I was never able to understand Kent's thinking myself. But that doesn't mean I didn't respect the fact that Kent (as you said) had come to his own terms with what he thought about the world. I think that the 4 conservative muskateers gave him a hard time for his time here. I always thought it was in a good spirit overall, but it did get a little rough sometimes. and I think for a while at least, he liked fighting the good fight with us. And Kent was definately a fighter. I missed him when he gave up, but I don't exactly remember the reason why he did?

At any rate, he did always have my respect as a poster here (unlike Ed the Prick (you're a prick Ed)) even though I never met him. So Godspeed to you Kent.