Paul: Thank you for your kind words.  I do, indeed, have strong beliefs and don't hide them.  They are based on both facts and values.  I think the question of "bias" and "prejudice" comes into play when we're discussing beliefs and attitudes based on values.  One of our poster friends,  for example, often comments that being "intolerant" of a bias, for example, is, in itself, a bias.  This is, IMO, where the concept of "irratonal antipathy" is important.  If I dislike neo-Nazis because of their views on race, my antipathy is based on fact (knowledge of their views) and values (my belief that condemning others because of their race/religion is WRONG).  Were I to, instead, dislike all Germans, that, IMO, would represent a bias...an irrational antipathy...since not all Germans condemn others because of their race/religion.  I discuss the "bias" question in another response to you....

It's an interesting topic and I'd enjoy discussing it w/you sometime.  Give me a call.  Gary Crum