Frotho: "GfS, you seem to resent people who can back up what they say with actual credentials rather than just the sort of unsubstantiated wild claims that you make about being an authority on every subject that comes up for discussion in order to try to lend weight to your feeble and baseless arguments."

Hogwash!...and quit putting words in other people's mouths, so you can 'debate' your own conflicts!

Akenaton: When I met Baldwin, it was in his latter years. He had mellowed quite a bit, and seemed to have walked away from some of his earlier positions..however, he was impressively quite articulate! I met him in Santa Fe, New Mexico..during one of his travels, and was introduced to him, by another very close friend of mine. I had never, at that time, ever read anything he had written, and only vaguely recognized his name, but we spent hours, round the clock chatting about his life, and sharing observations in life. although he did not elaborate over certain things in his past, we both grew a mutual respect for each other, and in time parted on great terms. I'd love to share the things we talked about, but would rather do that privately, so the 'extremely blocked' wouldn't trash it. All I can say, is he had returned to some of his very early beliefs.

Regards...and nice to hear from you, again!

GfS