That's one of my all-time favorites.

Which book did he love most?

For me it's Old Man's War.

I like and agree with your argument.

The motivation for the government banning some drugs while allowing others is all about pacifying the society to make it more amenable to control. If viewed from that lens, all those laws are consistent (and most of them are morally wrong).

Tell me more.

He is a truly wise man. But, I still don't understand that quote, even after he explained it to me.

Ah, thanks for that. I got a VERY different kind of alert. Maybe I should turn vibrate off on my iPhone. ;)

A very depressing but necessary realization for spiritual growth.

I've discovered one of the first steps is RADICAL self-honesty (formalized as "confession" but it doesn't require saying anything to another person unless the individual feels it).

True...

However, they also produced Automatic For the People which includes "Everybody Hurts" which got me through one of the darkest places in my life.

It sounds like ulcers, and, despite my strong pacifist inclinations, I'm strangely okay with Ross having ulcers.

Yep.

And all of that because one Christian guy made a game that other christian people freaked out about!

Oh, wow! That was the show you were banned from watching? I figured it was He-Man or She-ra.