Bartholomew - that is a damned fine post. I pretty much agree with you in everything that you stated. MAV is indeed speaking what is "heresy" to many here, while a lot of what I value and take for granted is "heresy" to him.

I am not inclined to burn heretics or ban them, and I wouldn't want them to do that to me either.

I'll say one thing for MAV. He's got fortitude. I'd have crawled away long ago if I was getting castigated on some conservative forum the way he has been here.

When stuff gets under one's skin that badly, it's an opportunity to learn something new (about oneself), I figure. MAV's heresies are intriguing to me, partly because they're so unusual around here.

- LH