Time is relatively unchangeable. I don't believe that with time travel, someone could go back and kill Hitler and thereby prevent the Holocaust nor World War II. Time is self repairing. You kill Hitler, someone else will take his place to set the great events of history in motion. You can change someone's life, but it's almost impossible to change major events.

Since there is no time travel this is a theory that is comforting and compatible with a role-playing campaign. In my BattleTech campaign, the history is basically what is in the literature. If the players want to carve their own destiny, that's fine. If they want to change history, they can a bit. But they can't go off and kill Hanse Davion to stop the 4th Succession War.

Now we come to my belief in a Goddess. Although I'm not officially a member of any religion, I was brought up in a essentially Christian belief system. I believe in a Goddess -- some force that created the Universe. I'm not too sure about her role afterwards; I don't have the feeling that she's watching over her creations. I don't believe in Heaven nor Hell nor any sort of Afterlife.

I do support just about any organized religion. Religion brings structure, morality, and security to a whole lot of people in this world. Without these teachings we would be much more barbaric, in my opinion. Religions have also brought about some of the great wrongs in history and today. But I think the good outweighs the bad.

We all have personal beliefs. One thing I really try not to do is try to force my value system on others. I've probably mentioned this before, but I try not to judge people based on my sense of what's proper. I expect people to use their own morals and act rationally for them.

I believe in true love. Love at first sight. Finding "the one". All that stuff. I think that finding your soulmate is a rare event indeed. But we all have to keep searching. Sometimes it's not meant to be, but we all have to keep trying.

Marriage is a very serious thing. Once you're married I'd like to think it's forever. Happily ever after and all. And I'll do what I can to ensure this. People who are married are higher up in the "expendability chain". i.e., if it came down to someone dying, I'd rather it be me rather than someone who's married.

Government. A totalitarian government has the only chance at being a perfect government. Rule by one or possible a very few people. The problem with a Democracy is that people are too self-centered. That and nobody can agree on what's the best thing to do in a given situation, so many times we get a compromise which only partially solves a problem.

If you only have one guy who's word is law, then you have the chance of getting it totally right. This puts a lot of pressure on the ruler. I don't equate totalitarian with oppressive or restrictive. We can have our freedoms, but if there's any doubt then the ruler has the final word. It's easy to get a totalitarian government wrong, but it also has the best chance of getting it right.