Good to hear bro, I knew you were a knowledgable guy so I assumed the best, but felt I had to assume the worst while writing the post, if not for you, for others. I agree he does have his flaws. He was a bit fucked in the head himself.

Not sure if you are aware of this but there is a lot of skeptacism whether he was molested by his father at a young age. He wrote an article addressing the rampant sexual abuse of children and in that article he make implications that he was abused by his father sexually. There was such an uproar he backed down and started talking about Oedipus complex to try to gain back some respect from the community. (Sexual abuse at the time, and even today as we all know is quiet tabu (sp?)).

EDIT: Also I totally understand what you mean by a little confidence booster by getting bigger. Confidence definitely does go up a bit (at least for me) when I make significant gains and I get compliments or have chicks grabbing my arms