Trouble is, "free thinking" ain't really free. Oh, it doesn't cost shillings.. or dollars... but costs time, dedication, honesty, observation, 'openness'...etc, and requires not only awareness *OF* the thinking of others, but also requires taking their thinking with "a grain of salt" while not totally rejecting it.

There are RULES to 'good thinking', some of which are absolute, and some of which are inductive and seemingly counter-intuitive at times. It requires you (to quote my old Phenomenology professor) to "run around behind yourself" at times and try to observe your own behavior and motives from a neutral perspective. Mostly impossible, but the very exercise in trying gives certain insights....

It is much easier to find a position and a set of prejudices and pontificate about it. One part of the 'position' is never backing down, lest you have admit you hadn't followed the rules...

Ummmm... so, that's why I have not started my thread. It takes so long to list all the disclaimers that 99.467% of everyone who needs the rules gets bored early on and reverts to the easy routine.

Besides...I'm lazy.