I think, in purely personal terms, most of us DO, internally, have a sense of black and white - but socially that is seen as a shade of grey. A negotiation between these two viewpoints is actually what society is about. You can't be me, I'm taken
I have never joined anything in the past, because I don't like people speaking on my behalf, and saying things that I don't believe in, or have not yet thought about. I'd rather fight my battles one by one, than have someone fight my battles for me using methods I do not agree with.
But in the case of ET I am happy to have ET speak on my behalf, and for Jérôme to speak on my behalf. I have never been the slightest bit ashamed of anything said here. Because if you would examine the record of what has been said about any subject, you would realise that ET is essentially transitional, in that views are being moulded and changed by interaction, rather than museified by assertion. You can't be me, I'm taken