Nobody Ever Completely Means What They Say.

He's Not A Killer. He Just Wins... Thoroughly

I Always Tell The Truth About What I’m Selling, And Then Nobody Buys It.

A Lot Of Human Behavior Was Really Acting Out Our Responses To Dangers Long Past.

And What? What's The Other Choice? To Passively Let Things Happen And Then Say: "tut-tut, What At Botch That Was"? Don't We All Manipulate People? Even If We Openly Ask Them To Make A Choice, Don't We Try To Frame It So They'll Chose As We Think They Should?

At Some Point, Every Science Fiction And Fantasy Story Must Challenge The Reader's Experience And Learning. That's Much Of The Reason Why The Genre Is So Open To Experimentation And Innovation That Other Genres Reject--strangeness Is Our Bread And Butter. Spread It Thick Or Slice It Thin, It's Still Our Staff Of Life.