but it sure does seem like a nobal goal - doesn't it?
...but it's the goal of both the left and the right. We'd all like to see worldwide democracy and peace and love to all men (and all that jazz). The disagreement is over the best means to achieve the goal, not over the goal itself.

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my boys pulling Excabilur from the rock (picture upper left)...
I always assumed that was you as a child.