I'm an intelligent and witty heterosexual male who is also a sucker for my cats. I'm happily unmarried and have one adult son.
As my user name indicates, I'm a libertine, which means I'm non-mon...
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The purpose of my blog is to make people see things in a new light; I want to make people think. My goal is to get people to consider things in ways they might not have before -- to think outside the box.
I especially like writing about controversial topics, about supposedly inviolate sacred cows. I enjoy the lively exchange of comments that usually follows such an entry -- I know I've done my job if I've struck a nerve.
I don't expect people to always end up agreeing with me, far from it. It is enough to expose people to unconventional ways of thinking about things and to have them entertain such thoughts, regardless of the conclusions they ultimately draw.
I especially like writing about controversial topics, about supposedly inviolate sacred cows. I enjoy the lively exchange of comments that usually follows such an entry -- I know I've done my job if I've struck a nerve.
I don't expect people to always end up agreeing with me, far from it. It is enough to expose people to unconventional ways of thinking about things and to have them entertain such thoughts, regardless of the conclusions they ultimately draw.