You’re right Don, many people, once awakened, become disenchanted if they don’t take the next step and depart from the safety of the Internet. I for one was a member of that latter category: my posting frequency has dropped considerably since I first joined over five years ago. Not to discredit blogging and researching WN websites to increase one's knowledge (I am forever grateful to CF for assisting in my awakening), but at some point, one has to "cross the threshold." I did just that, having attended the La Crescent European American festival in SoCal and meeting some veritable giants in the WN movement, including Dr. Kevin McDonald and Mark Weber. I've also befriended and train with a sprinter who has been discussed on this forum. I urge everyone to cross the Internet threshold. It takes courage, but most of the fear is fear of the unknown, not in Big Brother lurking around every corner. A lot of their power stems from fear mongering and propaganda, not from actual manpower. I can tell you that the experience was enlightening, if not life changing, for I had the priverlidge to meet and yes, “ethnically†network with some very intelligent and powerful "gentiles": a hedge fund manager form Merrill Lynch, a high tech business owner with international connections, scholars, historians, and artists. Crossing the internet threshold was a numinous experience; it released a tremendous about of personal energy and I felt connected to an extended family that was there all along.