Identity: The “Why I Am The Way I Am” Entry

I’ve been trying to write this blog entry since June and given some recent comments I’ve received via email, I figured that I should probably just hunker down and write it.

A few rules though if you’re going to comment:

  • Since I’m pretty much baring my soul here, personal attacks will get you banned from my site. I have been taught how to I.P. ban and I can do it quickly.
  • This is very much a C/S entry. “C/S” is con safos and it’s meaning is “like it or not, it stands without question”. (Read Drink Cultura by JosÃ? Antonio Burciaga for more on this.) In other words, you cannot disagree with anything I say on here because what I am saying is what I believe and you cannot tell someone that they do not believe what they believe. This is not for debate — it’s for explanation. There will be *plenty* of opportunities for debate later. 🙂
  • It’s probably self-explanatory that there will be no links to fisking in the comments. This is meant to be informative, not to be a source of a rant in someone’s journal.
  • If you have a litany to say to me, just email me. It’s simpler and saves on space on my web server
  • Click on (more…) if you choose to accept these challenges.

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