I once labeled Portland, Ore., as Portlamabad for its refusal to cooperate with federal antiterrorism efforts. I now realized that I was too kind. I should have called Portland "Shmoo Land." Readers of the comic strip Li'l Abner will recall the shmoos as a pear-shaped species that lived near Dogpatch and eagerly offered themselves up to be eaten by humans. Shmoos were so eager to be consumed that they would adjust their own flavor to suit the tastes of the person eating them. Portland is a city of shmoos because they have cooperated in making their city a target for terrorism. And now that they have been saved from a potentially horrific attack, many Portlanders, I mean shmoos, are angry at the FBI for having saved them/Michael Costello, Lewiston Tribune. More here.

Question: Would you consider Portland's refusal to allow its police to cooperate with the FBI to prevent terrorism part of its quaintness? Or simply foolish?