DEREK HUNTER:

We aren’t going to Hell in a hand basket. It’s a Hummer limo with a stripper pole jutting through the sunroof, “Save the Planet” and “Coexist” bumper stickers, and enough room for a camera crew to capture everyone’s face buried in their phones as they post selfies on their Instagram accounts.

Forget the debt. Never mind the Middle East, the piles of bodies in our cities, etc. Screw it all, some spoiled brat is offended! In a world full of problems, serious problems, if these are what we focus on we might as well just admit we really have no problems at all. If we’re going to go down, we might as well go down in flames.

Bingo!

I'd let 'em go down in flames if they'd promise not to take me with them.