[ontos-on]

CORRECTION: It was not "most people". Bin Laden made an essentialistic comment. "When people see a strong horse and a weak horse, by nature they will like the strong horse."

Why, exactly, did you shrink from that meaning, with your "most people" modifier?

[Cicero]

Is there a great difference? I don't take your point. My point was the Steyn quote, not the bin Ladin quote.