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It does represent an American world-view very nicely, and a
'rest-of-the-world' view even better.

In that sense, it's allegorical nature is ageless, and remains both amusing and representative of current world culture.

I don't interpret anything in the document about naval vessels depending on lighthouses - I think your projecting your own issues onto my statement/the original text here.

Ding-Ding round two...