trying to "nail you into a box"? Yeah, I can see why you might feel that way. Possibly due to the black/white yes/no nature of the questions. But it's too soon for that. You're not even cold yet

San, all I wanted to point out was the apparent "disconnect" between you saying that knowledge - taken by itself - is a positive thing and can do some good in the world, and then saying that you would not be happy to see a friend of yours getting "into" the techniques of knowledge.  Warning! Will Robinson, that does not compute.

Confucius say: Man who try to ride two horses going in opposite directions soon get nowhere mighty fast.

BTW, I enjoyed reading the article you linked to in your "Houston we have a problem" post up top, especially this page:

http://www.remo.com/health/index.cfm?objectid=113