Universal: another word for watered down?
Mostly Cajun, All American and Opinionated :

How about second rate?

Any time that the government opines that something sould be univeral, your antennae should go up and you should engage your bullshit monitor, because, in the words of Mark Twain, “taffy is being distributed”.

This nation was founded on equality of opportunity, not equality of outcome. Case in point: Education is an opportunity. A high school diploma is an outcome"
- posted by Sophont @ Saturday, May 14, 2005