beirut, 1983, 273 U.S. Marines killed.
Al Qaida participation in the 1993 Somalia deaths of U.S. soldiers.
The 2000 bombing of the U.S.S. Cole in Yeman, killing 23 U.S. soldiers.
Aren't part of the equation. They were military combatants killed by the surprise attacks of irregular troops. They also occurred in areas that were scenes of open fighting and outside of the Western Hemisphere. Casualties of war is a more accurate description than terrorist victims. Was the 7th Cavalry killed by Native American terrorists?
For the sake of simplicity, in the year 2001 attacks killed 2800 civilians in the USA. The population of the US is approximately 230MM. That means your chance of being killed in a terrorist attack on American citizens in 2001 was .00001217391 % . Why do conservatives worry about this? People are far more likely to die in an auto accident, another violent death.
Are there terrorists out there? Yes. Am I going to lose sleep over them? No. I'm willing to sacrifice no more than limited increases in the intelligence budget, but none of my liberties. As for preventing future attacks,take a look at chaos theory and the butterfly effect. That's not liberal, it's just math.
The problem liberals have with Christianity in schools is that not everyone is Christian. My spiritual tradition doesn't have a problem with science or humanism. Many Christian traditions don't either (Anglicans, Lutherans, Methodists).
I don't really understand your take on gays, WB. Would 'I think their sex lifes are disgusting but they can do what they want' sum it up?
BTW I don't consider myself liberal. Anarchical hedonist is more accurate.
