"Every now and then I read your blog. It is very interesting, but there are many comments full of hate towards you. How can you bear these words of hate?" - C.B., Italy

First and foremost I realize that though the hatred is directed at me it is not me these people really hate. It is only something inside of themselves that they are afraid of. So they project the hate onto me, as a kind of effigy, just as I once projected my hate onto them, or rather, onto people like them in society.

There is a lot of hate that gets projected back and forth in this way, between "offenders" and "victims". In essence, that's what this blog is all about; it hopes to expose the deception we use to justify our hate for each other, and by doing so open a path toward resolution, and a path toward forgiveness, which I believe is the only path of true justice (and sanity).

Those who read and understand this blog will know that I'm not talking about forgiveness for myself. Nor am I advocating some sort of "love conquers all" dogma. I am only taking responsibility for what I have done, and for what I do, and for what I will do yet, by doing all I can, as honestly as I can, to provide even those who feel that they hate me a chance to understand; not just me, but themselves, and us all, at the same time.

For this reason I feel it is important to open this blog up for comments, all comments, "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly". There is a truth behind everything, and an honest person will find it, even behind the hatred.