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One can express a truism in psychology and philosophy, that you are what you think.

This is the trap into which many criminals fall. The lure of deviancy, and of perversion, which rewards the mind by entertaining it. Unfortunately, like many opiates, one has to go for more and more powerful stimulants as you accommodate to the strength you have grown used to.

An approximation of what I mean by an exploration of deviancy can be found in my book. I hypothesize a culture in which men have been expunged for being too violent.

They are eventually replaced by a pathetic puppet of manhood, useful only for sexual entertainment of the ruling women. They are slaves, with no hope of becoming free.

Human slavery is not a leitmotif. I explore this dystopia looking for a way out, and find it in a quiet and surreptitious rebellion. Not by the pathetic males, but by a group of women who want to regain their portion of real human life.

But the theme which I thus explore is one which has been with me since puberty, growing and festering in its own manner.

Am I evil? No. But I know in which direction that path lies.

The book was, for me, cathartic. I feel that I have to some extent eliminated this source of negative social leanings. Partly that is because I manipulated my avatars into defeating the evil influences of their fallen society, and started them on a path of enlightenment.

Could I do this again? Perhaps. I could reach into my soul and find a withered specimen of hate and resentment, and begin shining the light of examination on it. Perhaps I could excise my very human, and innate, desire to murder.

But there are pitfalls along that path. I think I prefer to stay out here in the sunlight, and enjoy the more pleasant aspects of Nature, and Human Nature.