Bruce - didn't see you before posting...

I don't join parties, or toe lines.. can't help it I was born a punk hippy..

You'll find I do understand what the 'other side' says...
and decide for my self on what grounds to reject it...

Btw.. I don't have any urge or need to 'take sides'...
that's the benefit of an enlightened 1970s UK state education..

Jim knows that although I tend to respect him more than some others,
I am not shy to criticize him at times if I feel it appropriate..

Yes, I do respond assertively to opinions I disagree with,
and will continue doing so..
All opinions are not equal, or to be respected...!!!

I don't care about being popular, haven't fretted about that since my early 20s
when I was in a notorious culturally alienated punk band..
I am happily unsociable and reclusive...

Nice stab at analysis though..

Any other points...???