I think you might be right that getting together in person would be interesting.
Not sure I share the "pure logic" assessment...he combs a debate for anything
large or small then fixates once he thinks he has a toe hold. He can make gross
errors while your piccadillos are inflated. Effective if all you want to do is win. Anyhow....that's another story I guess :-)
I still enjoy tangling with him and have said so in the past.

Politics.......not sure what the hell mine are. Coming from England (now living in the States) everything looks right-wing to me :-)

I too tend to jump to challenge things which I think are wrong.
I don't really have any "agenda" as such. I like to think I learn things here.

I like to tyhink that itr will prevent me from getting *too* naive.

-Mike