That may be so, but the British govt are less likely to hijack a plane and fly it into a landmark.

Yeah, they are more likely instead to drive a tank into a stadium and open fire on the public.
Or massacre a gathering of men, women and children. (Jallianwala Bagh, Qissa Khwani, etc...)
and when their own troops refuse to fire on unarmed women and children, the troops get arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment. (Royal Garhwal Rifles)

The british government has a long history of incredible brutality, and history is remembered for a long time, when your people are the ones under the lash of the whip. Most british people today would either not be aware of their countries brutality, and would not believe it if told. Or would try to say it was all so long ago, so forget it.

You listed child pornography twice.

I find it enlightening to know just how crazy some people are out there. We're talking the kind of guy that thinks everyone should be converted to Sharia law, forcefully if necessary.

Like say, how Ann Coulter said the Muslims should be converted to Christianity, by force if necessary?

It's strange to watch someone debate a topic, when that debate would not even be allowed if he had his way.

Like say, how Bill O'Reilly shouts "CUT HIS MIKE!!" when a guest tries to debate a point which Bill doesn't have an answer for?

I have seen the enemy. And it is us.

We meet again.

When have they ever cared about cutting spending? What's that even got to do with it?

Oh please. When it's cutting spending on public welfare programs. Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, etc...

"And I can drink beer from bottle straight up."

It's one thing I like about European cinemas; getting a beer in the foyer and drinking it while watching the movie.

Of course, I can do that at home too, but you know what I mean.

will make it FAR more embarrassing for the dude or dudette who has to examine my sweaty junk.

The biggest complaints about this new policy will soon be coming from the staff.

Before this 6 minute ultra charge (or all night long 220volt recharge) becomes relatively affordable?

calendar years, could it?

If 65% of the American Public believed Glen Beck, they'd have started a civil war by now.

Look at the sales figures for Prozac and its ilk. We've already got a pharmacated electorate.

in the bat-sh*t crazy Glen Becks of the world?

That's got to be deserving of enough research to find a cure. (As best we can tell, about 25% of American people are afflicted.)

I have a friend who works there. Apparently it doesn't matter at all how good the passengers are with complying with all these idiotic restrictions. The metal detectors can be set to "beep" manually, if they want to pull someone aside and frisk them down or wave the wand at them.

At various times of the day, the screeners are told to have a minimum number of these passenger checks.

So even if everyone on your flight has put all their metal in hand luggage, you'll still find something like one in ten getting beeped through the metal detector and causing delays. Completely unneeded. Completely at the behest of those who think they know better.

Could it have something to do with the fact that comedy shows don't really influence voters as much as a weeping Glen Beck might, or a rabid Bill O'Reilly? Because that would be my guess.