Kali – When people refer to left wing radicals it is not necessarily referring to psychotic democrats. It is more of an ideology. It is an un-orthodox, grey area legal or totally illegal way to go about solving a problem. For instance, I don’t know of anyone or any group of citizens that asked PUBAT to take on patent owners for their sake. That would be considered a left wing tactic or a radical approach since they have singled out an entity and are seeking to deprive them of ownership. The correct approach would be to lobby for changes in patent law. The law of the land is still majority rules.  If a person were to spray paint a beautiful mink coat owned by someone else that is also a radical left wing approach. I believe the term "left wing" had its origin in sports and I had no intention in bringing politics into this thread. Many times left wing politics and right wing politics have the same goals set but different methodologies of achievement. Thank God there are still people like your grandfather in the United States.