text: why do right-wingers pretend people would rather live in democracy than in peace and be alive?? as though democracy is an end to itself. people want democracy if it brings them safety and happiness not for its own sake!! look at iraq, we keep lying that we are there for democracy (sigh) when anyone would tell you they would rather not have democracy if it meant having their relatives still be alive to confuse the  issue.  may i take a moment to address the issue of the term right wing?   a wing suggest flexibility and we know our religious knotheads are anything but flexible.    i propose we refer to the conservative bastards as the "right column". this is a little more accurate description of a radical extremist group who has no intention of ever accepting compromise on any of their evil agenda articles.